The Office continues a strong Season 5 with another great episode. "Crime Aid" spotlights the complications and the ups and downs of the relationships between Holly and Michael, Jim and Pam and Dwight and Angela. However, before we start my recap there's an important promise I need to make: Dear Reader, I pledge to you that in my discussions of these relationships I shall not engage in the nickname contraction epidemic that has lately plagued blogs across the Web. No "Jams" or "Dwangelinas" or "Mollys" shall be written by me; I shall also not use other "cute" couple nicknames — "PB&J" I'm looking at you — to describe the partners. I'm not asking you to do the same in your comments — I'm just saying that this is an important personal choice I'm making, which I hope you'll respect. Now let's begin.
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"Baby Shower", the third episode in what's turning out to be a stellar fifth season for The Office, begins with what can only be described as the Best. Opening. Ever. The episode begins with Dwight helping Michael practice for the birth of Jan's sperm donor baby while Dunder Mifflin's too-horrified-to-look-away crew witnesses this hilarious, disturbing and perfectly-Office-esque spectacle. When even Creed is repulsed, you've reached a new level.
Read on for the full, fun-filled recap.
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With the exemplary premiere behind us, in which we were treated to Jim and Pam's engagement, Dwight and Angela's torrid and super-secret affair, Michael and Holly's evolving 'friendship' and Ryan's return as Pam's temporary replacement, does the second episode of the Office continue the momentum? The answer, my friends, is ...
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Last season ended with cliff-hangers galore: Andy proposed to Angela, Jim was thwarted from proposing to Pam, Michael commited to playing babydaddy to Jan's mystery spawn, and — this really killed me because my DVR cut off early and I only found out about this the next day — the cameras, those ubiquitous Office cameras, caught Dwight and Angela boinking minutes after she accepted Andy’s proposal. The writers developed great storylines last season, and this premiere episode did a great job picking up those threads and setting up some great arcs for this season.
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