The Office: The Dwandela Triangle
Ever since the Roy-Pam-Jim triangle was resolved, The Office
has shifted its focus to yet another love triangle called Dwandela, consisting of Dwight Schrute, Angela Martin and Andy Bernard. After Dwight mercy-killed her beloved pet cat Sprinkles in the first episode of the show’s fourth season, Angela immediately ended their secret affair and instead began openly to date Andy, who proposed to her at an office party in the season’s last episode. It took months of the old Bernard charm to wear her down, but eventually she decided to take a chance on him, unknown to Bernard that she’s still engaging in secret hookups with Dwight on the side. And from that moment on, Angela and Andy’s lives have been filled with nothing but buttoned up bliss.
Angela and Andy might be headed towards the altar but they have some major roadblocks coming their way. For one thing, Angela’s relationship with Dwight is clearly not over. When Dwight stood in for Andy as a Mennonite, German-speaking minister completed the vows in what was supposed to be a mock wedding ceremony for Andy and Angela in the episode “The Surplus,” Dwight tricked Angela into marrying him by deceiving her into saying “I do,” thus effectively rendering them married. And while Angela hinted to Andy that she had a small legal matter to attend to (which is most likely to get her marriage annulled), it hasn’t been implied that Angela and Dwight’s marriage is now null and void.
Having an illicit office romance entails a lot of complications and being employed in Dunder Mifflin doesn’t make things any easier. Now that Phyllis has already announced to the office (excluding Andy) that Angela is having an affair with Dwight, there’ll be a lot of watchful eyes and gossip to go around for the rest of the fifth season. Unless of course Angela decides to come clean to Andy, which I don’t think will happen anytime soon. If it does happen, it may likely trigger Andy’s anger management issues and that’s something I’m looking forward to see.
Another obstruction in the Angela-Andy relationship is a pregnancy-fueled rumor that suggests Dwight as the father of Angela’s baby. When someone asked about a possible storyline baby storyline for Angela, her portrayer Angela Kinsey said “Wouldn’t it be funny if all of a sudden I had to be pregnant since I was just pregnant for real?!” Of course Kinsey’s response has led many fans to believe that a pregnancy plot is not such a far-fetched development.
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The Office when it returns with new episodes on January on NBC.
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