The Office - Season 2
a.k.a. The Office - Season Two
Cast:
Steve Carell
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- DVD Release Date: 09/12/2006
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 439
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Features
Deleted scenes; Blooper Reel; Episode commentaries; Webisodes from nbc.com; Fake PSAs; Steve on Steve; And much more!
Full Product DetailsEditorial Reviews
Daily Show alumnus Steve Carell, a master of deadpan comedy, was the ideal choice to play clueless, obnoxious office manager Michael Scott in this Americanized version of the popular BBC mockumentary, and his comedic gifts are readily apparent in the 22 half-hour episodes of the 2005-6 season. The Office, shot documentary-style with no laugh track, takes place in the Scranton facility of Dunder-Mifflin, a supplier of paper products. Michael's employees include nerdy know-it-all and shameless suck-up Dwight (Rainn Wilson), easily cowed receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), and capable but restrained Jim (John Krasinski), who not-so-secretly lusts after the engaged receptionist. Season 2 includes occasional guest turns by David Koechner, playing Michael's best friend Todd Packer, and Melora Hardin, as Dunder-Mifflin executive Jan Levinson. Although many of the laughs still come from the efforts of Carell's character to be seen as hip and easy to work for, The Office is definitely an ensemble show, and the best episodes are those in which the entire cast shines. One of these, "The Fire," finds the staff cooling its collective heels in the parking lot while a blaze rages upstairs. To pass the time Jim suggests a seemingly harmless game that eventually elicits a lot more personal info than some would like to know. Our 2005-6 favorite, "Christmas Party," is a tour de force in which Michael almost single-handedly dampens the staff's holiday spirit by turning the annual gift-giving ceremony into a game of "Yankee Swap," which results in personalized presents being given out randomly to hysterically inappropriate recipients. The resulting ill will makes a shambles of the party, and as usual, Michael doesn't understand what went wrong. A superbly written and brilliantly acted series that doesn't rely on potty humor, sexual innuendo, or the assorted puerilities typically found in today's sitcoms, The Office is a delight. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 14 and UP
What to watch out for
- Consumerism:
One episode took place at Hooters, another at Chili's. Some product placement -- notably by Staples.
- Drugs:
One or two characters will often get drunk at office parties.
- Language:
Inappropriate comments about race and gender that are either ignored or met with disbelief.
- Sex:
Some sexual innuendo, nothing too explicit.
- Violence:
Not an issue.
- Messages:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About TheOffice - Season 2
Parents need to know that the show's main character regularly makes insensitive remarks about employees' race and gender, and that he's treated like a buffoon as a result. The show also features a fair amount of sexual innuendo. Characters are known to get drunk at office parties.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about rude and inappropriate behavior in comedic television shows. What is the most outrageous thing you've ever viewed? Do you think the line of what is considered acceptable changes? When would you say television writers have crossed the line into truly offensive? Is that line different for cable and network shows? Should it be?
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