" Spooked " is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy TV series The Office, and the 157th episode of the event as a whole. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 27, 2011. It was written by Carrie Kemper, sister of cast member Ellie Kemper, and directed by Randall Einhorn. The guest of the episode stars David Mazouz.
The series - presented as if it were a real documentary - depicts the daily lives of office employees in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Erin Hannon (Kemper) works to make a hideous and not childish Halloween party with the help of Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods). Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) became friends with the children of Robert California (James Spader) (David Mazouz), and Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) debated the existence of ghosts. Meanwhile, Robert described the deepest fears of everyone and tried to peak the ghost story.
"Spooked" received mixed reviews, although many critics praised Ellie Kemper's performance. According to Nielsen Media Research, "Spooked" attracted 5.53 million viewers and received 2.9 rating/7% stake in demographic 18-49. This episode is classed as one of the lowest rated episodes of the series to be aired on Thursday and ranked third in its timeslot.
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Plot
Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) has been commissioned to set up a Halloween party by Andy Bernard (Ed Helms), who wants to meet the expectations set by Robert California (James Spader). Robert arrived with his son Bert (David Mazouz) and told him that the party was more tailored for children than adults. In response, Andy asks Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) and Phyllis Vance (Phyllis Smith) to take over and rearrange the party, much to Erin's disappointment. Andy also tells him that he wants to talk to her at the end of the day. Fearing that he intended to fire him, he asked Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods) to help him make the party more "frightening" and "sexy", and he gave him a recording to show everyone. Gabe explained to the camera crew that the video was a movie Cinema of the Noettling, an avant garde film genre determined by his disturbing picture and the absence of a plot. Disgusted with the video, the office staff asked for an explanation from Erin. In desperation, he shows them his idea to make the party more "sexy": a card game with a photo of the genitals. This only made them more angry, and Andy and Robert talked to Erin in his office about the incident. Erin acknowledged her fears about their plans for the conversation at the end of the day. Andy tells him what he wants to talk to him: he has reached a point in his romantic relationship where his girlfriend should be able to call him in the office, and that he wants to remove this with Erin first because he handles all the calls. Erin does not even know that she's dating someone, and is surprised to hear they've been out on the 31st so far. Erin felt sad and went away.
Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) argue whether the ghost is real after he claimed to have seen it in a pub where he used to work. Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) dresses like Sarah Kerrigan of StarCraft, but Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) unleashes his wings because they have knives on them and Dwight is not allowed to carry weapons. Bert confesses what his costume should be and two ties to playing StarCraft all day, ignoring others. Dwight also makes Bert pretend to fire Toby, for taking his gun, arguing that he is the CEO's son.
Throughout the party, Robert persuaded each employee to express their deepest fears. Before leaving, he tells a horror story that implements all their fears as a way to convince them not to let fear control their lives. This inspired Jim and Pam to stop their argument and Erin to talk to Andy about his feelings.
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Production
The episode was written by story editor Carrie Kemper, sister of cast member Ellie Kemper, the second written story for the series. The film is directed by one cinematographer from The Office, Randall Einhorn, who directed 15 for this series.The episode is the third Halloween-themed episode of the series after season two of "Halloween" and "Costume Contest" of the seventh season. also featured James Spader as CEO of Saber Robert California, which is set to appear in 15 episodes for this season.The DVD of the Eight Season contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode.Excluded scene cuts include the rest of the office going into the debate about whether a ghost exists, and Robert's son Bert and Dwight talk about zombies, especially the characters from The Walking Dead .
Cultural reference
In that episode, Dwight dressed up as Sarah Kerrigan, the character of the video game series StarCraft . Then, Toby recounts the montage of the previous costumes worn by Dwight including dressing up like Freddy Krueger, Jigsaw, and Pinhead, the main antagonist of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw , and > Hellraiser franchise, respectively. Angela is seen wearing the same cat she wore in the two episode season, "Halloween". Jim, Kevin and Darryl were dressed up as professional Basketball players Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, respectively. Ryan dressed up as Jesse Pinkman of the Breaking Bad TV series, wearing a yellow hoodie and characteristic beanie.
Reception
Ratings
In the original American broadcast, "Spooked" was seen by some 5.53 million viewers and received 2.9 rating/7% share amongst adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 2.9% of all 18 - to 49-year-olds in the United States, and 7% of all 18 to 49 year olds watch television on broadcast. This marked a 15% drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "Garden Party" which made it the lowest episode of the series that aired on Thursday. This episode ranks third in its timeslot beating the Person of Interest, which received a 2.7 rating/7% stake in demographics 18--49, and The Secret Circle , which received rating 0.9 rating/2%. The episode, however, was beaten to number two by Gray Anatomy, which received a 3.7 rating/9% stake, and was beaten to number one by the World Series 2011, which received a 6.5/18% Share Rating.
Reviews
The episode received much criticism from critics. National Post Writer Barry Hertz writes that "it was not a test of patience as a last year's outing ['Costume Contest'], but it was not unlike the beating of the gut and on the nose as the previous incarnation [" Halloween "]. "He praised the plots of Erin and Andy, but called Jim and Pam's plot" boring. "The appearance of Ellie Kemper received praise from Hertz. The AV Club reviewer Myles McNutt criticized this episode for" just creating the situation and seeing how characters react to them, which is probably why authors are willing to lazily repeat the 'party Halloween party' stock arrangements that drive the 'Fear' narrative. "Nevertheless, he wrote positively Erin's plot, Kemper's performance, and James Spader's eerie speech at the end.However, McNutt was critical of the Dwight plot and the plot Jim and Pam wrote that" I do not care that Pam believes in ghosts and Jim does, I it does not matter that Dwight gets some scenes where cynical adults are softened by the presence of a precocious child. "She finally gave the episode C. New York author Chris Blanche criticized this episode for lack of heart.The Television Without Pity gave the rating episode C. Some critics consider this episode an improvement from previous halloween episodes," Costume Contest ".
References
External links
- "Scary" on NBC.com
- "Scary" in IMDb
- "Scary" on TV.com
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