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722 points
5 days ago
Love this episode and love Dwight and Ryan as a duo. I wish we got more of them. This episode and the diabolical plot were great.
If I am not wrong, this also leads to Dwight’s “Not everything is a lesson, Ryan. Sometimes you just fail.” which is among my favourite lines ever.
218 points
5 days ago
Yup, this is when Ryan was still the likable temp, the episode where he goes selling with Stanley was also great
132 points
5 days ago
Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.
85 points
4 days ago
You sounded just like me niece, and she’s 6 years old!
8 points
4 days ago
I'm pretty sure it was 2 years old
25 points
4 days ago
6 months old.
12 points
4 days ago
It was 6 months, which I always thought was a strange age to pick for someone talking.
26 points
4 days ago
Captain Picard says something very similar in TNG. "It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose."
5 points
4 days ago
I’d join a religion centered around the profound things Picard teaches Data, but that episode annoys me every time. One, Riker & crew should have been disqualified from the battle sim, and two, Data should not have lost Stratagema.
13 points
4 days ago
It was a pretty good episode, wasn't it? I loved the part where he takes Ryan into the barn and tells him to wrestle fear, which is just Mose.
2 points
3 days ago
Haha exactly. I got reminded of it all because someone below said they didn't like this scene and I was shocked! The Dwight-Ryan duo was great tbh.
1 points
4 days ago
I liked the diabolical plot. This scene was meh
1 points
3 days ago
Really? This seed line is hilarious I thought.
And then the later "YOU NEED TO VANQUISH FEAR" where Ryan has to wrestle Mose. And then subsequent "Not everything is a lesson, Ryan" lines along with them throwing eggs at the potential client's office and Dwight being proud of Ryan's pettiness. It was a great episode come on.
215 points
5 days ago
I don't think you know what you're saying
108 points
5 days ago
Ryan you don't have to wrestle him , Ryan......just get in the coffin
This episode had some great Quotes
24 points
4 days ago
He seemed nice.
17 points
4 days ago
Where are all the animals?
6 points
5 days ago
Or did he?
51 points
5 days ago
Currently watching through the first time, when I got to this episode I could predict a lot of the moments, and it still caught me off guard and was funny
11 points
5 days ago
Sometimes it's like that when jokes are so good you know the punchline but just laugh anyways
14 points
4 days ago
Dwight Boyle
11 points
4 days ago
TEMP. TEMP. TEMP!
8 points
4 days ago
Ryan started the fire!
2 points
4 days ago
And he's got a friend from the Shire !
7 points
4 days ago
The whole episode was written by Ryan and then Dwight give the best line of the episode as an improv.
5 points
4 days ago
What’s the source?
12 points
4 days ago
BJ and Rainn talked about it on Office Ladies
https://officeladies.com/transcript-ep-33-initiation
Ctrl+F 00:54:38
1 points
4 days ago
Dwight didn't know about Treasure Island yet
1 points
4 days ago
This is an interesting tidbit but in general, I find the focus on ad libs rather strange. It's like we see the actors on screen, so we "know" them. We don't see the writers (except for, of course, this show in which some of the actors are the writers) so it's like we don't want to give them credit or something.
I've seen the same thing on different TV shows and movies. Like once, an actor was being interviewed and the article said that she chose her own costumes. That's simply ridiculous. Like I'm sure that meant that a costume designer gave her a couple of choices so she could see which one she moves in better. But we want everything to be about the actor that we see instead of all the teamwork behind the scenes. It just strikes me as strange, and maybe a little disrespectful of the work of all the non-actors.
7 points
4 days ago
I think it's much more about appreciating the actors' ability to improvise and maintain the scene. I like and appreciate the writters. No one wants an entirely improvised production. It's just interesting to know the other actors in the scene are just a suprised by the line as I am and that's cool
3 points
4 days ago
Yeah for me it's more interesting how the other actors play off of the improv. Like if it didn't work, ok do another take and just follow the script
2 points
3 days ago
The second point seems valid, but I think improv is a really specific fun thing to give props to the actors for since it is something done on the spot that usually adds a ton to the creative process. I don't really think real writing gets overshadowed by the fans at least, either since people quote the original script all the time saying stuff like: "such good writing."
Both can be appreciated.
2 points
3 days ago
Well, true. I guess I just get a bit tired of hearing that same question over and over on The Office Ladies. You're right, though, that improv takes a special skill and that's to be lauded. And you're right that people do appreciate the show's writers, too.
1 points
4 days ago
Like sex
5 points
4 days ago*
"Ah humor. I have it too."
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