The Office – Recap & Review – Lotto

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The Office
Lotto

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

Oscar and Erin find a dog in a locked car in the office parking lot. Dwight decides to give the doggie a bit to drink through the sunroof which is open. Oscar breaks the rear side window but now the dog can get loose and get run over by a car, so Oscar puts up a piece of cardboard with a couple of holes poked in it for air circulation. Reminder: the sunroof is open.

The warehouse crew won the lottery yesterday. Now Andy has to get Daryl to find a new warehouse crew. Daryl grouses that he used to be in that lotto pool and they won using his birthday. Daryl is really depressed about this turn of events.

The Office Conference Room – Lotto

Welcome back to another meeting in The Office Conference Room, a forum where some of your favorite Office Fan Site Brain-Trusts submit their TwoCents in the days following a new Office episode.

Want to know what us Office geeks have to say about the show? Well look no further! Actually, you have to look a little further, as our opinions are farther down on this page…

And don’t forget that YOU, gentle reader, can join in on the fun as well! We have a Recap & Review of Lotto right here on TheTwoCents where you can give your very own spare change!

Now… on to the Conference Room and where we just may poop our money for the Lotto!

[Last Updated: 10/07/11 at 07:13 PM]

Community – Recap & Review – Competitive Ecology

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Community
Competitive Ecology

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

Chang lives in a utility closet at Greendale and sleeps with a mannequin leg. Also, they’re charging for the water fountain in order to keep tuition down and save on water. There’s a two sip minimum, by the way.

Kane assigns a terrarium project for the Biology class and laments the changes in Lego while he was inside. They’re just so complicated now, he says. He assigns partners and the study group asks Kane if they can partner up among themselves because they’re a family and they love each other. This is not going to end well.

Parks and Recreation – Recap & Review – Born and Raised

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Parks and Recreation
Born and Raised

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Valentina D. – Sr. Reviewer
valentina@thetwocentscorp.com

Did you ever want to know everything there is to know about Pawnee? I mean, every little detail about the small Indiana town? Well, you’re in luck because Leslie Knope, Pawnee’s resident expert and mayoral candidate, has put every little snippet of town history down on paper and released the book “Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America.”

While this is a huge accomplishment for Leslie, not to mention a boost to her mayoral campaign, her proud moment is shattered when the book is plagued with a rumour of a factual inaccuracy within its pages. Because of this, Joan Callamezzo, host of daytime talk show Pawnee Today, refuses to endorse it with a “Joan Callamezzo Book Club” sticker (a great play on Oprah’s book club, where books are guaranteed to become bestsellers). How does Leslie deal with this backlash? Does the book actually contain a factual mistake? Find out after the jump!

The Secret Circle – Recap & Review – Heather

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The Secret Circle
Heather

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Melanie – TwoCents Reviewer
melanie@thetwocentscorp.com

Talk about an episode that has you at the edge of your seat! This week our young witches get a lesson in why it’s bad to delve into magic when they don’t know what they’re getting into. And they realize there are a lot more dangers waiting for them than they could have imagined.

So what happens when Cassie and Faye work a reversal spell before knowing why the original was cast?

Person of Interest – Recap & Review – Mission Creep

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Person of Interest
Mission Creep

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Len – Two Cents Reviewer
len@thetwocentscorp.com

There’s a robbery in tonight’s episode. Not just the one in the story, but we also have series creator Jonathan Nolan stealing from…..Jonathan Nolan! I’ll explain that later, but in the meantime we have a good episode that’s a little light on mystery but important in humanizing Reese and possibly establishing a villain!

To the recap!

More Dancing On FOX

do you think you can dance?

FOX has picked up SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE for its ninth season, it was announced today by Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“For the past eight seasons, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE has been a huge part of our success. We are excited to bring the series and an incredible set of new dancers back for another fantastic season,” said Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

The Big Bang Theory – Recap & Review – The Wiggly Finger Catalyst

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The Big Bang Theory
The Wiggly Finger Catalyst

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Kym – TwoCents Reviewer
kym@thetwocentscorp.com

I’ve got a bone to pick right off the bat this week – admittedly a personal one for my fiance and myself. We’ve seen our boys playing all sorts of geeky games – MMOs, 3-dimensional chess, and tonight a Dungeons and Dragons based board game – but so far, unless I’ve missed it, we haven’t seen them playing the ultimate geeky game. Where is the table-top roleplaying? The real Dungeons and Dragons or any of the other fantasy and science fiction games where everyone sits around and rolls dice. Lots and lots of dice. They did it on Community, but not Big Bang? Really? Okay, now that I’ve got that off my chest, I can move on.

Come with me now, because this weeks episode was very revealing, and I’m not referring to Penny’s wardrobe.

The Vampire Diaries – Recap & Review – Disturbing Behavior

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The Vampire Diaries
Disturbing Behavior

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Ky – TwoCents Reviewer
ky@thetwocentscorp.com

Disturbing Behavior. Wherein Stefan goes shirtless in an unconventional manner, Damon has an identity crisis, Elena has an identity crisis, and Alaric has an identity crisis. There are a lot of confused people today in Mystic Falls. I think it’s something in the water.

Team Ripper (anybody getting tired of these “team” shenanigans yet?) is enjoying a shopping and drinking trip during which Rebekah complains about women not wearing enough clothes and Katherine shows up.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – Recap & Review – Sweet Dee Gets Audited

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Sweet Dee Gets Audited

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2011

Anne – Associate Editor
anne@thetwocentscorp.com

Does democracy work? Can people get along, make decisions, and keep emotions out of things? Not bloody likely with our gang. This episode is much better than last week’s episode, but it’s the most irreverent so far this season for more reasons than one. From the crucifix debate to the baby funeral, it’s all hilariously wrong. And I love it!

The guys all decide that Paddy’s needs to be managed better, they need to make more democratic situations and not get so emotionally involved in everything. They try their damnedest, but fail miserably in the end. Meanwhile, Dee, who just got her surrogate money and bought herself a new Vespa, learns that she’s getting audited by the IRS. “I’m not a scammer!” she swears, but the license plate on the scooter says “$cammin”. She’s been claiming the baby as a dependent, so she needs a baby, STAT.