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Actor: Ed Helms, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Steve CarellBrand: NBC Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Published), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 574 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Box set; Color; Dolby; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of The Office: Season Three
DVD Review: Without question my favorite comedy on TV
Summary: 5 Stars
Warning! There are spoilers in the following review.
Briefly, the history of my response to the NBC version of THE OFFICE is as follows: before it started horror that they were remaking a the BBC masterpiece, then surprise in Season One (at least after the first horrid episode, which I think all of us OFFICE fans would like to forget) that it was not only not horrid but actually pretty good, and then delight in Season Two as it got better and better. Starting Season Three I was fearful, afraid that it was not going to be able to keep the show on the level of genius that it had maintained through the previous season. But once again my expectations and fears were confounded. It easily stayed as fresh and as brilliant as it had been in Season Three.
In terms of format I find THE OFFICE to be one of the most interesting shows on TV. For the past twenty years most shows--well, at least almost all good ones--have struggled with a balance between standalone episodes (or the episodic format strictly speaking) and serial arcs. THE X-FILES, one of the most important shows in the development of the modern story arc, alternated between rigidly standalone episodes and what they termed their "mythology" episodes. But most shows have more and more come to adopt a hybrid format in which they will have episode elements while at the same time gradually moving forward their arcs. THE OFFICE in most ways is an episode series, in that for most of the characters everything restarts each week and they are not really part of an evolving story. For the most part THE OFFICE has maintained arcs built around office romances, most importantly Pam and Jim but also Michael and Jan, with Dwight and Angela as well as Ryan and Kelly in the background. But they managed to work in a couple of other arcs in Season Three as well, most notably Andy's attempt to rebuild the structures of power in the office. But nonetheless, the overwhelming ongoing story in THE OFFICE is that of Pam and Jim.
Season Two ended with Pam and Jim kissing during casino night. In Season Three we learn that Jim transferred to the Stamford office of Dunder-Mifflin in order to distance himself from Pam, who ultimately rejected his overtures. Ironically, shortly after Jim left she broke off her engagement to Roy. Most of Season Three deals with Pam and Jim's ongoing and largely unresolved feelings about each other. Things are complicated when in Stamford Jim begins dating the lovely and eventually likable Karen (played by the lovely Rashida Jones), which means he is unavailable to see Pam when he returns to Scranton when the Stamford office is closed. Of course we all want Jim and Pam together, but we like Karen also. The resulting situation is therefore somewhat the reverse of Season Two, when Jim spent the season pining over Pam. This year Pam pines over Jim, but with one major difference. While in Season Two Jim and Pam were best friends despite how Jim felt about Pam, in Season Three things are strained between them. Pam, in fact, is quite alone most of the season.
One definitely senses that Jim and Pam are finally on the verge of getting together in Season Four. Looking ahead for just a second, one wonders if the writers will truly allow this to happen. One truism in contemporary TV writing is that you can never let the main romantic couple on a show get together for long. This is known as the David and Maddie Problem, named for the lead couple in MOONLIGHTING. As soon as Bruce Willis's David and Cybil Shepherd's Maddie made love, interest in the show disintegrated (though personally I think the irregular appearance of new episodes was as much to blame) and it gradually came to an end. (This is also sometimes called the Lois and Clark Problem, since THE ADVENTURES OF LOIS AND CLARK saw a sharp decline in ratings as soon as the two of them became involved.) Since then writers and producers have been terrified of getting couples together. Generally when two people get together you can guess that something catastrophic is about to happen. So, will Pam and Jim try to make a go of it in Season Four? Will the writers attempt to overcome the jinx of David and Maddie? Just one of the mysteries to be solved in Season Three.
I cannot express how much I love this cast. I must confess that I side with a number of leading TV critics (like TV Guide's Matt Roush) in confessing that I'm not a huge fan of either Steve Carrell's Michael Scott or Rainn Wilson's Dwight Schrute. I know they are hugely popular with many fans, but I find both of them a tad too hard to believe in. I prefer the rest of the cast, which has expanded in importance over the course of the past two seasons. I love the way we have been able to get to know all the regulars in the office, not merely Pam and Jim, but Ryan, Kelly, Phyllis, Kevin, Meredith, Toby, Angela, Oscar, Stanley, and Darryl. And for the record, I don't always find Michael unentertaining. It is merely that at times he does things that make me so uncomfortable that I squirm. And Dwight is sometimes funny, though far too often he becomes so extreme that he passes over being funny to something else. I find Dwight to be at his best when he is trying to help others instead of reacting to his own all embracing set of fears.
I will confess gratitude to Dwight's frequent and sometimes wonderful shout outs to my favorite show on TV, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. One interesting aspect to television in the 2006-2007 season was the sheer number of references in various series to BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, which some observers has speculated may be the most avidly viewed series by TV and movie industry outsiders than any other (THE OFFICE might well be second; BSG creative genius Ron Moore confesses to be a huge fan). THE GILMORE GIRLS, HEROES, VERONICA MARS, SOUTH PARK, THE O.C., and several other series all made nods towards BSG, but no show more frequently than THE OFFICE. And Dwight may have had the best BSG line in any of the aforementioned shows in an episode when he confronted a somewhat older and very conservative looking gentleman at a Dunder-Mifflin part and asked him, "Do you watch BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?" "No." "You sir, are an idiot."
Like the previous season, Season Three provided us with a host of unforgettable moments. So many of them are hard to summarize because they are caught in a glance or a look, especially by Pam or Jim. Some highlights include Michael's insistence at giving Oscar a kiss after learning he was gay. Or Dwight's sly smile when Michael, speculating on the sexual preference of some of the office employees, asks Dwight, "What about Angela? I can imagine her with a woman. Can't you?" Or Kelly sprinting into Victoria's Secret after Michael offers to buy all of the women into the office a single item from their stock. Or Michael being the only person from the office to show up at an art showing by Pam and his buying one of her paintings for the office. Or Michael contemplating jumping off the top of the building onto a balloon that would certainly not keep him from dying. Or Pam running across hot coals and then confronting Jim over ceasing to be her friend. I'm sure that every fan has his or her own set of memories.
This was also the season when the show had a number of celebrity directors. Harold Ramis directed several episodes. J. J. Abrams directed one. And Joss Whedon, the creator of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, directed "Business School," in which Jim pretends to have been bitten by a bat that caught trapped inside the office. Jim proceeds to distress Dwight into thinking that he might have been turned into a vampire, first rubbing a tooth as if it might be on the verge of growing into a fang and later complaining of how bright the light is. Hopefully Season Four will bring additional well-known guest directors.
THE OFFICE proved so popular in Season Three that NBC briefly suggested that the show expand to an hour each week. Every fan I talked to reacted to horror at this. If we could be assured that the show would be a brilliant and as funny for an hour each week, then I'm sure everyone would be delighted with the prospect, but the fear is that the show would become diluted and there would be a watering down of ideas and humor. Luckily NBC backed off the request, though it was agreed that there will be four hour-long episodes in Season Four.
Lastly, hopefully Jenna Fischer will be recovered from a terrible accident that she had this summer in New York during the Upfront Presentation. According to what I have read, she slipped on a marble staircase and hit her back hard against the steps. Luckily, although she broke several bones in her back she did not sustain any nerve damage. Her recovery will evidently overlap with the beginning of shooting for the new season. I'm hopeful that she will be feeling well enough to not miss any episodes or more importantly to be in any ongoing pain.
Description of The Office: Season Three
Fill your Inbox with hilarious moments from The Office Season Three in this four-disc collection that's crammed with extensive bonus features and all 22 episodes of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Comedy Series! Steve Carell is back in his Golden Globe-winning role as earnest but clueless boss Michael Scott, who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances, and advancement, Michael's always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times. Including five supersized episodes and over three hours of deleted scenes, The Office Season Three is packed with classic moments from the show that TIME magazine praises for "satirizing the culture of coffee, cubicles and Chili's with heart and laser precision." Starring: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. NovakBestsellers in DVD
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