This was a good season premiere. It's kind of hard to take one gag and run stretch it out over 20 minutes. Some of the rumors that Michael spread throughout the Office were incrediblly funny. Some of the others, not so much. The best of course was Michael getting Andy to question whether or not he was gay. Very funny indeed. Also funny was Kevin's rumor that he has another smaller person inside of him being controlled by...controls, had me laughing. But the most memorable part of this episode was the cold opening when Michael, Dwight and Andy are doing Parkour.

Solid episode where Jim finally gets to strut his stuff as co-manager along side of Michael and quickly runs into his first problem of how to distribute raises for just a few of its employees. Yup, Jim's method of how to decide does not go over well with those that don't get raises. Good episode, just not great.

What do you think this one is about? The Mob of course. Well, kinda. Michael along with Dwight and Andy, think he is being shaken down by a member of the Mafia. In actuality, it's just a really pushy salesman that looks and acts like he has connections if you will. But it's all the theories that Michael, Dwight and Andy come up with that makes this a hoot to watch. Watching Andy  f u c k  up the simple act of jump starting a car just to keep his disguise intact was funny as hell.

The episode was just OK for me. It's never really been one of my favorites. Nothing really happens that I would even say is funny, with the exception of when Michael begins to over-share about all the embarrassing things that have happened to him over the years. I didn't care for Pam and Andy cold calling with business', using her pregnancy and Andy as the "father" to close deals.

I do declare this episode was EPIC!!! It was so fun watching the gang getting into their respective characters to solve the crime. Yes, it was a role playing game, a 'whodunit' if you will. So why are they playing a game during working hours? Well, it's Michael's way of taking their minds off the fact that Dunder Mifflin is in finanacial crisis and will become solvent before the year is out. So, what would you rather think about? A fake murder or losing your job. Exactly.

Michael was particularly funny with his accent and I love how Dwight was taking the game literally as fact, altering how he would kill them all. Talk about getting into character. But the prize of the day goes to Oscar and his "accent". So damn funny!! The Mexican Standoff at the end was awesome. Funny and epic is all I gots to say about this one.

If this still doesn't sell you on the awesomeness of this episode, just watch the cold opening where Dwight kicks his own ass.

The whole Scott's Tots thing really didn't give me any laughs. It wasn't suppose to. Where do you find humor in crushing 15 kids dream of College by having to come clean to them that you can't pay for their tuition. And Dwight's "diabolical" plan gag wasn't all that funny either. The episode was just OK. Best part of the episode was Michael's 'Elvis-talk' and Andy's annoying 'Baby-talk'.

In a nutshell, The Banker is a clip show. Even though they did show some of the best bits from the first 6 seasons of the series, it doesn't offer much in the way of advancing the story-line, which is that a fact checker is sent to Dunder Mifflin to varify if the company is safe and valid enough to be sold to the Buyer that is planning to take over. Even though they showed a lot of great clips, in the end, this is just one less episode we get. 4 Stars.