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"FacebookPinterest\n\n In which we rank the only night of comedy worth watching on television.\n\nThe Office\n\n Last week: 2\n\n Trending: [\n\n](http://blog.gq.com/blogs/the-q/assets_c/2009/10/up-thumb-40x52-2581.jpg)\n\n Episode summary: Michael\u2014as head of the best branch in Dunder Mifflin\u2014is asked to attend the board meeting in New York. Jim learns how to manage when he shuts Ryan in an office. And the DM Scranton team is forced to flee in a limo after hijacking the meeting and infuriating both the board and the shareholders. It is with great relief that we can say The Office has now righted the ship. Addressing what everyone was all wondering\u2014how the hell is a paper company surviving in this environment?\u2014made all the difference. Everything from the all-white board of directors to Michael's look when people boo their entry was priceless.\n\n Recyclops = brilliant: Dwight's fictional eco-crusader. LOL. What more is there to say?\n\n Recyclops = brilliant, part 2: OK, there's a little more to say. Like, \"Recyclops will have his REVENGE!\" And \"He renounced Earth Day and vowed to destroy the planet he once loved.\"\n\n Ryan's style affectation of the week: That cardigan.\n\n Line of the night: Dwight, of course. \"If onlys and buts were candy and nuts then every day would be [some German word we can't possibly reproduce here]\"\n\nParks and Recreation\n\n Last week: 1\n\n Trending:\n\n Episode summary: Andy starts giving free piggyback rides around the office\u2014and Leslie, desperate to be one of the guys, piggybacks on to Ron Swanson's annual hunting trip. Things go south when Ron (inevitably) gets shot in the back of the head, takes pain-pills and scotch and swears to kill whoever shot him. Leslie takes the fall for Tom\u2014who didn't have a hunting license\u2014winning Ron's respect in the end.\n\n Final verdict: Didn't live up to the dizzying heights of the Venezuela or Library episodes, but a merely average Parks and Rec is better than just about anything else on television right now. If this show gets canceled, we will burn down NBC headquarters.\n\n The best moment on television this week: Leslie's (totally made up) explanation of how the gun went off to the park ranger, which included choice bits like \"Bitches be crazy\" and \"I'm good at tolerating pain and bad at math and stupid.\"\n\n Aubrey Plaza/Amy Poehler exchange of the week:\n\n April: \"You want me to dial a number and read another number out loud?\"\n\n Leslie: \"Yes. Can you handle it?\"\n\n April: [extremely long pause] \"No.\"\n\n Line of the night: From Leslie. \"Ron, let's cut the bull. I want me, Tom and all the other ladies included on your hunting trip.\"\n\nCommunity\n\n Last week: 4\n\n Trending: [\n\n](http://blog.gq.com/blogs/the-q/assets_c/2009/10/up-thumb-40x52-2581.jpg)\n\n Episode Summary: Pierce tries to teach Shirley public speaking. Troy reveals his fear of rodents. But the whole episode revolved around Senior Chang's brutalizing of the group with unfair homework assignments\u2014assignments that Jeff gets out of by befriending the lonely teacher. A lot of super-clever, lightning fast dialogue on display tonight. And, most importantly, our suspicion that Senior Chang may secretly be one of the greatest weapons in this show's arsenal was totally confirmed.\n\n Why do we say that? The gigantic \"EL TIGRE\" in his office. The jar of pickled bull testicles. His obsession with massaging Jeff's pecs. That's just for starters.\n\n Allison Bree: Yeah, so we're kinda in love. (\"You devious clump of oversized fabric and hair product!\")\n\n Chevy Chase pratfall rating: 7 out of 10 for the terrific collapsing chair gag.\n\n Line of the Night: \"You know, if Senior Chang gets any crazier, he's going to win one of those Grammy awards.\"\n\n30 Rock\n\n Last week: 3\n\n Trending:\n\n Summary: Liz's apartment goes condo, so she moves in with her upstairs neighbor (the always-welcome Nate Corrdry) in a bid to try and force him out. Jack and Tracy consider getting vasectomies. Meanwhile Kenneth is put in charge of the TGS green initiative, leading to long and extended jokes about putting pee in jars. Yes. Pee in jars.\n\n Jack Donaghyism that we will be repeating all week: \"With Manhattan real estate, there are no rules. It's like check-in at an Italian airport.\"\n\n Should we be worried that Al Gore was the funniest thing about the episode? Yes. (Though he's funnier than people give him credit for. See also: Futurama.)\n\n Should we be even more worried about Tracy Morgan's ongoing slump? We'll never give up on our favorite comic on the planet, but it's time to be honest. The Cosby Show parody wasn't funny. The pairing with Jack should have been a season highlight. And worst of all, he was outshone by Tracy Jr. We have faith, but it's been a rough season.\n\n Does anyone outside of NYC get all the inside jokes? We don't have a clue, but between the fake NYPost headlines and an entire episode built around the Manhattan real estate market, 30 Rock could air on NY1 and no one would miss a beat.\n\n Line of the night: \"Mr. Vice President, that snack table isn't going to clean itself.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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