" Vandalism " is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy TV series The Office and the 190st episode as a whole. This episode was written by Owen Ellickson. The film is directed by Lee Kirk, who is the husband of the Jenna Fischer series. It originally aired on NBC on January 31, 2013. The guest star episode Chris Diamantopoulos as Brian mike boom operator, Mark Proksch as Nate, Brad William Henke as Frank, and Ameenah Kaplan as Val.
The series - presented as if it were a real documentary - depicts the daily lives of office employees in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, someone ruined Pam Halpert's warehouse painting. Distraught, he enlists Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) to help him track the vandals. Meanwhile, in their Philadelphia apartment, Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) feels uncomfortable with Jim Halpert's carelessness (John Krasinski). Angela Lipton (Angela Kinsey) reluctantly allowed Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) and Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) to attend her son's first birthday party, Phillip.
This episode received mixed reviews from television critics; many felt that the subplot involving Brian (Diamantopoulos) was attracted to Pam having intercourse into the series and serving little function other than to create excessive drama. This episode was seen by 3.97 million viewers and received a rating of 1.9/5 percent among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 years. Though this episode ranked first within half an hour, it was associated with the final series of <30 Rock being the second highest NBC series tonight.
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Plot
Someone is painting the butt in the warehouse mural of Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer). Confused, he demands to know the identity of the destroyer, but the warehouse workers remain silent to protect their co-workers. He then tried to attract sympathy from other office workers, but with her husband Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) in Philadelphia, only Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) showed interest. Three of Nate's (Mark Proksch) warehouse workers upstairs and interrogated him separately; Nate immediately cracks and identifies Frank (Brad William Henke) as a destroyer. They bring this issue to human resources, and Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) holds a meeting between the parties involved. Pam, perhaps on Toby's advice, apologized for violating Frank's space by using a warehouse to paint his mural, but Frank responded to Pam and his murals using vulgar language and insisted that the butts were funny. Toby and Nelly both side with Frank, so Pam and Dwight take their own things by painting a strange naked man in Frank's truck with washable paint. As Pam told the documentary film crew that he felt it appropriate that he used his art to impose his revenge on vandalism, Frank appeared shouting angry and lunges at Pam. Brian (Chris Diamantopoulos), the boom crew microphone operator, intervenes by hitting Frank in the face with his mic. Frank and Brian were later fired by their respective employers. As Brian leaves, he tells Pam that he'll always be there for him if he needs someone.
Meanwhile, in their Philadelphia apartment, Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) and Jim find their lifestyle more clashing. Jim is dirty, leaving dirty dishes to soak in the sink until someone else washes them, while Darryl is very careful about his possessions so he attaches labels to his name to all of them, even a bag of flour. When Darryl takes issue with Jim using his labeled coffee cup, the two begin to quarrel. Eventually they both understood each other's habits better, and reduced the tension by playing video games together.
Angela (Angela Kinsey) and Robert Lipton (Jack Coleman) celebrated Phillip's son's first birthday by gathering rich political allies. Angela was surprised to learn that Robert invited her lover Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) to the party after she told Robert that she did not want it there. Angela invites Dwight (her extramarital lover) in retaliation, but she scoffs at the invitation. Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) heard this and excitedly volunteered to go to Dwight's place. Oscar, who believes he was invited because Robert fell in love with him, was hurt when he found out that he was invited to step up Robert's opinion in a poll among Latin voters. During group photo shoots, Robert has an Oscar podium at the spot where he almost completely closes Angela, and Oscar and Angela start quarreling with each other. After the party, Robert scolds them for their behavior and admonishes them to do better in the future. However, Kevin interrupts to tell Robert that he is a terrible person for treating Angela and Oscar strictly as a means of gaining political support.
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Production
"Vandalism" was written by watchdog producer Owen Ellickson, making it his third writing credit for the series. It was directed by Lee Kirk. It marks the first director's entry for the series, though he previously guest stars as Clark's minor character in the sixth season episode of "The Delivery". Kirk is also Fischer's husband. The guest star episode of Diamantopoulos as Brian boom mike operator, her third appearance after two previous episodes. Proksch returns as Nate, just like Kaplan as Val. This is the first episode featuring Henke as Frank. Daniels has been teasing in an interview that one character will be fired from the show "in Episode 15". Although "Vandalism" is the fourteenth episode that airs, it is really the fifteenth produced, based on the amount of production.
Broadcast and reception
Ratings
"Vandalism" originally aired right after "Junior Salesman" on NBC on January 31, 2013. In the original American broadcast, the episode was seen by 3.97 million viewers, making it the second episode in the series, after the previous ninth entry "Target" entry, to dip below the 4 million threshold. It received a rating of 1.9/5 percent among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 years. This means that it is seen by 1.9 percent of all ages 18- to 49-years, and 5 percent of all 18 to 49 years. -fold watching television on broadcast. Office was ranked first in half an hour, and tied with the final series of 30 Rock to become the second highest NBC series of the night, even though 30 Rock gather more audiences. Both the end of 30 Rock and "Vandalism" were beaten by "Junior Salesman".
Reviews
Michael Tedder of Vulture was given the episode - along with "Junior Salesman" - four stars out of five. He was glad Kevin told the senator about his ill-treatment of his friends and family, and said "that the arrival of Kevin's stalled delivery made him better." However, he criticized Brian's subplot, calling it "the most unattractive way that this camera crew can reveal". Roth Cornet from IGN gave episode 7 of 10, showing a "good" episode. Although noting that the show itself is still good compared to many television shows, Cornet writes that this episode is an example of "the danger of dragging out things, as we have seen a waste of ending things before they have a chance to reach their full potential they were in the past. "Cornet praises Kevin's" truth bomb ", writes that" works well ", but he calls the" people behind the curtain "expressing... bitter disappointment" and "cop-out" to engage the audience.
Brett Davinger of The California Literary Review calls Brian's "scary" behavior, and wonders if the character will begin to imitate the characteristic character of the eighth season Cathy, who tries to cheat with Jim. He calls Jim and Darryl's storytellers, but is more positive about Oscar and Kevin's story, noting that the ending is "short, but well-done segment". Bonnie Stiernberg from Paste magazine writes that Brian's idea splits while Pam and Jim cause "one of the more extraordinary episodes" of the series. However, he feels that the authors should "think [ideas] about last season" and that the concept seems forced. Stiernberg parallels the rapid buildup for Pam's and Brian's unfavorable relationships to the slow accumulation of early attraction of Pam and Jim to each other. Nick Campbell of TV.com wrote that "Vandalism" - along with "Junior Salesman" - "is much sharper than last week's experiment in Dullsville". He feels that the episode is "important", as it continues the story line involving Brian. Campbell was initially unhappy with the development, but said the plot would be "the ultimate test of the romantic theory of the show" that "the meek (proletariat) people are constantly and honestly raising people- the established and lax (bourgeois) people in the life of the The Office ' s womenfolk ".
Erik Adams from The A.V. The club was awarded the episode "C-" and largely criticized Brian's introduction as a potential love interest for Pam. He's particularly critical of the fight scenes, saying Brian coming to Pam's rescue is an unnecessary discovery, and that having Dwight in the Pam defender's role would be a more fitting resolution for the plot child. Adams, however, is free of charge against Kevin's part in the episode, and calls it a flash "of the ultimate period Office at the best". Casey Gillis from The News & amp; Advance said the overall success of the ninth season of The Office was hurt by "Vandalism", as well as "Junior Salesman". She wrote it, while the episode "would be fun by" herself, after Brian defended Pam "the show was sailing right over the shark".
References
External links
- "Vandalism" on NBC.com
- "Vandalism" in IMDb
- "Vandalism" on TV.com
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