O Michael, when will you learn? This was another “Michael-makes-an-ass-of-himself-in-front-of-a-group-of-strangers” episode, and while it wasn’t quite as cringe worthy as his unwanted marriage proposal a few weeks ago, there were some brutally great moments. From the music playing as he entered (which went into someone else’s speech) to inappropriately ripping the pages from Napoleon Dynamite’s textbook to whipping candy around the room, Michael certainly ran the gamut of presentation no-no’s. When one of the students revealed that Ryan calculated that Dunder-Mifflin would be defunct in 5-10 years, Michael lost it, and I’m not sure it’s because he felt betrayed by Ryan or thinks that he may be right. Who knows, maybe it’s a combination of the two.
Back at the office, Jim was seriously messing with Dwight when he claimed that the bat bit him. Jim touched on all the vampire lore – the blinding crucifix, the “white hot” garlic, the vampire fangs – but the best moments happened at the end. First, he quietly stands behind Dwight, then flips his collar and looks over his shoulder as he leaves. Outside, knowing that Dwight is probably watching him, he drapes his jacket over his head to block out the sun as he walks to his car. That’s some terrific stuff.
Pam had her first art show and she was pretty disappointed with the turnout. Roy did come to the show with his brother, but totally put his foot in his mouth when he said, “I show up with my brother and no one from work is here. Pretty cool, eh?” It seems like Pam is starting to realize that Roy hasn’t changed all that much. Later, she overheard Oscar and his boyfriend talk about her work, and Oscar said that “[courage] isn’t one of her strong points.” That was when her night really went south. But then Michael arrived, and said all the right things. (For once.)
It looks like much of next week’s episode takes place at cocktail hour, so we could be in for some fireworks.
