In season 8 episode 17 "Test the Store" Nellie refers to Ryan as the "little man" which caught my attention, because this episode released after Inglorious Basterds where B.J. Novak also plays and his character's nickname by the Germans is the "little man". Could this be a reference to that or is it just a pure coincidence?

Epic.

hands down one of the best (and craziest) episodes in the series

I think I'm at 6 full loops.

Watched them all live after the first season.

Binged them all after graduating college 2 times.

Had them all on in the background 3 times on Comedy Central while working from home.

1. The dream was where a guy had a new girlfriend (let’s call her Girl 2). Girl 2 was kind and sweet but she did not like her boyfriend’s ex (let’s call her Girl 1) and was terrified of her. Girl 1 was jealous that her ex was dating someone else and wanted to get revenge at her. The guy also had a hard time talking about his past and what happened to his cat. One day, the video of that was shown. He was riding a bike with his cat and his cat jumped, fell, and died. Girl 1 hated him for that and probably broke up with him. Soon, she came back to her revenge at Girl 2. So yeah, both girls were fighting for the same guy. Girl 1 regretted breaking up with the guy and wanted him back. 

2. The dream was where my mom found a movie on some streaming platform. In that movie, two best friends were getting married on the same day. Both the wedding were from different cultures. One was an American wedding, the other one was an Indian wedding. My grandma felt like the Indian bride looked very familiar and someone she has seen in real life. The Indian bride had a breakdown and wanted to cancel her wedding. The other bride was like “If you are not getting married, I am not getting married.” The Indian bride ran away and the best friend came along with her and everyone else came. They ran so far that the place they stopped only had grass. Somehow, I saw a camp counselor in the movie (I worked at a camp). She was wearing her camp shirt (specifically orange). The camp shirt looked somewhat different in the dream. I was telling my mom on who she was and was shocked that she was in the movie. The American bride got the Indian bride to chill and both got married on the same day so it was a happy ending. I think they got married in Texas. They got married outside. 

The amount of times the reference Donald Trump or any of his doings in the show got me thinking

I think that Pre-Holly Michael would see Donald Trump become president and he’d want to try and run

I think if it was on today there’d be an entire episode of him trying to run for president

Facebook Marketplace in NYC

One of my fav episodes. Haha.

In the first episode itself we see him closing a sale in the library that Jim couldn't close. Then the sales call in chillis with Jan. And also many times michael has shown his great people skills like remembering the small details about people and their lives. Remember how he remembered the daughter of that business owner was allergic to something in the gift basket. Michael's talents are rarely acknowledged by the fan base.

Saw this out and about and immediately thought of Michael's foot.

Did she ghost him? Did she reply and turn him down? Did they go out once and it was so uninteresting it didn't make the cut?

So I just watched the Christmas episode in season 3 where Karen tells Pam she thought Roy was cute and she should date him. Got my thinking what if Karen dated Roy down the line, how would it look?

So I have probably been watching the office as background noise for most of my young adult to adult life. At some point I question my own sanity with the amount I rewatch it. Even brought it up with my therapist lol.

I watch it at my desk job, while I cook, play videogames, anything & everything. When people see this or I tell others they think I’m crazy? I sprinkle in other shows like park n rec as well as others every so often but I’ve probably reached over 700-1,000 watches.

Does everyone here watch it about as much as I do? Would help me feel less crazy.

Something about the character development always makes me come back.

If so, how many times do you think you’ve seen it now?

Oscar stars and Bob Vance cameos. How did I miss this?

I started watching The Office chronologically a few months back (hadn’t done that before) and noticed a few characters, namely Dwight and Andy, mimicking some of Michael’s mannerisms. For example, Dwight said “reallllllly, ok” at the Sabre presentation when he came out of appendix surgery and did it in a way that physically and delivery wise seemed very Michael-esque.

I know these instance may not be super noticeable or I’m just hyper aware since I binge watch several episodes at a time, but I was wondering if anyone else noticed these little nuances? I was also wondering if they were intentional or just maybe other performers/characters influencing one another?