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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THE OFFICE IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN KYLE XY!!!!The office is the funniest show ever and i will allways love it. if anyone trys to tell me different i will yell and scream and shout!!!!!! The office is supreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If i could, i would give the office an infinity star!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahha!!!!!! LOVE, LuLu.Score: 5/5

BEST SHOW IN THE WORLDThe title says it all....Score: 5/5

The office is good but...The office is a good show, and i can definetely see what all the buzz is about... especially because steve carell is so great in it. i have to say though, that this show just doesnt make me laugh out loud. sure, i chuckle occasionally but im not like, doubled over laughing. the show that makes me do that is 30 rock! anyone who likes the office would LOVE 30 rock. if your not hooked after 2 episodes than i dunno whats wrong with you!!!!! just watch it and i promise you will love it!!!!!.Score: 3/5

The office is the best comedy I've ever seenIt's good. you need to watch it. that is all..Score: 5/5

Why is there only 6 episodes?I bought this seaason but there are only 6 episodes..Score: 4/5

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

THE OFFICE IS THE BOMB!!!The best season of “The Office” is right here! People always say that the first impression to everything is very important, because if you don’t put a good first impression on something, it can change the way you view it in the future in a negative way. This left a great impression on me, and I knew from the very first episode that this was going to be one of my favorite TV shows ever! It still is! I hope everyone takes the time to watch this show, whether they end up liking it or not. It’s worth your while! I don’t like this season, I LOVE it!!! Funniest TV show I’ve ever seen!.Score: 4/5

FutureHa ha!!! i am from the future. i know how every thing end. ha ha! i have seen 500 seasons! me me me me me me me me me me i have 5868 characters remaining! i mean 5833 as of the time the number was finished. i don't know..Score: 5/5

OKIt's not as good as Parks and Recreation..Score: 3/5

Rope a dopeLet's see...each episode regularly costs $1.99, a total of $11.94. But if I buy the entire season at this special price, I only pay $11.99. Wow! that's fant - wait. What?.Score: 1/5

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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

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

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

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

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

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Didnt workWhats itunes playing at i downloaded it and i jst got 23 minutes of blank grey screen?!.Score: 1/5

Come On Guys....For goodness sake this is the US version, the other ones the English version stop complaining and comparing them why don't you just say what you don't like about it instead of trying to compare it to something that is rather different to the original. If you hate this that much then you be wouldn't waste your time winging and moaning about the US version..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

UK - give it a whirl, you will come to love itThe first series on its own admission is a pale immitation of the British Office - it's funny but not hilarious, however as the series progress and the American writers and performers get to do their own thing it just gets better and better. Steve Carell is obviously brilliant but the whole cast just grows in confidence and become better defined and the results are hilarious. BJ Novak (Ryan the temp) and Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor) write superbly as well as perform. Among all this you have the genius of Dwight Shrute (Rainn Wilson) and Andy Bernard (Ed Helms - the hangover) two of the best TV characters ever and the Tim/Dawn (in the US Jim & Pam) relationship is developed more. Start the journey folks - there are six series and it's addictive. You will love it - promise..Score: 5/5

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

Where's Gervais?!!I do love this series but Steve Carrell simply cannot compete with Ricky Gervais, Please iTunes, where is the UK version????.Score: 4/5

A million times better than the UK officeMostly down to the fact that Steve Carel exudes charm and beauty- Gervais is just vile and loathsome- he makes my skin crawl and thats not the character that's just what he exudes. Watch this, watch all seasons and be inspired by the storylines of finding love but also laugh lots!.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

Uk or UsSeason 1 is too much like the uk version but by time season 2 starts it leaves the uk version standing. Ricky had a good idea and the uk version was great at the time but things move on and grow! The US version is sooo much better, better acting, better writing, plots, stories, jokes better everything! 12 uk episodes total (plus 2 Christmas shows) or over 100 brilliantly writen US episodes. It speaks for itself (I'm from the uk too) the Americans have taken a short good show from the uk and made it one of the best things to come from over the pond, ever!.Score: 5/5

Dont forget where you came from.....Why isn't the ORIGINAL Office on iTunes? I'd much rather watch that than a spin-off, come on iTunes catch up!.Score: 1/5

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