Trivias
+The first cut of this episode lasted 45 minutes.
+When Michael calls for a grief counseling circle in the conference room, Pam describes the movie "Million Dollar Baby," Ryan describes +"The Lion King," and Kevin describes "Weekend at Bernie's."
+In this episode, the Stamford office discusses the order for "Fairfield County Schools." However, Connecticut schools are not run by counties but rather by individual town and regional districts, meaning Fairfield County wouldn't be the ones placing a paper order.
+Dwight says his grandfather was reburied in an old oil drum. This must be the same grandfather whose tux he inherited.
+This episode was filmed after the fifth episode, "Initiation".
*Goofs*
Continuity
First, they talk about Ed Truck like he still worked at Dunder-Mifflin, Michael says he's retired when he appears in The Office: The Carpet nine months earlier. In that episode Michael goes on about how he hates Ed Truck, so it's either a continuity error or the writers expect us to remember that episode and assume Michael is overly grief-stricken over his death to get attention from his coworkers. The way it's portrayed Michael's grief really comes off as a continuity error and he seems to really care deeply for Ed Truck.
Plot holes
In the episode, Karen wants a bag of Herr's Salt and Vinegar chips, but there aren't any in the vending machine. However, when she walks by the vending machine you can see the chips in slot B1.
Spoilers
During the bird funeral, the cast wore coats despite the hot summer weather.
And... it feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears.
And, at the same time, somebody else is hitting my soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer.
And then a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone.And I am crying. And nobody can hear me,
because I am terribly,
terribly...
terribly alone.
One of the best Office's episodes. Laugh so hard!
"You know, a human can go several hours living after being decapitated." ... "i think you're thinking of a chicken" .... "What did i say?"
i do understand Michael's grief and think is okay to take time griefing...
I'm only re-watching it... Surprised that Pam made me cry during the ceremony haha!
Now... hit it!
"On the wings of love, up and above the clouds, the only way to fly is on the wings of love..."
Quite funny but not continually funny.
This was a surprisingly sweet episode.
The entire bird funeral arc is pretty "meh", but Jim's subplot isn't bad.
Definitely a skippable episode though.
I kinda miss Jim. Its not the same without him at the office
Shout by EdBlockedParent2022-01-17T00:24:23Z
One of the best episodes, solely because it's another subtle look into Michael. He doesn't really grieves Ed Truck, but he is afraid that he will die alone, without anyone ever remembering him.