Why won’t anyone treat Lynne like a grown up? She can handle the truth! If only Frank had told her their new beachside apartment came with a $10,000 deposit fee. (Dear, all apartments come with stiff starter fees.) If only Frank had told her that times were so tough. (She could have talked to “the lady!”) If only Frank had spelled out in big colorful letters the family’s new budget. (She would have added a nipped and tucked smiley face in the margins, surrounded by dollar signs and puffy hearts.) “You don’t want to hear the truth,” Frank sadly scolded his horrified wife. “You don’t want to deal with reality. You live in this little microcosm and it’s not even real.” The couple had come to a crossroads. This was Lynne’s chance to grow up. Instead she acted like one of her spoiled teenage girls and called bull—-. “I’m not going to be able to get over this!” she cried nonsensically. “I’m just over it.” Is there nothing that can save this family from a life on the streets? The camera kept zooming sadly on her dumb bracelets. Wonder cuff powers, activate!
A furious Lynne and the girls — who hit a new vulgar low by giving the Bravo camera the finger and complaining of hangovers while rolling their eyes over the eviction papers — went to Grandma’s. Frank slept in a hotel. (Frank buddy, why spring for a room? Sleep at home while you still can.) Lynne was distraught but figured she ought to take advantage of a Bravo-sponsored trip to San Francisco. Even Jim condoned the girls-only weekend. Alexis was sad that they would sleep alone for the first time in six years. (Her children were sad that they would have to sit in soiled nappies for two days since their Daddy refuses to change diapers.) We were all happy that Vicki invited Briana to join the women because that girl is the only one of the bunch who routinely displays some good sense.
A romance for Jack, a hallucination for Liz, and some ferocious screaming from Jenna? It’s like a Valentine just for me! “Anna Howard Shaw Day,” while lacking in the Kenneth, Grizz, Dot Com, and Pete departments, was still a total heart-warmer. Floyd! Dennis! Drew! Here were the 10 best lines:
We won’t see another new episode of The Office until March, so “Manager and Salesman” will have to be enough Scranton for the next few weeks. I’m just not convinced it was quite up to the task. Yeah, it was good in parts, with a few sublime moments thanks to Meredith, but Kathy Bates is too famous for a guest role on a show all about pathetic realism. Too many of the moving parts — Jim and Michael, Erin and Andy, Dwight and Ryan, Jo and everyone — just never quite synced up with each other. 
