The Office (US) S2 E15 - 'Boys and Girls' Mini-Review


Equality.

In retaliation against Jan's Women in the Workplace talk, Michael arranges an all-male talk in the warehouse. Chaos ensues as Michael wrecks the warehouse, whilst the girls annoy Jan any way they can. It's an episode packed with laughs and some messages about class and society wrapped in as well. Ultimately, this episode does next to nothing to move the overall plot forwards, but it is so funny that it earns a rating as one of the best in the season.

 BEST MOMENTS

  • Lactation Room. Nuff said.
  • "Some of us like the same girls" - brilliant
  • "Jan aspires to be a whore"
  • "Let's... be... rational... here"
  • "This here is a run down the clock situation. Just like upstairs"
  • Michael making it 'snow' in the warehouse was hilarious
  • "Do Black people like pizza?"
DID YOU KNOW?!*
  • The genesis for the episode came from an idea Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin) and Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly) had while spending time together on the set of the series
  • Pam's monologue on reading about a girl who lived in a house with a terrace was based on a real book from the Choose Your Own Adventure series, although not specifically identified as such in the episode, read by Jenna Fischer when she was a child
  • Scenes were filmed where Dwight brought his "spud gun" to the men's meeting and wreaked havoc, but they were cut from the original broadcast because they upstaged the other parts of the story
  • The math problem Michael gives, 13579 divided by 8724, equates to 1.56
RATING: 8.5/10









*Trivia from IMDB

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