Epic episode and one of the best sight gags ever with Michael Scott doing 'Michael Klump' in his best effort to motivate the Office to lose enough weight so that they can win the Branch Wars for additional vacation time. Also, Jim finally proposes to Pam in the most unconventional place ever...a gas station. It was actually pretty damn cool how it played out. Loved the "Musical Chairs" Goatee gag that Michael, Ryan and Dwight were embroiled in. A fantastic episode that ended with THE perfect joke: Toby laying in bed recuperating. I had forgotten all about his appearance for this one. Poor Toby.

This also has the awesome rap that Holly and Michael perform...."Wicka, wicka, wicka, whaaaaaaat"!

A very uncomfortable episode to watch that ends in one of the coolest and most unexpected scenes in the entire history of The Office. It was uncomfortable watching Michael try in vain to make this "connection" that does not exist with Jan or the baby as if it were his own. I can't see anyone in real life that would go to such lengths. It's embarrassing and sad. The other thing that was uncomfortable was watching Michael put down Holly for Jan's sake. Why? Why do this to anyone, let alone the one that you obviously have a major crush on. I just don't get where anyone can justify calling Holly names (even though she was warned beforehand by Michael himself that he would do) just to make Jan feel.....feel whatever it is he was trying to do for her.

This leads into the coolest scene ever. Micheal realizes how dumb and idiotic and probably how ashamed he is for doing what he did to Holly, just goes up and just holds her. Watching Holly tear up was just an incredibly powerful scene. Just an awesome moment to savor. And then to top it off, Michael finally asks her out on a date. About damn time dude!!



Love Dwight's method of testing baby strollers.

Sad episode where Holly is being forced to transfer back to her old branch by corporate because of their strict dating policy, thus effectively ending Michael and Holly's relationship as a couple. The Halloween costumes, especially Creed as the Joker was a hoot. Even Dwight looked kick ass as the Joker. The gag with Dwight applying to Cornell and the interview that follows just to get under Andy's skin was hella funny. The only weak part of this episode was Jim's brothers, along with Pam, pulling a prank on him.

Great episode that finally gives some screen time to Oscar. He's really be relegated off to the sidelines while everyone else gets to play in the sandbox. So, it was finally that it would be him to basically sabotage Andy's chances with Angela by getting him to drunk dial her and demand to know what the deal is with her. As for Michael, I don't get how he could continually make excuses for upper management's lack of respect toward him. They sent your girlfriend away! Have some balls and call them out on their  s h i t  when it happens, not a week later....over the phone.

Loved the fact that Ryan just got suckered into dating Kelly again when his original plan to have a negative reaction from Darryl regarding Kelly breaking up with him didn't pan out as such. Hahahaha. Also, Pam returns back to Scranton at the cost of giving up her dreams of being an artist in NY.

Good episode that has the employees kissing Michael's ass to convince him to do something with the surplus that benefits them and not corporate. Half the Office wants a new copier machine because in the words of Jim, "sucks". The other half wants new chairs. I found it particularly funny watching Pam get all dolled up and then flirting incessantly with Michael to sway his decision. Oscar and Jim on the other hand take him out to lunch. Decisions, decisions. So, what does he do? Why he has Hank the Security Guard try to make it for him. Doesn't work. The Fur coat with fake blood at the end was a nice gag.

Also, Dwight cons a clueless Angela into marriage in the hopes that this will finally win her back. For the time being, it doesn't.

Best gag of the season was Andy stepping in a pile of  s h i t  outside the barn. But then to have him step in another pile of  s h i t  inside of Dwight's house was EPIC!!!!!

This was awesome. The "fight" that goes down between Dwight and Andy at the end was incredibly funny. There really wasn't a whole lot to this episode other than the slow build up to the confrontation between the two. There is a certain satisfaction that the viewer gets when Angela realizes that neither one wants her anymore. Who would want her to begin with anyway? She's too high strung and "holier than thou".

I liked how Michael thought he was  b u l l s h i t t i n g  his way through his meeting with David Wallace about his job performance. I don't know if there are any delusional people on his level in real life. There can't be. Right?

Also, I do believe this is the first instance of The Office using Greenscreen to film a pickup scene. They may have done so with previous episodes, but this is the first one that stood out and being very noticeable. If you look at the last image, you can clearly see that Steve Carell is in fact superimposed onto the scene. This would not be the last time they would do this. A few more are on there way,.....

Stress Relief is one of, if not THE funniest episodes of The Office. Off the top of my head, I can't think of another one that even comes close to this. Hey, that's why I'm doing an Office marathon right now. Duh. Unfortunately this is also where The Office officially 'Jumped the Shark' in my eyes when they brought in Jack Black, Jessica Alba and Cloris Leachman. It's not that their parts in this episode were bad, it was just that it was so uncharacteristic of the series and it didn't quite feel right having big name stars on the show. The episode nor the series needed big name stars at this time....or anytime for that matter.

As for the rest of the episode, this definitely has the greatest opening ever. There is no denying that it is the funniest and most insane cold opening ever when Dwight starts a fire in the Office to train the rest of the employees in fire safety. When things fall apart and the  s h i t  hits the fan, I couldn't stop laughing. Sooooooooo damn funny it hurts. What could top this? Oh, how about the CPR class where Dwight cuts off the face of the CPR dummy and does his best Hannibal Lecter.

This episode also has the famous Roast bit where everyone basically makes Michael cry. Hell, when Michael comes back the next day and Roasts everyone else in The Office, they were genuinely funny jokes. The jokes are so good that I have been using the 'Meredith, you've slept with so many guys that you're starting to look like one" roast as my forum signature since 2008. It's that funny.