By M. Giant
For the last Halloween episode of the series, Jim once again shows up in a low-effort costume. It's actually no costume at all, because he has an investors' lunch relating to his new "sports marketing" gig. He and Pam have agreed that he'll kick in some money of their own and aside from a minor dig about how everybody knew about this before she did, she's being incredibly cool about it. How unfortunate then, that in an awkward moment at the lunch he ends up committing to ten thousand dollars to minimize his own embarrassment… without even knowing what's really going on. She is not going to be cool about that.
Back at the office, most of the other employees have dressed up. Including Andy, who's wearing an '80s George Michael costume. He's also invited the current members of his old a cappella group from Cornell, Here Comes Treble, to perform at the office Halloween party. It's going to be a disappointing day for Andy, because not only do they not consider him the legend he thinks he is, his plan to be "spontaneously" invited up to sing "Faith" with them is not going as planned, and the only reason it happens at all is that Erin bullies them into doing it. But like the supposed spreading of Nard-Dog lore, Andy discovers that it's all being sabotaged by fellow alum Broccoli Rob (played by Ed Helms's fellow Daily Show alum Stephen Colbert), who's even more invested in the old group than Andy is. Rather than admitting defeat, Andy decides to ask his mom for a big endowment for the group from the Bernard Foundation, only to learn that his family is now broke.
Also, Dwight finds an anxiety pill and ropes Nellie into a witch hunt for the office madman. The pill belongs to her, of course, although she plays along for a bit until she comes clean and manages to convince Dwight of the utility of anxiety medication. Sounds like we'll be seeing a mellower Dwight soon. And Angela's husband Robert shows up for the party, removing all doubt as to what they've been up to. At least for us viewers.
Oh, and when Jim returns to the office with the news that he just agreed to sink ten grand into his new venture, Pam is most assuredly not cool with it.
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