"Fundraiser" is the twentieth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy TV series The Office and the 174th episode of the show as a whole. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 26, 2012. "Fundraiser" was written by Owen Ellickson and directed by David Rogers. Guest star episodes of Andy Buckley and Jack Coleman.
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 this episode, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) crashed into a fundraiser and eventually adopted twelve dogs. Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) learns that the auction winner loses money. Nellie (Catherine Tate) learns how to eat tacos.
"Fundraiser" received mixed criticism from critics. According to Nielsen Media Research, "Fundraiser" was seen by some 4.17 million viewers and received a 2.1 rating/6% stake among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, making it the lowest eight season episode of The Office to broadcast. This episode ranks third in its timeslot and is also the highest rated NBC series of the night.
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Plot
Angela Lipton's (Angela Kinsey) husband Robert (Jack Coleman) throws silent auction fundraising for local animal rights activists and Robert California (James Spader) buys two tables to accommodate everyone in the office. Newly fired Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) arrives and tries to get into an argument with Robert, telling him about rock opera he has written with a villain into a character named Thomas Oregon (by name being a veiled reference to Robert California). Andy ran to David Wallace (Andy Buckley), former CFO Dunder Mifflin, and started plotting back to Dunder Mifflin, later revealed in "Free Family Portrait Studio", to convince David to buy Dunder Mifflin back from Saber, back. Andy interrupts Robert's speech introducing the senator voluntarily to adopt the twelve dogs brought by the local animal community. Afterwards, the office member asks if he's having a nuisance, and Andy sadly agrees that he's there.
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) comes without understanding the concept of a silent auction, believing the purpose of the function is to guess correctly the market price of the object. By the end of the night, Dwight had put an exorbitant amount on the goods and had inadvertently contributed over $ 34,000. He ran away when he found his fault. Meanwhile, Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) tried to talk to Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) by complaining about the food. He suggested that they buy a taco for a fee, offer thirty dollars to Darryl to go out and buy some. Darryl realizes he does not know what a taco is, but appreciates that "he's trying" to socialize with his employees.
Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) spoke briefly to Senator Lipton about animal rights, and Lipton (who is a gay suspect Oscar) gave Oscar his personal phone number, asking Oscar to call him at night to discuss the matter further. Oscar told Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) that the Senator hit him. Jim said Lipton might just bully voters, talk to Lipton himself, and also get his phone number. Meredith Palmer (Kate Flannery) then gets the Lipton number too, generating Oscar thinking that the senator might not hit him. When Oscar left, Lipton shook his hand and wiped Oscar's arm long enough that Oscar once again believed Lipton was chasing him.
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Production
"Fundraiser" was written by Owen Ellickson and directed by David Rogers. This episode marks the ninth appearance of Catherine Tate as Nellie Bertram and her eighth consecutive appearance. He first appeared at the end of season seven, "Search Committee" as a guest star, but started with "Tallahassee" he added to the player as a recurring character. The episode also featured the return of David Wallace (Andy Buckley), former CFO Dunder Mifflin. Wallace, who also attended the fundraiser, revealed to Andy that after his dismissal, he sold his discovery of "Suck It" to the military for $ 20 million.
Cultural reference
The cold opening references some famous bands and musicians: the scene consists of Ryan complaining because he recently heard - mistaken - that famous musician Smokey Robinson died. Initially, Ryan refers to him as just "Smokey", which causes Pam to believe he is talking about Smokey the Bear. However, Ryan, at Pam's request, was only able to name one song sung by Robinson, "The Tracks of My Tears". Pam, however, can then recall that she sings "Tears of a Clown", and Jim references "I Second That Emotion". After Jim proves that Robinson is alive and plays in a local spot, Ryan tells him that he will not be able to attend because the opening band is Paul Anka, and that is "not what Smokey would... want!" During his pontification rant, Ryan mentioned that popular music is not all about "Jason Mraz and The Beatles", which surprised Dwight. Dwight lists off "Eleanor Rigby" and "Paperback Writer" and asks Ryan if he really does not like the songs.
Reception
Ratings
"Fundraiser" originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 26, 2012. This episode was seen by approximately 4.17 million viewers and received a 2.1 rating/6% share amongst adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that seen by 2.1% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 6% of all children aged 18-49 years of watching television during broadcast. The third episode finished in its time slot, beaten by Gray Anatomy who received a 3.2 rating/8% share and CBS drama Person of Interest received a 2.4/6% sharing in demographic 18-49. This episode defeated the Fox series Touch and CW The Secret Circle drama series. Nonetheless, "Fundraiser" was the highest-rated NBC television episode of the night. The episode was the most watched 25th episode of the 18-49 demographic for the week ending April 29.
Reviews
This episode received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism ranging from mostly positive to very negative. Myles McNutt from The A.V. Club gave the episode a slightly positive review and gave it a rating of B. He wrote, " The Office away from the deep show when it just throws his character in a room and observes their behavior, but there is a charm certain for that. " McNutt notes that, while feeling that the episode description of "Darryl teaches Nellie how to eat tacos" is a bad move on NBC's part, he thinks they "can spend more time with Nellie learning how to eat tacos." Craig McQuinn of The Faster Times wrote positively from the episode, noting, "For the first time ever this is an episode of The Office that actually has a lot going on. what happened was really meaningful or significant in any way that was debated, but I really enjoyed most of this episode. "
Not all of the reviews are positive. And Forcella from Fanatics TV gave episodes of various reviews and gave it two and a half stars out of five. Forcella noted "It's been four episodes now since the super team returned from Florida, and the Office still has not found its footing back in Scranton," and he called the outing "another lackluster effort". A review from CliqueClack was critical of the episode, calling it "worse than usual" and noting that the show finally reached the "lowest point". WhatCulture! reviewer Joseph Kratzer feels that setting the episode - outside the office building - harms the episode. He writes, "The problem is, I do not feel at all like what happens in Fundraiser that's needed to happen outside of Scranton's branch and that's why a sitcom has to move the location to an episode - because the story can not work without it. it feels like a cheap way to turn on a very boring, uninspired, and weak television. "Screen Crave writes," Audiences from The Office who have scolded performances throughout the season due to different levels of suction, are unlikely to change thinking after watching the latest episode. "
However, many reviews are thrilled about the return of Andy Buckley, who portrays David Wallace. A review from TV Equals noted that "I'm not entirely convinced that David Wallace's story is as simple as he tells it, but maybe that's just because I like the reason for him to go back to the storyline for Office." Michael Tedder from < i> Vulture calls the Wallace character "always welcome".
References
External links
- "Fundraiser" on NBC.com
- "Fundraiser" in IMDb
- "Fundraiser" on TV.com
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