The Office 1x01-1x22

[oyceter]

sophia_helix brought over S1 of The office and made me watch. Well, she didn't really have to twist my arm, given how much I've heard about it from co-workers and vonnie_k.

What I've gathered so far:

1. Dwight sucks.


2. Michael grates on my nerves and I want to strangle him.


3. Jim is really funny in the show, but would drive me crazy if I had to work with him.


4. Pam looks very quiet and shy, but harbors an inner demon.


5. I still hate love triangles, particularly when two corners of the triangle are engaged.


6. I am so glad my work environment isn't like that!

The characters are more caricatures than characters right now, though I suspect that's the intention. sophia_helix also tells me that there's more character development in the next season.

I also find myself liking the mockumentary format, particularly the interviews, the sideways looks at the camera, the long pauses and awkward silences. I particularly like how the show uses silence and pauses. It feel real and awkward, not at all like the ba-dum-CHING effect of laughtracks in most sitcoms.

Michael annoys me so much because I've had bosses like that, who wanted to be liked so much that they ended up not doing their jobs. I'd almost rather work with Dwight, because at least he's straight forward in his nastiness. Michael's two-faced-ness really, really, really gets on my nerves, and I end up wanting to shake him or whap him or something. I mean, it's funny. It's very, very funny, but it's funny in that painful, wincing kind of way because I recognize that character all too well.

Given IBARW, I was particularly amused by the second episode, in which the entire office has to go through "Diversity Day." I started laughing hysterically when Michael described himself as "Irish, German, English, Scottish, with a little bit of Native American."

"How much?" someone asks.

"Two-fifteenths."

I'm looking forward to watching more, just for entertainment value. I'm not sure how fannish I am about it though.

Comments

[ponygirl2000.livejournal.com]

Was the booze cruise episode in the first or second season? Because most people I've talked to agree that's when the show really caught fire for them. I didn't watch the show myself until halfway through the second season but now I just adore it. Oh Jim!

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Booze Cruise is S2. Halfway through, actually, or thereabouts. The episode that first really sucked me in was the Christmas "present swap" one. Then I went back and caught up with all the others, and it was...love.

[oyceter]

I think it isn't? I don't remember it.