Reception Prince Family Paper
nathan rabin, a.v. club
prince family paper received mixed reviews. travis fickett of ign called 1 of show s better michael-and-dwight centric episodes, , called chase between them classic scene , executed . fickett praised several character moments, kelly s breakdown on whether hilary swank hot, said swank subplot less interesting main story. brian howard of journal news said appreciated script had michael follow through on betraying princes, rather deciding spare them, because felt more realistic. howard said, didn’t let michael off hook. instead writers took dark , dirty turn toward tragic, in literal sense of word. praised hilary swank subplot funny , realistic conversation topic among officemates, although admitted relegated buffer status main plot. alan sepinwall, television columnist star-ledger, said michael s conflicted feelings betraying prince family came late , resolved abruptly work well, , chase between michael , dwight poorly constructed misfire . however, called subplot hilary swank genius capital g .
tv squad writer jay black praised main plot, , wrote, delighted trip prince family paper company became test of michael s morals rather usual exercise in stupidity. black said dwight s attempts michael give client list among best set of scenes season. however, black said hilary swank subplot suffered in comparison, , felt vain attempt find supporting cast do. a.v. club writer nathan rabin disappointed prince family paper , calling overly dependent on throwaway gags , describing inconsequential office gets . rabin complimented opening gag jim , dwight, said felt kind of gag show has pulled off dozens, if not hundreds of times, before . alynda wheat of entertainment weekly said not 1 of strongest office episodes, , script took particularly mean tone prince family paper subplot. wheat said included enjoyable moments, jim s prank against dwight in opening scene. leitch of new york magazine critical of episode, hilary swank subplot, said sounded conversation b. j. novak had himself @ party , submitted backup script . leitch pointed out episode had nothing show s ongoing plotlines: s definition of filler. have been fine, had been funnier. prince family paper voted lowest-rated episode out of 26 fifth season, according episode poll @ fansite officetally, episode rated 6.98 out of 10.
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