The next episode of The Office is amazing. This is the one directed by Joss Whedon. I loved having Joss around on set. He is a huge fan of the show and knew every little detail and nuance about our characters. As a result, he was very focused on how to direct us to get the very best performances. I remember one day I was doing background work for a couple of hours and out the blue he came up to me and said, "Jenna, I love the reaction you are doing back here. It's perfectly Pam!" He was watching our background performances…so awesome.
In this episode: Michael visits Ryan's business school class, Pam has her first art show, Dwight finds a bat in the office ceiling and Jim pretends that he is turning into a vampire. The episode was written by the terrifically talented Brent Forrester. (He also wrote The Merger.)
When we did our first read through with Joss we were joking that no one will believe it was a coincidence that a vampire bat showed up in the episode he directed. But, I promise you…it is a total coincidence.
Oh, and the bat we had on set was SUPER CUTE! We named him Gary. As in Michael Gary Scott.
Okay…I'm off to be a good Valentine.