We were something else.

[buffyx]

MICHAEL: Someone is returning! He started his own company and now he's back, who could it be?

RYAN: (stage whisper) Who is it?

PAM: (stage whisper) Who is it?

MICHAEL: (stage whisper) It's Michael Scott!




My favorite part of this scene is how Pam and Ryan glance at each other a few times. The first two caps, the reaction shot of Ryan is too short and blurry to cap, but you can tell he was looking at her when Michael said her name. Pam and Ryan look at each other a lot in this episode, actually.

...NOT THAT I WAS KEEPING TRACK OR ANYTHING.

MICHAEL: Frankly, you have a job because Ryan and Pam are starting with us as salespeople.

If you have a problem with that, you can talk to our complaint department. It's a trashcan!




Ryan approves.




MEREDITH: Don't fall in love with me, kid.

RYAN: ...

Haha. Poor Ryan. But at least Michael bought him a pop? Is that orange soda or something? I can't tell.




DWIGHT: Frankly, I'm not convinced Michael and Pam didn't have a thing going while they were gone.

JIM: Can I address that?

DWIGHT: No, you're too close.

Come on, Dwight. It was clearly Pam and Ryan having the fling. CLEARLY.





PAM: (laughing) That one's great!

MICHAEL: I know.

PAM: (pointing to another picture) Why are you so mad?

RYAN: (looking at picture of Michael with a bowl on his head) You look so classy!

MICHAEL: I do! ...Where is that bowl?

Oh my god, there are no words to describe how much joy fills my heart knowing that Michael made a POSTERBOARD memorializing the Michael Scott Paper Company! And that they took a bunch of crazy pictures! THEY ARE TOO ADORABLE TO LIVE.

I also love when Ryan smiles. HE HARDLY EVER DOES, it's like seeing an eclipse or something.




JIM: You have a second?

MICHAEL: Michael Scott Paper Company only.

JIM: Yeah, I think you're gonna wanna cool it with that, 'cause it's starting to upset the other salesmen.

MICHAEL: Okay--

RYAN: Tough.

You know how last week I said Pam + Ryan bickering was my favorite? My new favorite is the obvious enjoyment Ryan gets in annoying Jim at any given opportunity. I think Pam agrees, because when he says "Tough," she totally is trying not to laugh.






MICHAEL: You two were the only ones with the stones to follow!

PAM: Mmhmm.

MICHAEL: (gesturing to the posterboard) That was us, right there.

PAM: We were something else.

You really were, kids. You really were. (As an aside: I want to know wtf is going on in that picture where Michael and Ryan have their heads on the table. It is hilarious.)

RYAN: What you gotta do is you gotta go down to that warehouse, and you gotta crack some skulls. Chiklis-style.

MICHAEL: Yeah, The Commish.

RYAN: Yes, but... Chiklis Shield-style.

One thing I noticed too is that Ryan more than anyone else lately (okay, not that I pay as much attention to anyone else) looks at the camera more often. I love that.





Really this whole section is about how Ryan likes to lean. On things. Doors. Counters. Refrigerators. Any available solid surface, it seems.





RYAN: Stop flustering me, everybody!

UGH DWIGHT. MY HATRED FOR YOU RISES TO NEW LEVELS. (Don't get me started on Phyllis, Jesus.)

PAM: (to Dwight) You made him lose the account by screaming at him the entire time! It's okay, Ryan!

RYAN: (mouthing) Thanks, Pam.

THE MOUTHING IS EASY TO MISS. I may have rewound the scene five times to make sure I saw it correctly. You can't hear him but I'm almost positive that is what he's mouthing to her!

No I have not lost my mind! Stop looking at me like that! HERE IS A GIF TO PROVE IT TO YOU.



JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.




Once again... ugh, Dwight. SO GROSS. I do love how Ryan mans up for the handshake though!




RYAN: Michael gave all of our clients to their old salespeople. So now there's not enough for both me and Pam to stay on.

PAM: He can only keep one of us as a saleperson now. He'll make his decision by the end of the day.

YOU GUYS, BEST REVEAL TO TWO-PERSON TALKING HEAD EVER, Y/Y.

When I heard Pam's voice and realized that's what it was, I may have overreacted a little. I'm not gonna lie.




RYAN: I think you should get it. You really grew into it.

PAM: Oh. I think you should get it. You've changed a lot, and you'd be good at it.

RYAN: (pause) If you really think that, will you tell that to Michael? That would go a long way coming from you.

PAM: ...Yeah.

RYAN: Thanks.




JIM: Cons for Ryan. He defrauded the company; he has never made a sale; he definitely stole my iPod.

MICHAEL: That sounds pretty biased.

HAHAHA RYAN STOLE JIM'S iPOD. I wonder what was on it! Probably, like, Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend, with something really shameful hidden in there, like Nickelback or James Blunt.



PAM: What about Ryan?

MICHAEL: I don't know. I offered him his temp job back. We'll see. He was not happy at all when I offered him this job and then I told him that he didn't get the job.

PAM: Yeah... maybe you shouldn't fake fire people anymore.

I loved this moment for Pam. YAY PAM. I love when good things happen for her.

Also I like that she was wondering/worrying about Ryan at the end. I thought for sure Erin/Kelly would be fired and Ryan would end up at reception again, but I guess not!





I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OF THE RYAN HOWARD SHOW TO SEE HOW THIS SAGA UNFOLDS.