The Return (18 Jan. 2007)

Andy does the impossible--he makes everyone in the office miss Dwight, who is forced to take a job at Staples. Meanwhile, Oscar comes back to the office and Michael predictably throws a stereotypical Mexican party to celebrate.

Director:

Greg Daniels

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developer), Lee Eisenberg,

Stars:

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Lapin
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard

Storyline

Oscar Martinez returns to the office after a prolonged vacation with his boyfriend Gill, with mixed feelings about whether or not he still wants to work at Dunder Mifflin. Meanwhile, Jim turns to Karen and Pam to plan a prank on a new victim.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Oscar pulls in to the parking lot, Michael makes a big deal about how nice his car is and how good German engineering is. The car Oscar drives is a Lexus (which is NOT German), which appears to be a joke about Michael's character (though Oscar ignores the comment).

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Quotes

Michael Scott: I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I'm going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.

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Connections

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Zombie"
Written by Dolores O'Riordan
Performed by Ed Helms

User Reviews

Not bad. Pretty much my feeling on the whole of season 3.

VERY SLIGHT SPOILER

This episode in part follows the exploits of Dwayne in his endevours outside of Dunder Mifflin along with the return of Oscar, hence the episode title.

Not a bad episode but not particularly good either when you look back at a very strong season 2. They embarked on territory that the English version hadn't when they decided on a longer season 2 and now season 3 and to be fair they have done pretty well. They are always standing slightly in the shadow (as every UK poster will tell you along with burning an efigy of Micheal Scott) and have gone further in the development of the series.

I enjoy this series but I do hope that they wrap it up after this one.