Summary:
An adaptation of Ricky Gervais's British sitcom of the same name, NBC's THE OFFICE is a workplace comedy that follows the daily lives of employees at a fictional paper company. Throughout its first four years on the air, this wildly successful remake garnered a host of accolades, including several Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody awards. Each season's sturdy audience turnout further testified to the show's resonance with America's 9-to-5 masses. This collection includes every episode FROM seasons one through four, chronicling each moment of the flirtation (and much anticipated romance) between secretary Pam (Jenna Fischer) and prankster salesman Jim (John Krasinksi), as well as the painfully quirky exploits of super-geek Dwight (Rainn Wilson), and the gently angsty existence of the temp, Ryan (B.J. Novak). The show's true locomotive, however, is their boss, Michael Scott, played with masterly comic timing by Steve Carell. Scott is a middle manager of such shudder-inducing obliviousness that one never knows whether to be protective of him, embarrassed by him, or simply enraged at his behavior; the only thing Carell's performance guarantees is an endless source of uncomfortable entertainment.