The Office: #22 -- "The Surplus"
22) The Surplus
Season 5, Episode 10
Every Thursday during the final season of The Office, I'll
be counting down the best episodes of the series' previous eight
seasons. Follow me on Twitter @StiglitzMovies to see my thoughts on the
ninth and final season. Below are links to previous entries in this
retrospective.
Pre-Title Sequence:
In the cold open – which ties in with the A-story –Oscar tries
to explain to Michael about an office surplus that must be spent at the end of
the day or it will be deducted from next year’s budget. Michael, not sure how
this actually works (Carell does a great job of looking totally confused), asks
Oscar to explain it to him as if he were eight years old. When Michael still doesn’t
get it, he asks Oscar to explain it to him as if he were five. Oscar tries to
convince Michael that the office needs a new copy machine, but Michael remains
confused about the surplus.