The season 5 premiere, Weight Loss

For the first time I was not disappointed in the hour-long episode of The Office. The Office continues to be one of my favorite shows, but I must say it took a while for them to gain stride doing one-hour episodes. However, last night, the hour-long season premiere had arrived!

The big theme of last night’s episode was Weight Loss. The whole office becomes weight obsessed, well, Michael, Kelly, and Dwight do at least…

The episode starts off with the employees of Dunder Mifflin stepping on a scale to weigh themselves and Pam leaving for art school. The episode moves on to Michael being usually awkward and trying to be friends with Holly before making a move on her, Holly calling Kevin retarded, Holly starting a relationship with Oscar’s yoga teacher, Michael growing a beard, Phyllis sneaking a cake party (reminded me of the old holiday party episode), Michael in a fat suit, Pam and Jim getting engaged at a rest stop, and Holly being dissed by the yoga teacher. That was all in one hour.

Of course one of my favorite scenes was Michael in a fat suit making Kelly get up in the middle of their office meeting so everyone could give her a compliment to boost her self-esteem. I don’t know what it is about Michael Scott’s character that makes you want to love him and cringe in the same breath, but it works.

In all, I thought last night’s episode was a great way to start the season. What did you think of last night’s episode? What did you think of Holly and Michaels’ rap? About Pam and Jim getting engaged? About Michael ripping Holly’s County Crows’ tickets?

You’ve already missed this one on Hulu. Don’t fall any farther behind!