I liked the "tomorrow is Saturday" story line. Dwight can be over the top but his hairstyle is the real comedy.

"Of course, the essence of Michael is shown when all he remembers from Jan's comments is 'it has nothing to do with your looks'" A lot of people probably miss the humour of those little insights into Michael's character. I liked the bit in the episode 'Fire' where Michael is feeling inferior next to the temp, Ryan, who is attending business school. Michael says, "Ryan is booksmart; I'm streetsmart.....and booksmart". He just couldn't concede a single point. Dwight was over the top in that episode with his attempted heroics.

I'd have to disagree that the "tomorrow is Saturday" story line didn't go anywhere. Maybe your TiVo cut off the end of the show? Michael walks out: "It's 12:30 ... where is Dwight? ... never been late my ass!" This of course ties the whole thing back to the performance review story line. Dwight had so adamantly proclaimed in his review that he had never been late, never missed a day and was the most reliable person in the office. The show ends with a distance shot of Dwight coming out of his car ... half dressed, dropping his briefcase, yelling "I'm here ... it's OK ... I'm here!!!"... another awesome Dwight moment. Also, the episode had an absolutely pivotal scene. Jan's explanation of why she didn't want to go out with Michael was the first time Michael has had anyone tell him to his face that's he's insensitive, rude, disrespectful etc. Of course, the essence of Michael is shown when all he remembers from Jan's comments is "it has nothing to do with your looks"

The initial "popping the ball" scene had me rolling. A guy at work got some of those clacky balls (you know, the ones that "clack-clack-clack" on strings)... after about three hours, we were just about ready to go in there and cut the dang things off because we were so sick of the "clack-clack-clack."

I didn't mind the "Thursday is Friday" subplot. It seemed very Tim/Gareth. What annoyed me was the prepping for the performance review. Hands down the best part of the show was Stanley's review. I hope he got his raise.

I get the feeling that with Dwight, they just come close constantly, but never really lock on. I guess they felt the dry/uncomfortable British version was unaccessible? Too bad, I've dealt with far more Gareths than I have Dwights.