The Office: Don’t Eff with Stanley

I almost completely forgot about The Office last night, after my beloved Pittsburgh Penguins failed to sweep the Rangers in Game 4 (but don’t fret, we’ll get ‘em on Sunday). Thankfully, Hulu.com posts brand new episodes of The Office the day after they air!

Last night’s episode, “Did I Stutter?,” was hysterical. There were a number of different story lines developing, the biggest being Michael dealing with Stanley’s insubordination. The confrontation between Stanley and Michael has been a long-time coming, as Stan has never taken Michael seriously and has been with the company too long to really care about anything. Their clash built nicely throughout the episode, and climaxed with Michael sort of winning by treaty. I was glad to see they resisted the temptation to change the staff by firing someone.

Meanwhile, Dwight continues to envy his ex-girlfriend Angela and Andy’s relationship (he catches them doing very lame Mad Libs together in the break room). I loved the idea that Dwight’s first idea for revenge is to purchase Andy’s car from him at a low price, and then resell it for profit. Also, Pam forgets your contacts at Jim’s house and has to wear an ugly pair of glasses all day.

It was a fantastic episode that moved at a lightning pace. If you missed it, you can watch it here.