 " Dream Team " received generally positive reviews . Alan Sepinwall of The Star @-@ Ledger said he was enjoying the new paper company storyline and that " Dream Team " was funnier than " Michael Scott Paper Company " . Sepinwall said the final scene with Michael trying to comfort Pam in the car was a " good payoff " which was well acted by Steve Carell and Jenna Fischer , and " yet another reminder that Michael does know what he 's doing some of the time , which means Pam wasn 't a complete idiot for following him out the door . " He also liked Kevin 's struggle with the phones in the beginning , but said the storyline between Jim and Charles was getting repetitive and , " It would help if the writers ever gave Idris Elba something funny to do . " Steven Mullen of The Tuscaloosa News called the episode " stellar " , said the Charles Miner soccer subplot ended " perfectly " and said , " Watching [ Michael 's ] fears bubble beneath the surface and slowly erode Pam 's confidence was a masterwork . " 
