Archives for March 2009

How long has it been since we’ve had a new episode of The Office? Six, seven months? It feels like a sweet forever (probably because the last time there was a new one I got frustrated by sound ish-ahs and barely even watched it). I’m hoping tonight finds us with plenty-o-Andy and minimal focus on Angela’s cats.

A few memorable lines:

– “AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.”

– “You’re only engaged once. Present company excluded.”

– “I am about to give blood, the gift of everlasting life.”

– “I was so nervous about this I don’t think I ate for three days.”

– “What did you do? Not that I approve of any of it.”

– “There has to be a way to get all these lonely people together.”
“A giant net?”

– “Eric. You mentioned before that you’re in tool and die repair. Meredith recently had a total hysterectomy.”

– “You didn’t eat much there, Jimbo.”
“Oh, initially I did.”

– “Are you on email? Cool.”

In the end it was sort of a slow episode, though it was sweet how everyone rallied around Michael and his efforts to find the owner of the pink glove. And I definitely appreciated how Pam ate all of Bob’s fries. But here’s to hoping that Andy gets back from his honeymoon(s) ASAP. We need the funny.

What did y’all think?

I so loved that in “After The Final Rose Part 2” Chris Harrison managed to use the words “amazing,” “dramatic” and “jaw-dropping” within the first ten seconds of the show. We should expect no less.

Chris then made us watch a recap of what we just saw Monday night, LIKE WE ALL HAVEN’T COMMITTED THAT TO MEMORY ALREADY, and finally he got back to the topic at hand: Jason and Molly. He brought out Nikki, Stephanie, Naomi, Erica and Kari to do some damage control (what Jason did to Melissa was fine! totally fine! they don’t fault him at all!), and then Chris went all Phil Donahue by taking some comments and questions from the audience.

I think that Q&A time would have been just as effective if Chris had held up a big sign that said, “DON’T BE MAD, AMERICA. PLEASE DON’T BE MAD.”

Also: I found that I needed to pause the DVR and have a moment of silence and awe for Stephanie’s bedazzled top. OH, HOW I HAVE MISSED HER.

Jason finally stepped up on the stage (it all felt so familiar) and conceded that his decision probably wasn’t a popular one. He told us that he’s not proud of what he did to Melissa, but it was the right choice because he was in love with somebody else. He wondered aloud if it was right to lead Melissa on, and I think we’d all agree that no, it wasn’t – but neither was breaking her heart on national television.

Jason went on to say that he and Molly keep getting better and better and that what he didn’t realize that last day in New Zealand was that Molly was his best friend. That is some sweet irony, my friends, considering that Jillian contended for weeks that she wanted her husband to be her best friend and Jason was all “Nooooo, that’s not what I’m looking for.” Then Jason said that Molly challenges him and he needs that and he wishes Melissa nothing but the best.

I yawned.

And somewhere in Texas, Melissa rolled her eyes.

Molly was the next person on the stage, and of course before she and Chris could talk we were forced to watch another video of what happened Monday night. Molly defended her decision to give Jason another chance, and she went on to say how difficult the last two weeks have been for them because of all the rumors surrounding the show. But she said they’re happier than ever, and Jason is basically her dream come true.

We finally got to see the happy couple sit side-by-side on the couch, and both of them seemed to feel like as difficult as the whole situation has been, it’s all worth it. They’re so happy and so in love and Molly is moving to Seattle. Jason said that he hopes everyone can see that he and Molly (HIM AND HER) followed their hearts, and he hopes people realize that they (HIM AND HER) did what was right for everybody involved.

Methinks he may need to give America a few weeks to come around to his point of view.

Chris presented Molly and Jason with a tent, then Jason gave Chris a hearty high five-ish manshake, and oh, all’s well that ends well, I reckon.

Or well-ish.

The last round of non-shocking news was that Jillian is the new Bachelorette, which is not at all a surprise. However, it’s terribly delightful, because we’ll get to hear her say PROcess, aBOOT and aGAIN for ten straight weeks. So SCORE.

Or, you know, however you say “SCORE” in Canadian.