Guess Who's Back?

Last night's season premiere of The Office was pretty good. It's nice to see that writers were able to use the momentum from the end of last season to keep things heading in the right direction. (The finale was excellent but in general Season Four was weak. It had it's moments but most of it was mediocre, especially compared to earlier seasons.) Anyway, with the exception of Jan (more annoying-crazy than funny-crazy), Darrell (seriously under-used!) and Angela/Andy (unlike most characters on the show, I've never felt any sympathy for either of these two), all the characters have good story-lines and are being well used, maintaining a decent balance of plot development and comedy.

It's too bad Amy Ryan is only going to be around for another 5 episodes (but on the bright side, Holly leaving for whatever reason might mean that Toby comes back. I'm not sure if that's an even trade but it might be) because she fits right in. It's almost as funny watching Michael trying to tone it down around her as it is watching him act like an idiot all the time. It's definitely less annoying anyway. And pretty much every scene with Holly is funny. Aside from Holly thinking Kevin is retarded (and finding out he isn't retarded), there's the rap. I have no idea why Michael and Holly would rap for the cameras but it's awesome. I think Alan Sepinwall said it best:

"Holly beat-boxed! She beat-boxed, people! I don't care if there was nothing else remotely funny about this episode, because I'm a little in love with both "The Office" and Amy Ryan right about now."

Anyway, I'll post a video when I can find one. So far I've only seen it on EW but it's at the end of a set of clips from yesterday's TV shows. (It's worth watching anyway, especially for Pam's g-check (what up 2-1-2?) and for some dude on Survivor making fun of old people.)