The stark, sudden reveal of just how fake Ryan’s all-consuming narcissism really is, undercut by his preening takedown of “Kelly,” was one of the darker laughs the show has gone for in a while. You really need to read a couple of books,” he says with a gleam in the eye, revealing just how much he defines himself by feeling superior to the one person in his life still willing to take his shit. “You’re so ignorant, you barely know what you’re talking about.
In one of the stranger scenes The Office has done lately, Dwight does his best Kapoor and tells Ryan how he’s smarter than all those other wiz kids, only to be shot down. You have no idea.” It also didn’t help that his favorite color sports drink was unavailable.īefore Ryan split to be with his mommy, he mentioned that he wished Kelly were here. It didn’t help that Dwight’s idea of a pep talk was “So much rides on this. He was supposed to give a presentation about the ridiculous new Sabre Triangles (at least they have USB ports), but had a total breakdown instead. Novak was one of the head writers and his character could usually be counted on to say something dickish. Ryan Howard was the main character (if you go by who gets to be in the credits) that needed to show some growth, as ever since he got rehired by Michael he’s had such a minimal presence that he seemed to be on the show because B.J. But once the show backed off this and found its footing a bit more, this approach has helped explore who these characters are and how they’ve grown as we’ve known them. It took a while for this approach to pay off, and most of the first part of the season seemed focused on ramming home the idea of Andy as boss. One of the points Lieberstein made in his interview was that after Steve Carell’s departure, the show took a “rotating center” approach that allowed various characters to take the spotlight. Turns out she can also do uptight (especially when her employs don’t use their ridiculous triangle phones) and even joyful so happy was she that the Sabre Store launch went okay that she didn’t seem bothered by newly minted Vice-President Schrute’s multiple air punches to the gut. We also got to see parts of Nellie beyond self-involvement and vanity this episode. We learned of her hardscrabble, loamlike roots, her cockney accent and humiliating Spice Girls audition.
But if piece moving was the primary goal of this episode, there was also some needed shading added to Nellie. Viewed in terms of the overall arc, “Test the Store” was a funny enough but slight installment that mainly served to further move Nellie Bertram and Dwight into position for the power struggle that will occupy the rest of the season. It’s a great read - unless you’re not the spoiler type - and it’s a nice reassurance that the people behind this show have a plan in mind, even if it feels like they didn’t get around to doing more than just keeping their heads above water on an episode-by-episode basis until deep into the current run of episodes. Toby Flenderson portrayer and Office showrunner Paul Lieberstein gave an interview with Vulture this week that laid out plans for the rest of the season.
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