There's news that DM is facing bankruptcy, and to keep everyone distracted, Michael (Steve Carell) devises a murder mystery game and has everyone pick out cards with the characters they had to play. Needless to say, this set up is rife with occasions to be laugh-out-loud funny, and The Office, thankfully, delivered.



By the way, Creed (Creed Bratton) was late for the day, and when Michael told him that there'd been a murder and he was a suspect (without revealing that it was just a game), he fled the office right away. There's also a fledging romance between Erin (Ellie Kemper) and Andy (Ed Helms), and it looks like it's going to be cute.

Everyone was really getting into character, especially Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Michael and Meredith (Kate Flannery), which has Jim and Pam concerned if Michael was going insane. So Jim decided to talk to Michael, but even before he can open his mouth, Michael yells, "They need this game, Jim! Let us have this stupid little game!" shutting Jim up.

Eventually, however, Jim is able to talk to Wallace who has some bad news. Yet instead of relaying it to the rest of the office, he announces, "There has been another murder." Later, he explains that he realizes what Michael has been doing: he's doing it for the kids, or something. Awesome.

In the end, Michael admits that it's been an exhausting day, in fact, what of the days that he's worked the most, quite ironically, but that's kind of the point. One of the best episodes of The Office in a long time.

PS. And special mention to Oscar, who despite having just one line in character, had one of the funniest scenes in the episode.

- Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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