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Recap / The Office USS 5 E 1 Weight Loss Part 1

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When corporate offers extra vacation days to whichever branch can lose the most weight, the Scranton branch goes to extreme measures to win the contest. Pam leaves the office to go to art school, Oscar sets up Holly with a yoga instructor, and Phyllis uses her leverage over Angela to take over the party planning committee.

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  • Birds of a Feather: Holly is as goofy and silly as Micheal is, joining in with his bits and finding his impressions hilarious. Jim quickly starts shipping it.
  • Blackmail: Phyllis is using Angela and Dwight's affair to bully Angela and get her to do what she wants.
  • Call-Back: To the end of last season. By the time Season 5 starts, Holly still thinks that Kevin is mentally challenged.
  • Dashed Plot Line: A low-key version. Parts 1 and 2 skip forward week-by-week over the entire summer, only showing the highlights of each week.
  • I Was Quite the Looker: The main reason Stanley is taking the weight loss challenge uncharacteristically seriously is because he's sensitive about no longer being the fit, handsome activist he was in his youth, and is trying to recapture that "fire".
  • Mistaken For Abelist : Angela goes on an angry rant to Kevin about how he's an idiot who's less competent then a monkey. As Holly thinks Kevin is mentally challenged, she doesn't take it well, much to everyone's embarrassment.
  • Out of Character Is Serious Business: Once again Michael resists saying “that’s what she said” in front of Holly, which does not go unnoticed by Jim.
  • Painting the Medium: During him and Pam's romantic reunion, Jim gets annoyed at the lack of privacy and tricks the camera crew into being locked outside the room.
  • Shipper on Deck: Jim has become one for Michael and Holly now that he sees they're Birds of a Feather.
  • Staircase Tumble: Michael is not very graceful when he's in a hurry to say goodbye to Pam.
  • Weight Woe: Kelly, one of the skinniest female characters in the show, is also the one who obsesses the most about weight loss, to the point of passing out and swallowing what she thinks is a tapeworm.

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