“The Office”
I haven’t really discussed this yet, although my qualms with post-strike “The Office” are clear, but are we hurtling toward a “Very Special Episode” regarding Ryan (B.J. Novak)? The Dunder Mifflin Infinity brain trust seemed to be frying on MDMA last week during the New York club crawl, and this show doesn’t need this kind of “Blossom”-style Tartikoffian/Littlefieldian limburger. But on tonight’s episode (8 p.m. NBC), Michael (Steve Carell) learns that his bowl-cut-haired nephew is caving into peer pressure in middle school – I mean, he mans a job fair booth to find a new intern and/or continue his quest for an office catalog model-quality girlfriend.
Also, “30 Rock” (8:30 p.m. NBC) hits an early season finale with Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) going to work at the White House, hating the job and angling to get fired/”spend more time with family.”
On “Lost” (9 p.m. ABC), we finally get back to Jacob’s cabin, and while there was much speculation that Jacob is Kris Kristofferson based on the observations of obsessive TiVo slo-mo enthusiasts, we’ll either find out tonight, or we won’t. “Lost” fans get used to being fed can after can of red herring.