January 2011
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Day 20. Favourite season
I’m guessing that Season 2 is the most popular choice on this one, and an easy one for me. Season 5 comes a near second, in case you were wondering. I think that second choice is more surprising of the two favourites, but I’ll explain my love for Season 2.
This show, over the seven seasons that have spanned yet, has maintained solid quality episodes filled with humour, charm and...
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41. Crime Aid
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 41. Crime Aid (5x04)
This episode is pretty much the entirety of the Michael/ Holly relationship. They seemed to get together at the end of previous episode, Baby Shower, and their split comes in the following episode, Employee Transfer. Despite this, Holly remains the most popular love interest of Michael Scott’s past and her return has been...
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youstayclassyplanetearth asked: I just read your review on 'Safety Training' and I agree that it has one of the best epsiode commentaries. I would say the highlight has to be when Mindy keeps asking Harold Ramis about all the coke parties he went to with Bill Murray and BJ keeps telling her to drop it!
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Day 19. Favourite friendship
It has been since Booze Cruise. I feel like, joking aside, Michael Scott was a huge part of the reason that Jim found the courage to tell Pam how he feels in Casino Night. Michael can often be stupidly bold at important moments in his life, whilst Jim has kept his feelings about Pam a secret for a really long time and I think that influence on Jim balances out the latter character. I also think...
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42. Sexual Harassment
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 42. Sexual Harassment (2x02)
You can tell by the title alone that it’s going to be a funny episode really. So, in this we meet Pam’s mum for the first time, Jim’s naked girlfriend and Todd Packer. This episode does lose points for no cold open, but picks up speed soon enough. The episode quickly becomes about sexism, as Todd Packer...
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43. Safety Training
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 43. Safety Training (3x20)
Firstly, if you haven’t listened to the dvd commentary to this one then you totally should, especially if you got a lot of love for Mindy and BJ - as I do.
Now, onto the episode, which begins with the return of Andy following his stint in anger management. He has returned reformed and is making his best effort to...
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44. Dinner Party
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 44. Dinner Party (4x09)
I’m guessing that for a lot of avid Office fans, this episode might rate a little higher but this crescendo to the long-running Jan/ Michael arc only made my number 44. That’s not to say that it’s not a solid effort, filled with hilarious quips (“You burn it, you buy it”, “That is sort of an...
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45. Launch Party
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 45. Launch Party (4x03)
Previously in the countdown, I’ve referred to plenty of episodes in continuity terms. The Office is very good at revisiting things, like the Pam/ Phyllis shared taste (Halloween, Casual Friday) and the formats of the cold open (discussed in my Costume Contest review). Here is another beautiful example, revisiting one of the...
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Adele, '21': Review
I’ve been dying to get it since it came out on Monday and now I finally have, I’m one happy lady. To be as good as debut ‘19’ was no small task, but I think she may have exceeded her former album with this latest release. The songwriting has kicked up a notch and she is singing notes that I’ve never heard from her before. Underneath it all, more than the other big...
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46. Halloween
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 46. Halloween (2x05)
The very first Halloween we got from the show that does it so well. It’s a first time for a lot of things. Creed comes into his own. Pam and Phyllis show everyone their similar taste (revisited in Casual Friday). Jim displays a lack of effort when it comes to costume. And one thing that’s not a first, or last: Michael...
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47. Business School
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 47. Business School (3x16)
It’s not my favourite cold open, but the pre-credits scene in Business School does set up the chaotic mess that is Michael’s storyline in this episode. And I mean ‘chaotic mess’ in a positive way. I get excited for this one anyway, because I love the Ryan/ Michael interaction and that is what the...
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48. Diwali
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 48. Diwali (3x06)
“Tonight, one of our most ethnic co-workers, Kelly, has invited us all to a Diwali celebration put on by her community…” followed by Michael’s impression of Miss Kapoor sort of reflects the impression that Kelly has left on the world. “20 minutes later you find out that it’s essentially a Hindu...
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49. Gossip
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 49. Gossip (6x01)
So we open this season premiere episode with another brilliantly funny cold open that I will summarise with one word: PARKOUR! “Technically they are doing parkour, as long as point A is delusion and point B is the hospital.”
The episode quickly finds its feet as the gossip begins in the break room, and Michael’s...
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50. Costume Contest
My Top 50 Episodes of The Office | Number 50. Costume Contest (7x06)
Okay, so a certain Jam-flavoured gesture may have swung this one a win into the countdown but it’s still a solid episode - as always, on Halloween. The costumes always make me laugh. Although, Koi Pond might have the best costumes title - who can truly make a definite decision on such important matters as these? But...
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My Top 50 Episodes of The Office
I am about to count down my favourite episodes of that fine show, The Office. Based on the comedy, drama and romance of a show that has all three, I’ve chosen my favourite episodes of all time - up to now, anyway. This countdown includes all seven seasons, and has contributions from the entire ensemble of characters.
So, see my next post for the number 50 spot.
Almost, but not quite:
The...
bernadetterostenkowskiwolowitz asked: I've just been reading through a few pages of your blog (not a stalker, just a huge The Office fan!) and loved it! I love your analysis on everything and all your posts, and the fact you're from England too! It's a shame you don't seme to think much of Jan though. I know she went downhill but she was great before season 5.
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Day 18. Least favourite ship
I thought I would take this very seriously and only count those who truly qualify. I guess Andy and Angela might chart lower if I had ever taken them seriously. In truth, I think the true ships of the show are simply Jim and Pam, Michael and Holly, Michael and Jan, Andy and Erin, Kelly and Ryan and Dwight and Angela. There’s enough there, isn’t there? Of those, my least favourite has...
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Day 17. Favourite Ship
Has anyone EVER answered anything other than Jim and Pam to this? It just goes without saying really. They’re perfect. From the very first episode, there was an underlying spark that very quickly came to prominence in the show. John Krasinski and Jenna’s natural chemistry built ever-more through Season 2, to an unforgettable climax in Casino Night which had me in tears! Jim’s...
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Day 16 - Favourite Kelly moment
This just sums up everything I love about Kelly Kapoor. She is hilarious. Another moment I love is when there’s lots of betting going on between Jim, Pam, Kevin etc. (Safety Training) and one is how long Kelly talks non-stop to Ryan for - and Jim guesses the number of romcoms right. It’s just so Kelly. For a character so organically created with the merging of fiction and Mindy...
Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts from when Pam got angry at Jim in "The Fight"?
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Emily Blunt gets it right AGAIN!
Emily Blunt has always been a staple in my fashion favourites when it comes to red carpet events, but this time she impressed on the blue carpet for the premiere of her latest film, Gnomeo and Juliet.
What I find with Emily is that she always finds a look that flatters her in a very simplistic way. Taking a break from her traditional curly, down ‘do, she had her hair nicely pinned back....
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Day 15. Favourite Angela Moment
Angela always says the things she hates - pretty much anything - so when she says things she likes, like Harry Connick Jr., it amuses me greatly. It’s just such an Angela thing to say! I don’t know, she sounds like my mum when she says this so I had to laugh. I love the pride she has in her deep-rooted, uptight morals about the world. To her, Will and Grace is so wrong and yet Harry...
battle-born asked: When Michael leaves, who do you think will be the new boss?
Anonymous asked: what do you think about the booze cruise episode?
theoldziplockbaggy asked: I absolutely love your analysis and feedback on episodes and characters!
What do you think the show should explore after Steve Carell leaves?
What do you think the show should explore after Steve Carell leaves?
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A Pam Halpert appreciation post.
Season 1: Pam, Pam, Pam!
Season 1, like with all the characters, was more of an introduction to the personalities, so Pam was a very stable force in The Office early on. As we were still getting to know who she was, there was no great leaps away from being the friendly, shy and kind receptionist. She was immediately likeable, and the rapport between John and Jenna as their characters was very...
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Favourite picture ever of Angela :)
Oh and I'm actually watching The Office atm, Weight Loss :)
Favourite picture ever of Angela :)
Oh and I'm actually watching The Office atm, Weight Loss :)
pamelabeagsley asked: Pam in season 3.
Anonymous asked: season 5 erin.
battle-born asked: Thoughts on Angela?
Anonymous asked: your favorite ryan howard? (awkward temp ryan, cocky ryan, hipster ryan...?)
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