Thursday, September 17, 2009

Premiere Watch '09: The Office

The Office: "Gossip"

Can you believe that The Office is now in its sixth season?! This show has proven to have some impressive staying-power, especially considering most of the action takes place in the same florescent light-lit office suite. It just goes to show you how much mileage a show can get out of a lot of really well-crafted, entertaining characters.

The Office started off Season 6 with a solidly funny premiere episode--it was not the funniest episode ever, but it definitely packed in a lot of laughs.

Highlights:

  • Jim: "So, technically, they are doing Parkour, as long as Point A is delusion and Point B is the hospital."
  • Andy: "Back flip, gainer into the trash."
  • Oscar, Meredith, and Kelly debating whether the interns are dating during their lunch break.
  • Dwight: "Stanley is way past the middle of his life, especially considering his height-to-weight ratio."
  • Oh nooooooooooooooooo! Stanley IS having an affair!
  • Michael: "Do people often say they're going on sales calls and then go some place else? Because that's not cool."
  • According to Michael, Angela's fake, rich, older boyfriend owns a Quiznos on the Turnpike.
  • Andy: "Who told you that? ...Did you run into someone from my high school?"
  • Oscar: "If you resisted Brad Pitt a little bit, he would still need to get to you?!"
  • Oscar: "What exactly is my responsibility here? To comfort insecure, heterosexual men? That cannot fall to me."
  • Dwight: "...and one of you will make a great mother."
  • Pam: "Why would that come into your brain?"
  • Creed: "If I can't scuba, then what has this all been about?!"
  • No matter what you may have heard, Oscar is not the voice of the Taco Bell dog.
  • Dwight: "You told people that I use store bought manure when I've showed you where I get my manure."
  • Lol, they thought that Jim was a J. Crew model. He actually does look like one.
  • Michael: "Hey, what up, Cynthia?"
All in all, The Office's season is off to a good start. I liked that the episode allowed most all of the characters to have some good lines and to be their zany selves (Creed talking about scuba was my favorite). I would have liked to see some more of Ryan, however.

Premiere Rating: 7.5/10

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