Tuesday October 11, 2005
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The office is forced into the parking lot for the day when a fire starts in the kitchen. To ease everyone's boredom, Jim suggests a game of "Desert Island" and "Who Would You Do?," where certain staff members reveal a little too much information about themselves. Throughout the day, Michael talks business with Ryan, leaving Dwight feeling left out.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Ok so this was the first episode of The Office i have ever seen after my friends have told me countless times to watch it and i have to say i am impressed. they have a lot of different personalities in their characters and they were all very funny to watch. at first i thought Michael and Dwight were just plain old annoying but after awhile i began to find them more entertaining, especially when dwight sung his song about the fire at the end. i had a bit of a hard time following because i thought Jim and Pam were going out but once i got everything straight, i really enjoyed this episode
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“The Fire”, in my opinion, is one of the best episodes of “The Office”. It has humor, great Jam moments, and, of course, Dwight singing, “Ryan started the fire!” Whenever I want to get someone else as hooked on “The Office” as I am, I show them this episode. “The Fire” centers on Ryan, the young temp sent to work at Dunder Mifflin, as he is reviewed by Michael, and given the “ten steps of business”. Dwight becomes jealous of all the attention Michael is giving Ryan. Meanwhile, as a fire forces everyone outside, the rest of the Dunder Mifflin employees find out more about the people the work with by playing Desert Island, Who Would You Do, and Would You Rather. Overall, this episode is extremely funny, and one of my personal favorites. The only other episode that is above “The Fire” on my list of favorites would have to be the classic episode “Casino Night”. There are plenty of memorable moments and quotes in this episode, and there are very few, if any, dull moments. I loved seeing Michael push everyone out of the way and run out of the building at the sound of the fire alarm, and then try to rationalize it by saying that they do not employ children, and that if he were to let the women out first, he would have a lawsuit on his hands. I also loved that most of the minor characters got their chance to shine by participating in Jim’s games outside. I loved the pop culture reference to Lost, with Dwight asking if his shoes came off in the crash. One of my other favorite moments is seeing Dwight sulk in his car, listening to “Everybody Hurts”, and Pam telling him that she bets Ryan wishes to himself that he were a volunteer sheriff’s deputy on the weekend. The absolute best part of the episode, though, is definitely when Dwight comes running out of the building, coughing, and holding a burnt cheese pita. “I wrote a song just for the occasion, while I was up there among the flames,” he says, and then launches into a modified version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, substituting “Ryan started” for “we didn’t start”. This is brilliant writing on the part of the writers of this show; it does not get much funnier than this. This episode had me laughing for days on end; I rewatch it all the time; and, even though I know what is going to happen, I still laugh at all of (and there are plenty) the jokes. “The Fire” was the first episode I bought for my Ipod, and the one I rewatch on it the most. I never, ever get tired of this episode. If you a looking for an absolutely hilarious, well-written and well-acted episode of “The Office”, look no further. 10/10.
haha dwight. ryan started the fire!! wow good episode. everyone should watch it. its one of my favorites on the show. ahh i love it. and then who'd you do? that was great. Michael:[trying to be like jim] well i would do ryan because hes going to own his own business. wow i love this show. ha ha ha and desert island and angela would take the bible, a purpose driven life, and the davinci code so that she could burn it. ok so even though im sure every one who is reading this has watched the show every week like me, but if there is that chance you did not, you should start. =P
RYAN STARTED THE FIRE! hide show
HILARIOUS episode, one of the best. The Office needs to be evacuated as a fire starts. The whole evacuation is hilarious, but it's really Dwight who makes the episode brilliant.
His escape, his determination to get Michael's phone back.... priceless.
The episode's ending is quite satisfying too. It turns out that Ryan started the fire, which gives Dwight a much needed satisfaction: even though Ryan is a member of a business school, he still doesn't know how to use a microwave, so they make up a song. H - i - l - a - r - i - o - u - s.
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This episode is really, really great. It has so many funny moments, especially the "Ryan started the fire" song that Dwight made up. I thought that the Jim and Pam interaction and general content for their characters in this episode was just perfect. I thought that the parts where everyone was playing the various games to pass the time were hilarious. I loved Angela during the entire part of that episode, especially when Roy was saying that he would sleep with her. I loved Ryan in this episode, and I hate to admit it, but I found his misfortune in this episode to be absolutely hilarious. I also absolutely loved Michael's interaction with Ryan in this episode. Dwight was great in this episode too. All in all, this is a great episode, and it is definitely one of my all-time favorite episodes of The Office.
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