Steve Carell’s first writing credit is a home run, from the multiple and hilarious storylines taking place around a Casino Night fundraiser in the Dunder Mifflin warehouse to the bombshell moment when Jim finally reveals his true feelings to Pam.Īn overconfident Michael is so sure he’ll get the promotion to corporate, he sells his condo on eBay. “You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person.” “Snip-snap, snip-snap, snip-snap!” Michael exclaims. All Rights Reserved.Ī masterful exercise in dark humor, as Michael and Jan host the dinner party from hell and wind up thrashing out their deeply dysfunctional relationship in front of their horrified guests.
“Dinner Party” - Season 4, Episode 13 Michael (Steve Carell) airs some dirty laundry during the “Dinner Party” episode of “The Office.” © 2007 NBC Studios, Inc.
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After a series of slapstick comedic hijinks, “Beach Games” closes on a poignant moment, as Pam walks across hot coals and asserts herself in a passionate speech to the group.ħ.
Some of the best episodes of “The Office” largely took place outside of the office, to wit, the Harold Ramis-directed “Beach Games,” where Michael uses a company outing at the beach to stage a competition for his successor. In this early classic episode written by Mindy Kaling, Dwight sustains a concussion after crashing his car as he races to come to Michael’s aid, and becomes temporarily sweet to Pam (a harbinger of the real fondness he’ll develop for Pam in the seasons to come). He likes to wake up to the smell of bacon cooking, and one thing led to another …) Only Michael Scott could burn his foot on a George Foreman grill! (Hey. Jo Bennett charges Jim, Gabe and Toby with interviewing candidates for the manager position - leading to a parade of fantastic celebrity cameos, including Jim Carrey, Will Arnett and Ray Romano, and even Ricky Gervais reprising his role as David Brent from the UK original series. He screeches into the parking lot in a silver Porsche, tosses his keys to an invisible valet and says, “Keep it running!” In the hourlong seventh season finale, the bat-bleep crazy Creed has somehow become interim regional manager of Dunder-Mifflin. “Search Committee”- Season 7, Episodes 25-26 Creed (Creed Bratton), the weirdest of the Dunder-Mifflin weirdos, briefly takes over as regional manager on the “Search Committee” episode of “The Office.” © 2008 NBC Studios, Inc. Perhaps your list would include only shows from the Michael Scott era - or maybe you’re a big fan of Deangelo Vickers’ short-lived but legendary run, or the insane enigma that was Robert California, and let’s not forget about Jo Bennett and her two Harlequin Great Danes the size of small ponies.ġ0. “The Office” was so consistently strong over the course of its 201-episode run, you could ask a half-dozen hardcore fans to list their 10 favorites and there might very little duplication. “The Office” was by far the most watched show on Netflix in 2018, with a reported 52 million minutes streamed - some 20 million more minutes than “Friends,” which never finished lower than eighth during its massively successful run on NBC.Ĭount me among those who were late to the party but now want it to go on forever, a la Michael Scott at “Café Disco.” Only after it was in syndication did I come to embrace it as the ultimate “repeatability” show, i.e., you can watch any episode multiple times and never grow tired of the razor-sharp writing, expertly conceived story lines and brilliant performances. Over the course of nine seasons, the show never finished higher than 41st overall, but it became a critical and cult favorite - and is the rare show that has actually gained in popularity since going off the air. Some 15 years ago this week (March 24, 2005), NBC launched an American workplace mockumentary with a cast of mostly unknown actors as the employees at the regional office of a mid-sized paper company called Dunder-Mifflin.īased on the British series of the same name, “The Office” was met with audience indifference and mixed reviews in its first season, and finished its initial, six-episode run 102nd in the ratings. It’s quite likely you’re working from home these days, but you can still escape to “The Office” - on Netflix, Comedy Central and Cozi TV.