'The Office': Iron Men

Which brings me to what I really believe last night's episode was about: setup. Sure, we got some pretty funny lines (like Michael saying he was attending the job fair to ''euthanize this place''), but what did the job fair do really? First, it opened up the possibility of a new character, the summer intern (provided they ever recruit someone and he/she stays through the fall). It also got Pam reminiscing about her high-school days, thinking about her graphic-designing dreams, and considering a move to NYC or Philadelphia — which could either be terrific for the adventurous side of PB&J (let's cross our fingers) or really bad if Jim wants/needs to stay in Scranton. If you truly consider it, Jim's relentless pursuit of that client to regain his job security is the exact opposite of Pam wanting to leave Dunder Mifflin. Not good. Then again, DM does have a New York branch. Hey, isn't there a possibility that Ryan will be canned, Jim will get his job, and PB&J can both move to the city? Maybe we've just figured out the season-finale cliffhanger. Thoughts?

Last week, I ended the TV Watch with the Creed Creep-O-Meter, but not for this episode. Sure, it was pretty weird when he called Angela ''Pumpkin'' and said, ''We're gonna ditch this bitch'' — but lemme tell you, nothing that Creed could've said would've matched Michael's hair-raising gems last night: ''Pam will be eye candy,'' ''Pam Beesly, the office hottie. She will do you,'' (Who wasn't reminded here of Ricky Gervais' crack-of-Dawn joke when he dropped that bomb?) ''Kiss her... Kiss her good,'' during Jim and Pam's sweet snog. If Pam stopped humoring him, she'd have a slam-dunk sexual-harassment lawsuit.

Let's end instead by congratulating Angela Kinsey, who gave birth to a baby girl (Isabel Ruby) on May 3rd, and starting to discuss the finale. Did anyone see B.J. Novak on Wednesday's Conan? Sure, he was a gas (he's always great on this show), but he didn't give away anything about what's going to happen. If you're interested, the addictive OfficeTally.com has a bunch of spoilers.

So, what's in your heads? Jim and Pam headed to the altar (boy, their kiss was sweet) or in the opposite direction? Happy to see Toby go, or do you like his deadpan delivery? Pumped, like me, for an hour-long epi (they sadly always seem to end so soon)? Or really sad to see a show that just came back go away so soon? (P.S. my favorite line? The twisted homage to Airplane, when Pam asked, ''Are you serious?'' and Michael replied, ''Yes, and don't call me Shirley.'' To which I'll add Lloyd Bridges' line: ''I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.'')

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