However, he covertly witnesses Robert being a gentleman and sending Erin off to her apartment with a hug and words of encouragement. When Andy has to drive a drunken Meredith Palmer ( Kate Flannery) home, he sees Erin getting into Robert's car and he follows them with a look of panic on his face.
Offended, he tells her to get over their breakup before storming off.Īndy becomes concerned about Erin's behavior, not least because Robert California ( James Spader) has revealed that his marriage is ending, greatly desires sex, and spends a good deal of the party hanging out with Erin and pressures her into drinking shots. In a drunken stupor, Erin tells Andy that her Christmas wish is for Jessica to die. Kelly Kapoor ( Mindy Kaling) does her part as a friend of Erin's by being mean to Jessica, by accusing her of flatulating in public. An emotionally confused Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper) tries to be nice to Jessica, but ends up drinking too much at the party. At a conference meeting, he vows to keep his promise to make wishes and asks the office members to also be nice to his new girlfriend Jessica (Eleanor Seigler).
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California." It ranked first in its timeslot, and was the highest ranked NBC series of the night.Īndy Bernard ( Ed Helms) attempts to "make everyone's Christmas wishes come true". According to Nielsen Media Research, "Christmas Wishes" drew 5.79 million viewers and received a 2.9 rating/8% share in the 18–49 demographic, staying even with the previous two episodes, " Gettysburg" and " Mrs. "Christmas Wishes" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) and Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) are entangled in a prank war in which each tries to frame the other. In this episode, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) attempts to "make everyone's Christmas wishes come true", including those of a drunken Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper). The series- presented as if it were a real documentary-depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The episode guest starred Lindsey Broad, Ameenah Kaplan, and Eleanor Seigler. It was written by executive producer Mindy Kaling and was directed by Ed Helms in his directorial debut. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on December 8, 2011. We’ll miss the show over the next month." Christmas Wishes" is the tenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 162nd episode overall.
(Read more about the Baker storyline over here.) CarterMatt Verdictīlue Bloods season 8 episode 10 gave us everything we could’ve wanted in a final episode for the calendar year - a little bit of humor, a Reagan family dinner, and a spotlight on a character in Baker who doesn’t always get one. What gives? Is Baker leaving?ĭespite a whole storyline on the subject of a possible job offer elsewhere, not so much - credit to the writers for some good fake-outs throughout the episode! There were some times in which we really thought she was stepping away from the Commissioner’s Office for good. It felt like so much progress was made last season and we’re almost back to a stop with these two. This was a favor that he seemed to be executing in part because he thought it was right - but also because he wanted to impress Eddie, who was really pushing for something to be done.Īt this point we’re so desperate for Jamko story progression that we’ll take almost anything - this was the closest thing we’ve had in a while. That was enough to be a cause some dissension as to what to do with him - one that even led to Jamie going to Erin to try and get some of the charges dropped against him. There was a good Samaritan at the center of his story tonight, but the problem was that soon after his heroics it was found out that he had a criminal history.