'The Office' recap: Fright Afternoon

By Zap2it Partner

October 28, 2011 6:47 AM ET

Time for the annual Halloween office party at Dunder Mifflin. has put Erin in charge of the shindig, but she's getting a lot of mixed signals from him, and not just about the party. It turns out Robert California plans to show up, and he has high expectations. As Erin's vision of the party proves to be just the tiniest bit childish, Andy freaks out and puts Angela and Phyllis on the case. Meanwhile, Erin flails around for ways to make the party more grown-up, and to hopefully forestall a serious conversation Andy wants to have with her at the end of the day.

In even less interesting news, Pam tells a story about the time she saw a ghost. Jim can't let it go, spending most of the episode trying to convince her she's wrong. Robert has brought his young son along, who at first spars with Dwight but then ends up playing Starcraft with him on Jim's computer. The party goes well until Erin crashes it into the ground with her attempt to make it "adult" in the entirely wrong sense. And Robert, who's been spending the whole party going around collecting everyone's greatest fears, provides a finale in the form of a long, spooky tale that literally has something to scare everyone in the office.

Oh, and that serious conversation Andy wanted to have with Erin? Was about his girlfriend, with whom it turns out he's had 31 dates. They've either been going out a long time or he needs to stay in more nights.

» Read the full recap at Television Without Pity

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