The Office “Gossip” and the one true rumor – CliqueClack Preview

by Keith McDuffee

The Office season premiere

When last we left The Office, it was pretty obvious that Pam and Jim were expecting. Sorry if that’s a spoiler to you, but even without saying so, I think most of us knew what the silent celebration between Jim and Pam was about. So, how does the sixth season start out?

We got a look at The Office‘s season six premiere, and the formula is still there, the people are still there and the funny is still there … for the most part. I’ll try not to get too spoilery here, but if you’re a major spoiler-phobe, you might want to tread on carefully in this post.

First of all, the premiere starts out with the usual unrelated short segment. Without getting into exactly what happens, watch the following video as a bit of pre-watching research, so you know what the heck they are talking about:

For all the Jim/Pam ‘shipper lovers out there, yes, Pam’s pregnancy is addressed adequately, as well as the set date for a wedding. Damn, it’s hard to go into much in this preview without giving too much away!

The title of the season premiere is “Gossip,” as in office-based gossip, which is the subject of the entire episode. If you know anything about Michael Scott, you know this is like candy to him. And what happens when you take candy from a whiny baby? Oh you just watch.

The one gripe I have about the episode is that it’s not up to par with some of the better episodes of the show. There are definitely some laugh-out-loud moments, in particular what Andy has to go through (in both the opening segment and later). I guess I had much higher hopes going into it. It starts out a bit slow, but it makes up for it in the second half of the episode.

During this episode, there are a slew of fake rumors flying around the office, and two of them are true. I’ll leave you with the list of rumors that were at least mentioned in the episode and have you guess who belongs to which rumor (some are obvious) and which ones are true (one is real obvious):

Someone is gay
Someone is the voice of the Taco Bell dog
Someone has asthma
Someone uses store bought manure
Someone’s having an affair
Someone is pregnant
Someone is anorexic
Someone is a J. Crew model
Someone has someone else inside them, working them with controls
Someone might be fired for not doing a good job
Someone is a virgin

The sixth season of The Office premieres this Thursday at 9 PM (Eastern) at 9 PM on NBC. Check our full calendar (subscribable link at the top!) for a full list of the other premieres.

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