the main problem i had with jim and pam in this was that they were just running around making snide comments for an hour. it got more than a little grating. the thing that has always saved them was that while they realised the people around them are ridiculous, they still treated them like people at the end. this time they were just a couple of smarmy pricks, running around congratulating themselves for being so wry and clever.
Dude I completely agree. I've noticed I feel this way every now and then, where jim and pam slip into fucking irritating 'we know what the other characters are doing is stupid/annoying and we are LAFFING AT THEM WITH THE AUDIENCE *wink wink*' mode. It's a tiny gripe in what was a pretty good episode.
This episode felt fairly different to other episodes too, pace wise. Most episodes would have a camera linger on a character during or after an awkward situation, or an extended reaction shot (I think these are gold btw) wheras this episode rushed through alot of the jokes. A perfect example of this is where Pam sees Michael's penis in his office (a joke that felt superfluous and didn't really add anything.), I would have expected Pam and michael to not make eye contact, generally avoid each other, for the other office workers to be even more disgusted at him, and for Michael to act like a bitch towards Pam, but instead Michael just immediately brings it up then mention it casually to each other for the rest of the episode.
Biggest laugh was when Creed asks Merideth what medication shes on, then rattles off a list of perscription drugs, getting more and more excited as he goes.