The Office Returns!

[bryanman8]

With an hour tonight on NBC at 9.

If you have never religiously watched this show for some insane reason, now's the time to watch. Funniest show on TV easily.

[square634]

With an hour tonight on NBC at 9.

If you have never religiously watched this show for some insane reason, now's the time to watch. Funniest show on TV easily.

Do I need to have seen the past seasons to get it? I've wanted to get into it since I heard it was good, but I was always busy. I've seen only one episode (one of the season finales I think) and I didn't really understand it because I didn't know what had been set up between the characters.

[bryanman8]

Do I need to have seen the past seasons to get it?
Meh, to really understand the relationships and everything on the show, there's a lot of references to the past three seasons and character development and stuff but it's still hilarious either way. If you haven't watched any of the first 3 seasons, I'd still watch this and go back and try and catch up when you can when this season's going on--if you don't start now you probably never will and it's far and away the funniest show on TV.

So, you'll still definitely "get it" and think it's hilarious, just not as much as someone that's been watching forever. Definitely watch it though and let us know what you think.

[bryanman8]

I'd at least read this Wikipedia tidbit to prepare. 13 minutes left. Go go!


The third season has a total of 23 episodes, consisting of 21 half-hour or 40 minute "super-sized" episodes, and 2 one-hour episodes. They originally aired from September 21, 2006 to May 17, 2007.

After the events of Casino Night, Jim accepted Pam's intentions to marry Roy and transferred to the Stamford branch. There, he begins dating co-worker Karen and also finds himself at odds with temperamental co-worker Andy. During the summer, Pam called off the wedding, ending her relationship with Roy.

Downsizing arrives when the Scranton branch is tagged for closure, but the plans are thrown into disarray when the manager of the Stamford branch leaves for a rival company. Instead, a merger of the dissolved Stamford branch with the Scranton branch brings Jim back to Scranton. One by one, most of the Stamford transplants quit over Michael's management style, leaving only Jim, Karen, and Andy.

After Carol breaks up with Michael, he begins dating Jan but finds himself increasingly uncomfortable with her aggressive and unemotional approach to their sex life, and he breaks up with her.

Jim returns to inconsistent friendship with Pam, not as close as they used to be. Karen becomes more anxious when she learns of Jim's previous crush on Pam and his admission that he still harbors feelings for the receptionist. At Phyllis' Wedding, Pam returns to Roy, but that relationship proves short-lived when Roy reacts violently upon learning of the Casino Night kiss. Roy attempts to assault Jim at the office, resulting in his dismissal. Throughout, Pam and Karen maintain a tense friendship.

A position opens at Dunder-Mifflin headquarters, and Michael, Jim and Karen all apply. Jan wins back Michael's affections with the assistance of her new breast implants, but this is only a precursor to her self-destruction at Dunder-Mifflin headquarters when she learns that the open position is her own. After being told that he did not win the position, Michael returns to Scranton with Jan in tow. During Jim's interview, he finds an encouraging note and memento from Pam slipped in with his other papers. When asked whether he is prepared to stay in New York for the long haul, Jim does not answer but thinks back to the events of the previous week, wherein Pam, emboldened by a successful walk across hot coals, confronts Jim publicly about their dissolved friendship, confessing that she canceled her wedding because of him. Jim drives back to Scranton and asks Pam on a date. She accepts.

As a final twist, the job goes to Ryan.

[beaner]

So A 5K isn't 5000 miles? Good stuff tonight.

[bryanman8]

WATCH THE NIPPLES KEVIN!

Rofl they were bleeding.

The opening was just completely out of the blue and I was bawling. You think they're just going to take it easy for once and tie up loose ends and all and then Meredith comes out of nowhere and the look on Michael's face is hilarious.

Great stuff.

[Great8]

Funniest show on TV easily.

Great show, but 30 Rock is consistently funnier. I can't wait until next Thursday when Jerry Seinfeld guest stars.

[ixcuincle]

Do I need to have seen the past seasons to get it? I've wanted to get into it since I heard it was good, but I was always busy. I've seen only one episode (one of the season finales I think) and I didn't really understand it because I didn't know what had been set up between the characters.

Wasn't a big fan of the Office until some English professor showed the class 2 episodes on DVD one day. Then I decided to hop on the bandwagon yesterday and see what all the commotion was about.

Unfortunately I only paid attention to the first 30 minutes , the last 30 minutes I really didn't pay much attention because I was trying to dispute a claim that Tyrod Taylor wasn't living up to the hype. The funniest part though , was when the boss Steve Carrell tried to hug the woman in the hospital and everyone was like "No , No , Stop it!"...hilarious! :D

[beaner]

WATCH THE NIPPLES KEVIN!

Rofl they were bleeding.

The opening was just completely out of the blue and I was bawling. You think they're just going to take it easy for once and tie up loose ends and all and then Meredith comes out of nowhere and the look on Michael's face is hilarious.

Great stuff.

With the electicity we are using to keep Meredith alive, we could power a small fan for 2 days. You tell me what's unethical.

[rolliefingers]

With the electicity we are using to keep Meredith alive, we could power a small fan for 2 days. You tell me what's unethical.

That was definitely one of the best lines, ever.

[clapdiddy]

I never watched the show until last week. I was watching re-runs on TBS and was cracking up.

Last night's episode was hysterical. I am going to make an effort to continue watching it.

[BustaJ2632]

I have been a part of many cults, both as a follower and a leader. Followers have more fun...but leaders make more money.

Creed, Stanley, and Oscar going out for drinks hahahaha

"You don't know me, you've just seen my penis."

"Hey, I know you! Elizabeth! Glad to see you went back and got your degree!"

"Any problems?"
"You left the TV on. And your cat is dead."
"She's in a better place now. Well, the place she's in is the freezer."

[Fist Bump]

Very funny episode.

Michael: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have some bad news...Meredith was hit by a car, it happened this morning in the parking lot, I took her to the hospital, and the doctors tried to save her life, they did the best that they could ..... and she is going to be ok."

Stanley: "What is wrong with you....why did you have to phrase it like that"


Jim: "One day Michael came in complaining about a speedbump on the highway...I wonder who he ran over then?"

[Lucky Jim]

Great show, but 30 Rock is consistently funnier. I can't wait until next Thursday when Jerry Seinfeld guest stars.

I agree. I like (even love) The Office. But 30 Rock is funnier...

[sorrycharlie]

I agree. I like (even love) The Office. But 30 Rock is funnier...

30 Rock is funnier. But The Office is my favorite show. There's something so endearing about it.

[BustaJ2632]

Everyone saying that 30 Rock is funnier is angling for my Ignore list.

That's right. You, Sammy, Phyllis, that chick you hit with the car...you're all goners. :p

[Great8]

Everyone saying that 30 Rock is funnier is angling for my Ignore list.

That's right. You, Sammy, Phyllis, that chick you hit with the car...you're all goners. :p

I stand by my comment (I guess I'm Phyllis in this scenario, lol). The whole scene with Michael driving into the lake last week almost ruined the entire episode it was so preposterous. I didn't laugh once during that entire encounter, I was too busy thinking about how stupid it was. There were certainly funny parts throughout the episode, but that was just silly. "30 Rock" has yet to disappoint in that way. I think it's because we're supposed to think that the people from "The Office" are regular people like you and me. They work in an office, they're normal folks. Sure, Michael is an idiot, but he's not mentally challenged. Only a mentally challenged person would intentionally drive his car into a lake because a GPS system told him to.

[BustaJ2632]

Again I say that him driving the car into the lake was sublime brilliance on his part. He was trying to prove to Ryan that machines can't be trusted to replace human interactions. He obviously knew the correct way to get to the client (think about how much he knew about the previous client and his family). But he was following the machine's instructions to the letter in an effort to show Ryan that computers are not trustworthy.

Maybe it was stupid and didn't work, but I don't think it was over the top or a sign that the show has lost touch as some people I've heard have said.

[Birds08]

Check out Creed back in the day:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1780966/

[The Wedge]

Again I say that him driving the car into the lake was sublime brilliance on his part. He was trying to prove to Ryan that machines can't be trusted to replace human interactions. He obviously knew the correct way to get to the client (think about how much he knew about the previous client and his family). But he was following the machine's instructions to the letter in an effort to show Ryan that computers are not trustworthy.

Maybe it was stupid and didn't work, but I don't think it was over the top or a sign that the show has lost touch as some people I've heard have said.

Actually, it's long since established that when Michael is upset or distraught or riled up in anyway, he is nearly oblivious to the real world. Driving in to the lake was one of those instances. This week it was the kidnapping of the delivery boy.

[BustaJ2632]

That was the best episode EVER.

"Wanted: Middle aged black man with sass."

"Besides having sex with men, I would say that the Finer Things Club is the gayest thing about me."

[Pedro Cerrano]

This was a top 3 show of all time for The Office, IMO. "Eyes are the groin of the face."

[NewMarketSean]

Excellent episode tonight. Completely hilarious.

"I'll stab the security guard in the eye with this stick of chalk."

[ChrisP]

"Eyes are the groin of the face."

Instant Classic.

[TGO]

My DVR and/or WNBC f'd up last night and I didn't get this episode. When I turned on the TV at 9:25, NBC was black and the DVR said it hadn't recorded anything. :rolleyes:

[NewMarketSean]

I hate it when that happens. Check on-line. I thought NBC aired the episodes after they initially aired. If not, there is always iTunes.

[TGO]

I hate it when that happens. Check on-line. I thought NBC aired the episodes after they initially aired. If not, there is always iTunes.

Yeah, I'll check that out.

[AgentOrange]

Yeah, I'll check that out.

Yeah, this year, the NBC website will have the whole show on the internet now. Before they just had clips. But now they do the full episode.

[RayFink1e]

I could not stop laughing last night. hilarious with their stupid prank and the finer things club

[CrimsonTribe]

"Come on Jim, just climb on top of her and think about Stanley."