Written by Aaron Ehasz
Synopsis:
It’s the eighth week of Andy’s unemployment, but it’s mostly due to his complete lack of commitment to finding a job. Purposely degenerating into a dirty, lazy, rude slob, he’s perfectly content until his tooth just falls out. Jim loans him his dental insurance card, which Andy had no idea he had, but finds he cannot pass off as Jim.
Andy then asks Jim about his dental insurance and finds out Jim has a job at an advertising agency. There, he works only whenever he wants to, everybody respects him and he has a ton of benefits. Both encouraged by Jim’s success and angry that he is a slacker that is now behind everybody else, Andy applies for a job at Jim’s office. Andy fails to get the job until Jim uses his incredible influence to have his boss fire both the person they hired instead of Andy, and the person who rejected Andy.
With his new job, Andy then uses his new premium dental insurance to replace his missing tooth.
Review:
This episode is a bit different from the other episodes, which have usually featured multiple subplots. As well, this episode changes the status quo, since Andy now has a steady job. There were some good pokes at corporations, the process of getting a job, and the demise of the slacker generation. However there were few really memorable moments, and it seemed to be much more grounded than previous episodes. While it was suitable for the nature of the plot it made an episode that was interesting for it’s storyline, but ultimately drew little more than a few smiles for the relatively sporadic jokes (albeit some clever ones) and its happy ending.
3 1/2 out of 5
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