[1] In the cold open, Michael Scott is doing push-ups, and agrees to let anyone who beats his record of "25 and one 'girl push up'" go home early.
On a couple of occasions, Kevin indulges his bad-taste humor by making baby-crying noises near Pam, hoping the sound will cause her breasts to leak milk.
At the end of the episode, Darryl asks the long-working yet newly featured Japanese warehouse worker, Hide, to recount his story about how he used to be a heart surgeon.
Hide explains how he failed a heart operation on a Yakuza boss, prompting him to flee to the United States, where Darryl gave him a job.
[2] In its original American broadcast, "Happy Hour" was watched by 7.28 million viewers, with a 3.5 rating and a 10 share in the 18–49 demographic.
Dan Phillips of IGN gave the episode an 8 saying it was "impressive" and "In the end, there were enough laughs to be had from most of the main love connections and quick asides to call 'Happy Hour' a success – even if the jokes weren't all necessarily fresh.
"[3] Darren Fanich of Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a positive review saying "Did you like 'Happy Hour,' viewers?
It’s usually a bad sign when sitcoms hit the point where everybody falls in love with everyone else, but to me, every romance on The Office feels realistic and weird in its own specific way.
The tone, pacing, and comedy of this episode continues the recent trend of The Office getting back to what made people love it to begin with.
"[6] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger gave the episode a mixed review said "Overall, though, I'd say the good outweighed the bad in this one, but just barely".