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Writer-producer-actor Paul Lieberstein tells E! that a March 12 report in the U.K.’s Daily Record claiming that Ricky Gervais is “set” to play David Brent on the series finale of the American version of “The Office” is false. “We love Ricky, but have not had any discussions about an appearance on the U.S. show,” Lieberstein tells E! “And we haven’t given any thought to the final show because it is probably a zillion episodes away.”
So remember, readers: the U.K.’s Daily Record posts horseshit.
This week's episode was written by the guys who authored the screenplay for “Ghostbusters 3”:
“New Boss”
Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
Michael has big plans for his 15th anniversary party at Dunder Mifflin, but is in for a shock when the new, no-nonsense Vice President (guest star Idris Elba) has some ideas of his own. Meanwhile, Jim’s prank on Dwight has some unexpected results.
In one week:
“Two Weeks”
Written by Aaron Shure.
Michael’s (Steve Carell) relationship with the new vice president (guest star Idris Elba) becomes increasingly tense, as Michael finds an excuse to goof off even more than usual. Meanwhile, Pam (Jenna Fischer) faces the challenge of a new copier and Kelly (Mindy Kaling) develops a crush.
The show returns April 9 with two (two!) new episodes that will bracket the series premiere of the Amy Poehler “Office” not-spinoff “Parks and Recreation.”
* Ryan Howard will soon be back from Thailand.
* Michael Scott may quit Dunder Mifflin and take another staffer with him.
* Holly Flax will be back for the season finale.
Scenes deleted from last week’s “Golden Ticket”:
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Omar and Brother Malzone only winged him...now he's back to take corners in the paper business, hell yeah...<p> I hope Poot and Bodie turn up as sales associates...
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are all top notch....HOW THE FUCK DID THEY NOT GET ONE ACTING NOM IN 5 FUCKING YEARS?????<p> fucking hollywood...they all shoulda been promoting the hell out of the wire<P> dont fucking complain when there arent quality shows to work on
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At long last, this opens the door to get Method Man as Cheese in the warehouse. God bless Craig Robinson, but if the writing staff really wants to sell their blacks-intimidating-whites jokes they could do no better than Meth as Melvin Wagstaff. Then they could get Robinson and Patrice O'Neal together for the next birthday party to perform C.R.E.A.M. with him.
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you could hear him shout to his assistant "where Wallace at?"
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I'd like to see Prop Joe show up and try to buy out Dunder Mifflin. No alliances this time 'round!
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The awards committees were all like "so who am I supposed to relate to?" and gave up.
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Elba berates the staff for not knowing what an elastic product is, and he better end every meeting with "adjourn yo asses".
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A very special "The Office." A disgraced former "murder police" from "Body-more, Murderland" hires on to Dunder-Mifflin, Scranton. The new guy, Jimmy, suffers from a deeply ingrained distrust of authority. Hilarity ensues when Jimmy begins plotting against Michael. Complications arise when Holly returns from the hinterlands and she and Jimmy begin a relationship, causing Michael no shortage of consternation. We learn that Holly has two children, who lovingly refer to Jimmy by his surname. A montage of the turmoil wrought by this newcomer plays in the final minutes of this special 79-minute episode, brought to you without commercial interruption. Spoiler Alert: new ground will be broken in network television as Jimmy's final words in the season cliffhanger, "What the fuck did I do?" air without the censor's bleep. It's not TV, it's NBC!!!
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the lack of noms is an indictment of the low standards of the industry..
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Prop Joe works with the Kinko's Co-op.<p> No, the real threat is the Baltimore branch...manager there's a kid named Marlo, and his two best earners are a scary pair named Chris and Snoop.<p> Dwight Schrute needs to keep an eye out for any black SUVs near his beet farm...
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fuck the emmys
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No sarcasm intended. I've been calling Michael's new boss Stringer Bell ever since I heard the actor had hired on.
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how come every single week....the office TB invisotext says "ryan will be back" or "ryan returns soon"? Each week I expect him because of these "spoilers" but each week he's not there.
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In Rocknrolla; it wasn't the most terrific movie in the world, but some of the scenes with him and Gerard Butler were classic.
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Always good to see a talented and underused actor find work, and especially the erstwhile Mr. Bell, whose performance on The Wire was one of the best on a great, great show. The final scene between Stringer and Avon Barksdale, where both struggle with the weight of their shared past as they try to set each other up, was one of the best-played dramatic scenes in recent TV. I think the US "Office" is starting to run out of gas but still has moments for now and I'm glad to see Idris Elba get this role.
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D'angelo said that, not Stringer
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And has been soooo good this season.
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I just picture the corner-kids yellin, "We got them White-Sheets. Got them White-sheets." Stringers gonna move that paper-package all over Scranton's East side...and the West muthafucka.
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Michael's racist slips of the tongue and cluelessness have been gone too long. Hilarious!
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report on hollywood gossip, celebrity and/or rumours, are pure horse shit. <p> Take a list. These papers are full of shit. They'll do things like report a Titanic sequel. Or Jaws 6. <p> # Daily Star <br> # The People <br> # The Daily Mirror <br> # The Daily Sport <br> # The Sun<br> # News of the World<br> # The Morning Star
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March 19, 2009, 10:48 a.m. CST
I predict: Stringer Bell will send Kevin to the low-rises
by Dr Lizardo
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March 19, 2009, 12:22 p.m. CST
Will he need to pay off Clay Davis to secure his paper contracts
by jim
Sheeeeeeeeeeit!
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seriouslah
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All in tonight's episode. So HA! Okay, so maybe they were smaller roles. Whatever. Shut up. Tonight's ep is going to kick ass. It's the truth. <p> Also, they're all playing angels.
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Yep, all hope of The Office leaving with its dignity intact has now been lost. "Zillion Episodes" roughly translates to "we'll keep churning out episodes regardless of quality until we get canceled."<p> Too bad...
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To me it's more like sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
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with a shotgun-toting motherfucker named Omar. Dunder-Mifflin is shaken to their core when <spoilers> Oscar is found, beaten to a pulp and eyes gouged out, on the hood of Meredith's van.
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My thoughts exactly. A zillion more to go is a shame when it was clear that they should have ended it with Season 3.
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NEW BOSS:You know, Avon, you gotta think about what we got in this game for, man. Huh? Was it the rep? Was it so our names could ring out on some fucking ghetto streetcorner, man? Naw, man. There's games beyond the fucking game.
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Perfect timing!
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Some would say the show jumped the shark 2 seasons ago, some would say the shark was jumped the day they decided to adapt the original. <p>Personally, I do not believe the shark has been jumped, but they are getting AWFULLY FUCKING CLOSE. If this isn't the final season, then next year should be.<p>...fucking fuckers trying to bleed a good thing dry...
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is it a rule that something has to be hated on eventually no matter what?? the office has hardly slipped that far down in quality. its as if there is a honeymoon period and then no matter what a show, director, actor franchise whatever does it must be hated and people must talk about how bad it has gotten. last weeks office was great? has there been patchy episodes - yes of course but i just don't see where the office has gotten to a point that people prey for it to end. if you don't like it DON'T WATCH IT. its as simple as that. Its kinda like people complaining about how bad the simpsons has gotten. look i agree about that one but guess what ... i stopped watching it because i don't like it anymore. and i don't go to simpson related threads to go on about it...who gives a fuck.
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Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and haters gotta hate....the Office has slipped somewhat from the awesomeness of the 2nd and 3rd seasons, but it is still one of the best sitcoms on TV with an amazing ensemble cast. I don't think it has a "zillion" more episodes in it, but at least a couple more seasons would be nice. The Simpsons is still pretty funny sometimes (the new HD episodes have been fairly solid so far) but where's the hate for Family Guy, which has been weak at best this season (an OJ Simpson episode? Really?)
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Who else from the Wire was on The Office?
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but you have to admit that compared to seasons past, it is the weakest.
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Did you miss Amy Ryan's huge role earlier this season?
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I remember how the zitegiest here was that season three was terrible. And the first season was also terrible. Then the second season showed it getting it's legs. Now the 4th season isn't as great as the wonderful third season. I don't understand what I'm supposed to hate.
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He is a great new character, greats awkwardness
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She does like the brothas, don't she? Seriously though, Elba's deadpan delivery on this show is classic...I hope he stays on for a while.
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Yes...occasionally even VERY funny. But the characters, with all but zero growth, are starting to wear thin. Shows can only stay interesting / engaging for so long. I've long thought the mark was around 5 years...a little more for some, a little less for others, but around 5. The Office is getting close. An example: the Jim-Pam tension subplot when Pam was in NY earlier this year was as clumsy as it was stupid.
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Michael calls the new boss a nigger! hilarity ensues!
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Reclaim your glory! That is all.
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It is exponentially worse - the more that Michael Scott acts like a petulant, Peter-Griffin-esque man-child. I'm sorry, but Steve Carrell single-handedly has been derailing the show since the 3rd season's end.
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So who is Michael taking with him? Dwight???
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Don't hate on the office, Michael Scott is way better than Jim Krazinskis tired cool guy schtick
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he is trying-to-hard to be cool and making social gaffes with absolutely no self-awareness, IMO. NOT when he's a whiny, cry-baby who needs to get his way or he'll act like a 5 year old. Sadly, since season 3, we've been getting far too much of the latter.
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Michael's taking Jim with him. It'll be interesting to see who Charles brings in to run Scranton.
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That would be a fun arc.
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Dunder Mifflin is fucked. Lesson here, David Wallace and Stringer Bell. You come at the king, you best not miss.
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... there will still be an Office spin off, just that it won't be Parks and Recreation? I thought that I read that it was still undetermined as to when it would begin. Could this possibly be the beginnings of said spin-off?</P><p>Also, I completely agree with zaxdilone.
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i've read in a while. I've never watched the office, but maybe i'll start with Elba now on the show, but only if they have a scene with Clay Davis telling everyone how he just finnished reading Prometheus Bound.
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So you haven't watched the Office episode yet? <p> You missed Kevin walk in on Stanley getting a blow job!
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I want to see that episode so badly.
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and Oscar & Stanley have to go through all the numbers to find the problem:<p>Stanley: "Aw, fuck"<br>Oscar: "Mother-fucker"<br>Stanley: "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck"<br>Oscar: "FUCK"<br>Stanley: "Mother-Fuck!"<br>Oscar: "Oh fuck, oh fuck"<br>Stanley: "fuck?"<br>Oscar: "fuck me, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fucker"<br>Stanley: "...the fuck?" <br>Oscar: "Fuckin' A!" <br>Stanley: "Fuck Me!"
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Lately this just hasn't been funny at all. Just Steve walking around acting like a fucking baby. I love the Peter Griffin comparison because thats basically who he's become now. This series needs to get back on track and for the love of God where was Toby during all of this and BRING BACK HOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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was the best line of the night, so fucking dumb to say. let so deep as well.
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I don't watch The Office.
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Then I see why you didn't know! ;)
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it was good to see Jim get fucked with for a change.
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The office still makes me laugh til it hurts. Piss off, haters.
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The Wire kicked the holy hell out of the Sopranos, when both series are taken in their entirety. You all know it. There is simply no comparison between the two. And Idris Elba is the baddest mofo on the planet. And RockNRolla was also badass. And the Office is still great, though I'm thinking 30 Rock might be edging it out.
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Sure, Dwight's an ass, but Jim tried to run him under the bus twice, AND later seemed to be angling for Michael's job with his "hey guess what, I'm the NUMBER TWO MAN around here" ass-kissery, after he saw the tension between Charles and Michael. Did the writers know this is how Jim came off? His 'comeuppance' by getting dissed by Charles was strangely satisfying.
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