Thought tonight's episode was kind of slight...until that sledgehammer of an ending. Now I feel floored.

The hate crime joke killed me.

"Well I hated it! I hated it a lot!"

I think the best moment was (roughly paraphrased):
"My biggest fear is turning into him."
"Don't be silly Michael. You have much bigger things to fear."

Best episode in a few weeks. Season 2 can't come out on DVD fast enough.

The last two episodes have been top notch. For my money, the Office has now solidified itself as the top show on network television.

Finally, NBC has made a smart decision: placing Earl and the Office into the Thursday 8:00-9:00 pm slot.

yea, it'd only be better if they were preceeded by scrubs. it'd be must see tv with actual funny shows. gasp!!

kinda getting into Scrubs again. funny as hell, but I wish they'd back off the Scrubs formula a little bit.

If NBC had been smart enough to pair Scrubs with Committed last year, the god-awful Four Kings wouldn't exist now. And neither would Close to Home on CBS.

And the world would be a better place.

Pam saying she made it til the third week of January before using any vacation days = OTM

do you think the US version is as funny as the UK original?

^ No.

Gervais will never be topped. Nor will Gareth sitting in the sidecar.

Absolutely!!! i think they chose the right person to play gervais in the US but it will never be as good.

Gareth in the side car is one of the funniest scenes iv ever seen! And 'THE DANCE' brent does.

Brilliant!

I love the American version and still need to give the original a chance.

However, this season's slate of episodes is on a complete uphill climb. They are getting funnier and funnier. Last night's episode was just grand entertainment. They need two solid comedies for 7-8 and a change at 9 and NBC'll be in fine form.

good morning--- i prefer the American version---- 98% less mumbling

I love both versions

The one shot I loved from the BBC version was when between scenes, they would just show all the drones at their beige PCs working away. I alternated between cringing at how uncomfortable the shot made me and nervous laughter at how dead on that on shot was.

I loved the pic that Michael showed of him (in the eighties) with his boss.
If anyone can post that picture here, so I can laugh at it all day.

I couldn't stop laughing at that one too, Tager. Nice hair!

I cant quote this but I love when Michael told Dwight this used to be my desk and Joe Smith used to sit in that desk next to me.

"Really, I thought Joe worked on the road?"

"Well he did, but that desk was always empty so if he stopped in that's where he'd sit."

When the NBC version began, it felt like an inferior version of the BBC version.

Over time, however, they have deviated more and more from the UK version - the plot has developed quite differently and the mood is quite different. The American version is much more an ensemble comedy compared to the British version, where the personalities of most of the supporting characters were implied rather than expressed. The show isn't quite as bleak and focused on the monotony of working life as the UK version, and has instead broadened its scope and explored life outside the workplace (for example we never really see Tim at home in the UK version, but we do see where Jim lives - the US version in general spends a lot more time outside the Office itself).

Really pleased with both shows at this point.

What's going to be fun to see is once the Jim and Pam thing plays out, and NBC finds itself ordering up subsequent seasons, where it's all going to go.

You know what I hate? When someone inadvertently creates a duplicate thread, and the original thread-starter gets all pissy about it and then goes and bumps the original thread just to be a tool. I mean, lighten the f up, Francis.

Muchas.

Sorry, I didn't realize there was a thread started on the new board.

This is beyond unnecessary.

Can't a brother just make fun of himself in peace without you getting all apologetic? I just wanted to use it as a springboard to lampoon a dopey tendency we occasionally have.

I like the Jim/Pam tension stuff, I just hope they don't start veering towards Cheers, Moonlighting, Friends, etc., where the sexual tension between 2 characters becomes the show's focus. I think the Office's writers are smart (and dark) enough to recognize this, and won't milk it for too much.

I love Pam so much... . I cried when she cried. god, the sexual tension...

Combine this with the union-busting storyline...how can they keep up this momentum for another season without it blowing in their faces.

WHat are men?


WHy are men, men? WHy are men from
mars? What makes us tick? What makes men so
masculine? Why are we all so rough and rugged and
irresistable to women?

There are so many questions about men in the preceding
paragraph.

And here at Schrute-Space, I aim to answer them.

First of all, men have XY hormones. I don't know what
that means, but it's important in the field of
science.

Men have male genitalia which crop up when we're
little foetus's. Then, they bloom into what we have
now in adulthood.

But all this is beside the fact that men are men are
men.

We like meat. We like beer and wine and trucks. Us
men like fights (not me, however. Karate teaches me
to seek peace through force and to yield like the
willow tree but with deep roots that cannot be
severed). WE like paintball and laser tag and
Creedence and Medieval reinactments and German
Culture.

But most importantly, men like women.

We certainly like their bodies and their outfits, but
we also like their soft lips and skin and taste in
furniture.

Women make us who we are, not only with their wombs,
but with their femininity.

Take pornography. The women are usually at a really
nice condo or swimming pool. They're just hanging out
but then they start getting it on with themselves.
(women can do that without fear of reprisal. Men
can't. Another difference. Only cowboys can get it
on and get acclaim and accolades for it.)

THEN a man comes over. Usually a neighbor, delivery
boy or pool service technician. Then, the magic
happens. It's on. Sometimes a triad. Sometimes a
shower or bath with bubbles.

Fact: Men are better at taking charge in the bedroom.

Fact: Men are better at maps and directions and
driving.

Fact: Men are better at jousting and dueling.

Fact: Men are better at facts.

Question: What are women better at?

(Note: Please don't be offended, feminists. I respect
you AND am attracted to you.)

I can't quit you.

Dwight Schrute. Man.

B O R I N G

Great concept. Great actors. Great early on.

D Y I N G S L O W L Y.

New writers send in applications for fuck sake.

HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

It is lonely to be you, isn't it?

Loved when Dwight looked at the camera and intoned, "Remember that Lost episode when they met the other side of the island?"

When the number of office threads gets down to 2 or 3 on the front page I might create a 'favorite Dwight moment' thread.

I'm leaning to his emphasis on Martial arts on his resume or the 'DIE SADAM'

YOU DID THE SAME THING TO ME THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS ALL "MAN MY POSTS ARE MEANINGLESS"

GET A FUCKING LIFE ASSWIPE.

PEABODY

So when do the f*ing Olympics start bumping this? Is it this week?

There is a new episode this week and then the Olympics are on for the next two Thursdays.

B O R I N G.

This week: my fears substantiate. Poor writing. Too many undeveloped characters. The same story lines, over and over until you feel like they are beating them into your brain. The SEX with Mike and his boss story line: BORING. The "African American Phobia" story line: boring. The "my boyfriend abuses me and won't marry me story line - the premise of tonight's episode: ULTRA BORING. The guy being in love and can't do anything about it: ULTRA BORING.

This show is TIRED.

If they don't get new writers they'll be finished by end of season.

Great show. I am loving this more and more.

I have a little crush on the Indian chick.

Stop watching already, Mr. Inches

Have you been watching from the beginning?

The storylines are getting old, but they really don't even matter... this was a hilarious episode.

- Sbarro being Michael's favorite spot to grab "a New York slice"

- "I hooked up with her on February 13th"

- "Whoa. That's bigger than I am." "No it's not."

- Michael's entire video was priceless, especially the "A Michael Scott Joint" credit.

Kind of like your posts

HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!



(saw an opening for it, had to take it!)

As for the show, I think its actually started to do something to give it a chance. Its differensiating itself from the British show more and more. Some side characters are being given a greater role, the stories aren't carbon copies, and the characters don't feel like they are from England, but rather seem like people I know. I've come across more Dwights than Gareths in my life. So where I laughed at Gareth for being a big kiss ass to the boss and a creepy guy, I laughed at Dwight for being similar to off-center ego-centric ass-kissers I've met, and have been in situations where I've had to spend time with them.

Yes. If anything, those first episodes suffer from a sense of awkwardness in the acting and scripts.

"Look! It's Tina Fey!" (Look! it's Conan O'Brien!)

As for storylines getting old...if you have ever worked in an Office-type situation, you would know that VERY LITTLE changes unless someone cracks or the company lays off a bunch of people.

I howled at the "Great Scott" production credit.

Wonder what Mr. Inches is watching that stands up to this.

Notice Michael packed his passport for the morning drive up to New York?

Ohmygod! No I did not.

those first ones were copied almost exacty from the BBC edition, which is why they sucked imo.

it's gotten a lot better, and has def turned into it's own show, but i still prefer the BBC one, as much as i love Carell, Gervais is so good.

Actually Dwight handed it to him, but yeah. I roffled.

I liked when Dwight said that Michael and Jan "screwed" and when Michael got offended by what the other office manager said about Jan.

Don't get me wrong. I love this show. I am just saying that it needs to evolve now. The story lines are becoming so predictable.

I can't believe nobody agrees on that. But, hey, to each his own...

I just know that I don't watch this show for engaging storylines.