The Office: An American Workplace (Pilot) recap & spoilers

The Office: An American Workplace (Pilot) (The Office - S1E1) recap & spoilers

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When a documentary crew comes to the offices of Dunder Mifflin to observe the employees and learn about modern management, manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) tries to paint a happy picture of his domain, but his jokes keep falling flat. Then, worse, his supervisor from the corporate office tells him that his branch may be downsized. Making a characteristically bad leadership decision, Michael decides not to tell his staff, but the information quickly leaks. Meanwhile sales rep Jim (John Krasinski) spars with his irritating nemesis Dwight (Rainn Wilson), and flirts with office receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), until they are all forced to consider what their options are if there is downsizing. B.J. Novak also stars..

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OMG One of THE Best!Ok so I had never seen "The Office" and I didn't want to cuz my cousin told me it was very weird and I thought it was crap. Steve Carrel is one of the best comedians out there and he's awesome!! (Dan In Real Life is the Best!)... So iTunes gave the 1st episode for FREE and I downloaded to see if it was ok cuz I like Steve, so guess what?! I LOVED IT!! I can't stop laughing in every episode! The characters are amazing and hilarious!! And it feels amazing and so relaxing watching this TV Show, its pretty amazing! I loved every single episode of this Season so lets see how Season 2 goes... BUY IT!.Score: 5/5

The officeIf you have't seen the office your stupid It makes family guy look like poop.Score: 5/5

I want to work there!After watching all the episodes of this show, I decided to quit my job and start a company just like this. I’ll keep you updated with how it is going..Score: 5/5

Very Nice( read my review on season 4 complete look at the office)Wow easily the best show on television. lets hope this helps you guys out a little Pilot- 9/10- Very funny will have you laughing all day Diversity Day- 1,000/10- THE BEST EPISODE ON EVERY OFFICE SEASON. PERIOD. Heath Care- 9/10- very funny gives you a look at Dwight Schrute The Alliance- 8/10- good episode- Not good for hilarity, good for a look at everyone and what they do Basket Ball- 10/10- 100% no questions asked Hot Girl- 10/10- 100% very fuuny. Fact: the hot girl is the girl who plays gazelle on Enchanted.Score: 5/5

The office season 1, episode 1A funny episode where ryan puts dwights stuff in jello to mess with him, if you like the thats what she said jokes, then dont buy season 1.Score: 4/5

Blissfully AwkwardThis is my favorite season. It's so much like the UK version. Sooooo awkward and quiet. I love it..Score: 5/5

GodHad to have created this show. It is heavenly hilarious!.Score: 5/5

A great showThe Office is one of the funniest shows on tv. It's first season was short but very good filled with classics like basketball, diversity day, and the pilot episode..Score: 5/5

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Funniest Show On TVEvery charachter, every episode and every season is hilarious. Buy it, you will not regret it..Score: 5/5

Great comedyIf you're looking to own one of the greatest comedies, look no further kids! Definitely collect this series. However, I would also recommend the original British version to REAL fans if you have not seen it. I actually saw that series before this Americanized version. Both are funny, but the British version's humour can be less obvious to the "everyday American". This version will have you in tears!.Score: 5/5

AwesomeThe office is one of the best shows ever..Score: 5/5

That's what she saidThese writers are geniuses.!.Score: 5/5

BEST SHOW EVER!!!I luv this show, and have watched it over and over again. Not an episode of the 9 seasons disappointed me. BUY IT you will not regret it.😄.Score: 5/5

I love itBest show ever!!!!!!.Score: 5/5

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PointlessNo way near as good as the English version. The English version was fresh and very funny . iTunes please put the English version on please.Score: 1/5

Excellent show (better in later seasons) and WE HAVE HD!!!I love this show, but the first season doesn't really get going with any of the characters. It's good, but this show only really goes from good to great from season 2 onwards. It's great now that all seasons have come out in HD too, and at very reasonable prices as far as I am concerned. But when are we going to get season 4? (to be fair, it's not on DVD in the UK yet either) I hate being so far behind the US..Score: 5/5

David BrentI cant not believe they have this to download and not the british office, very dissapointing, the american one is not bad but does not nearly compare to the original if some one knows why you cant download brents version please fill me in!.Score: 3/5

WhyWhy is The Office only in american version pleas get the UK Vertion.Score: 1/5

Absoloutly brilliantBest thing I've seen for ages, really expensize, but season 2&3 arn't so bad. loads of fun and worth the money.Score: 5/5

Best Show on TVThis show is absoultely hilarious, IN MY OPINION better than UK version, and this is coming from a Brit so no racism here. The price, however, is nothing short of extorsionate..Score: 4/5

Virgin VS David BrentIf you have ever heard of BS like 6 sigma which is totally ignored along with all the in a real work place or redundancy, hostile take overs, Bankruptcies, back stabbing, credit crunch etc why the steve carell is not on par with or well cast for a David Brent character.Score: 1/5

Great :)This show is just fantastic, much better than the UK office where its just ricky gervais acting like an idoit and im from the uk so..... Also, the fact that the cast chosen for the main roles (excluding michael) make the humour in it so fresh and new. It is a very good show..Score: 5/5

So sharpThis show is very funny, sharp and interesting. It is also a lot less cringe-worthy (possibly because the 'boss' is less annoying) than the UK version so should appeal to a wider audience..Score: 5/5

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