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Kelly is forced to choose between Ryan and the doctor, and she chooses the doctor. In a B-plot, Jim and Pam (who really, really, really hates Ryan) hook Kelly up with their pediatrician played by Sendhil Ramamurthy from Heroes. Not that this show is above repeating itself. And if they “follow” him as he remains unemployed/looks for a new job, it will seem like a retread of Michael Scott Paper Company. As for Andy’s unemployment? It’s hard to believe that he’ll remain a non-Dunder Mifflin-ite for any period of time. California? So, again, the impact of Andy regaining his masculinity lacked some of its power. Then again, when was the last time the two of them had a major scene together? Pool Party, where Jim was more his plaything? Christmas Wishes? Mrs.
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It was nice seeing Andy finally sticking up to Robert … after being his lapdog for 21 episodes. (Not to mention the far superior hulk out from Jeff on Community a couple weeks back.)Įventually, Robert chooses Nellie for the position, and Andy forces Robert to fire him by refusing to accept the demotion to the sales desk. It was nice seeing energy from someone in the cast, but seeing Andy hulk out didn’t feel particularly cathartic, entertaining, or humorous.
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He screamed at Nellie, he screamed at his father who was on the phone, he screamed at Erin due to misplaced anger, he screamed at the office, and he punched through the same wall again. After all, all that mattered was the money shot.Īs Nellie consolidates her power, Erin ends up being the one who screams at her, which leads to Andy revealing his true self- a domestic abuser. They never figured out a hook behind the impotence, but for laziness/lack of time, they just went with it. It’s not so much that it wasn’t funny (though it wasn’t funny), but it seemed like the writers were struggling for a way to fill time before the Andy freak out. The entire impotence storyline didn’t work. I don’t know if the writers were trying to mimic an early days conference room scene, because the entire concept seemed like a Michael Scott-era affair, but it fell flat. This leads to a conference room scene where the crew discusses impotence. Nellie’s first time in the conference room Nellie is shocked by this turn of events, since she only wanted to take his job but never wanted to take his manhood. She reveals this to Dwight, and he reveals this to Nellie like the good spy he is. However, at home, he can’t perform (sexually) with Erin. Robert refuses to make a decision on who has right to the throne, and Nellie mentally overpowers Andy, who returns to his old desk. Though if he disappeared for a few days, what did he expect would happen, especially considering the company’s CEO hangs around just to be a wild card/mad social scientist.
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Were they gone for a week? Two weeks? I thought Andy’s hair was noticeably longer.Įxpectedly, Andy is surprised to see Nellie in his office. Unless I missed something, the show doesn’t make clear the passage of time. Which isn’t to say those scenes were unnecessary, just not particularly well-crafted.Īs the episode proper begins, Andy and Erin return from their trip to and from Florida. While it was nice to see the trait return, and hopefully it will lead to a more proactive Andy, the moments before he exploded seemed like the show twiddling its thumbs. But I haven’t seen those episodes in many, many years.) When he punched the hole in the wall in The Return, I thought he accepted anger management in the same way that someone would accept an unjust ticket rather than fighting it in court or because of some zero tolerance policy in the office. I know he expressed frustration on a couple of occasions, but I never saw him as a particularly rage-filled guy. (Though, I never really thought he had an anger management issue in the first place. As the name suggests, tonight’s episode Angry Andy brings back a characteristic from Andy Bernard that I thought the show had forgotten- his anger management issue.