Couchtime: The Office: Snow Patrol

The Office: Snow Patrol

Best sequence of the temper? I suppose so. Last night's Christmas episode of The Billet had me cracking up every few minutes and the characters delivered more hilarious lines than I could ever hope to pen down for the review. It shouldn't do as a storm that the sequence was scripted by comedic genius Mindy Kaling.

The issue of Holly could not have been executed in a best way. She was returning because Toby had to go for jury duty.on the Scranton Strangler case! She's still life with her boyfriend, A.J. but it's unclear if they're actually happy together. And although she was making weird sounds and talk in bizarre voices with Michael the moment she arrives, the situation quickly degenerated into something much more inappropriate.

As shortly as Michael heard that Holly was coming back he postponed the agency Christmas party so that he could make a much classier and expensive one in her honor. He dumped his Santa suit for a red velvet blazer and creepy hat, put up real nice decorations and told Erin to see for Holly to arrive.

The funniest gag of the all night (and perhaps one of the funniest things ever on the show) was how Erin completely and all did not see the prayer of Holly. At all. She delivered so many awesome lines and played it perfectly so she didn't even come across as mean. Here are some:

• "I'm sorry, I can't help you. I'm waiting for my boss's pretty friend to arrive."
• "Maybe Holly's not in any location to be pushing guys away."
• Is she an awful cook or something?"
• "I DON'T GET IT!!!"

So, so awesome. Michael was broken when he ground out that not alone was Holly still with A.J. she was life with him. She had a cutesy story about how he gave her a bird of Woody from Toy Story and everything. As Michael got more upset (I'm certain it didn't help that his arch-nemesis Toby was the essence of aid as a juryman on the Scranton Strangler case) he got more and more inappropriate. He threw Holly's Woody doll into the garbage. Then he poured coffee on it. Then he tried to pick it on Toby.It was embarrassing, and it was 100% classic Michael Scott.

What was so great about this sequence was that there were a lot of subplots and small jokes with almost of the cast, and they were all fantastic. Nothing brought the sequence down. The snowball fight (war, really) between Jim and Dwight just had me cracking up. Jim threw one snowball and Dwight, and so they agreed to take a snowball fight on the day of the beginning real snow - which, of course, was the day of the rescheduled Christmas party. Dwight ambushed Jim in the parking lot by disguising himself as a snowman and get the dirt out of Jim with snow. There was blood on his shirt! But it didn't end there. He surprise-attacked Jim everywhere, even disguising a snowball launcher as a Yuletide gift with Pam. When Jim finally tried to get level with a snowball and a lacrosse stick, Dwight moved and he loaded a window instead. But nothing was more awesome than when Jim left at the end of the day, a beaten man, only to see nearly a dozen snowmen in the parking lot. Which one was Dwight? Jim started smashing them, but none of them were hiding Dwight. He was hiding on the rooftop, having successfully replaced snow with fear. Only Dwight could employ psychological warfare in a snowball fight.

Beyond the Michael/Holly storyline and the Jim/Dwight storyline, though, there was however so much loss on. Lots of fun little digs about Angela's (State) senator boyfriend. Lots of bragging from Angela about her (State) senator boyfriend, and "complaints" about having to dispense with the media. Then there was Toby, basking in the aid from his jury duty. I love Toby. I always have. He's just so.unfortunate. How can you not look bad for Toby? He is the Charlie Brown of The Office, and every time something unfortunate happens to him it's peculiar because, well, that's just so Toby.

Darryl's subplot was too great. He was heartbroken to take that his kid (who was all kinds of adorable) didn't need to spend Christmas with him, so Pam and Andy helped him reconnect with her at the agency Christmas party. Andy as the Grinch was hilarious, especially because his estimate of a fun challenge was to ask topical political questions.

In the end Pam told Michael about Holly's doubts regarding her non-committal boyfriend and told him to be patient. I desire the Scranton Strangler case lasts a long, long time because I really need to see Michael leave the present with Holly. After all these years, don't you need a happy end for him? The inaugural instalment of 2011 is called "The Ultimatum", so I'm excited for some more Michael/Holly development.

Now here's a number of approximately of the hilarious moments and lines from the episode. It will be very, very tenacious and still won't include everything that made me laugh. This episode? It's getting a second viewing.

• "That you, Scranton Strangler! I know you! You get taken one more person's breath away." - Michael
• "There's nothing classier than boring jazz music." - Michael
• "Nora Ephron. In every romantic comedy ever created." - Michael, on who told him that Holly would be one and set to date.
• The camera guy keeps asking Gabe if he and Erin are still dating.
• Andy thinks that he's Pam's connection to Darryl, because he and Darryl are BFF.
• "Ultimatums are great. Basically, no one does anything for me anymore unless I threaten to kill myself." - Kelly
• Kevin's theory that Woody came to living and poured coffee on himself.
• "Maybe your senator boyfriend has a cover in the car. For screwing Americans." - Meredith
• "Yet another place where a blanket would have been useful." - Gabe, because Kelly decided to leave everyone Hello Kitty laptop sleeves as the corporate Christmas gift, rather than fleece blankets.
• "...walking around slo-mo, drinking lattes." - part of Michael's dream date.
• "I don't have kids, but if my grandmother ever dies? I'll kill myself." - Andy
• "To get to sit in an air-conditioned room, downtown, judging people, while my lunch is paying for? That is the life." - Stanley on why jury duty is his dream. (This was extra funny because I have ever wanted to get selected for jury duty for those exact reasons.)
• Dwight dressed up as Pam. Dwight has a wig for Every. Single. Person. In. The Office.
• Holly thought Dwight and Jim were best friends?!
• "And the game's over.seconds later." - Darryl
• Dwight telling Jim to put ice on his wounds.
• Oscar pointing out that Angela's senator boyfriend is gay.
• Kevin got Oscar Ugg boots. Angela got Creed a lot of deodorant, which he loved.
• Everything about Jim and Pam's gifts. Her seeking approval from everyone of her homemade comic book. Ryan's criticisms. (Derivative! Jim loving it. Pam's face when she saw the bracelet he got her. It was a whole lot of "Awwww".

OK, I'll wrap it up with that - but there were SO MANY amazing things about this episode!