A-
The Office: “Finale”
“It’s like a long book that you never want to end and are fine with that because you never ever want to leave it”—Pam…
The Office
B+
The Office: “A.A.R.M.”
At its lowest lows, when the lack of focus that followed Steve Carell’s departure made itself most apparent, The Office…
C-
The Office: “Livin' The Dream”
I’d like to start off by saying how honored I am to review the antepenultimate episode of The Office. I’ve never gotten…
C+
The Office: “Paper Airplane”
I wish the final scene of “Paper Airplane” made me feel something deeper.
C
The Office: “Stairmageddon”
Does The Office believe in true love? Before this ninth season, I would’ve said yes, but what’s gone on between Jim and…
B-
The Office: “Promos”
The camera doesn’t lie. It highlights our faults, picks up our weaknesses, and records events we’d rather not remember.…
B
The Office: “The Farm”
“Sons And Daughters” closes The Decemberists’ 2006 LP, The Crane Wife, on a note of uplift. After nine tracks of…
C-
The Office: “Moving On”
The Office has a complicated history with one-hour episodes. Having navigated the choppy waters of the Jeff…
B-
The Office: “Couples Discount”
We’ve been over the various roles Andy Bernard has played on The Office. But during his three-month, seven-episode…
C
The Office: “Junior Salesman”/“Vandalism”
I do not envy Greg Daniels and the current writing staff of The Office. Theirs is not an easy task. It’s not like…
C+
The Office: “Customer Loyalty”
A documentary crew arrives in Pennsylvania to make a TV show about the modern American workplace. It’s not a glamorous…
B
The Office: “Suit Warehouse”
I missed my chance to tour the Dunder Mifflin offices. A visit to Chandler Valley Center Studios—where The Office is…
B
The Office: “Lice”
Just as The Office once hinged on the relationship between Michael Scott and his mostly unwilling flock, so it depended…
B-
The Office: “Dwight Christmas”
When The Office gave in to the idea that these people could care for each other rather than just tolerate each other,…
A-
The Office: “The Target”
If asked to identify the Office equivalent of jumping the shark, I’d go with “drowning the car.” That scene in “Dunder…
C
The Office: “The Whale”
For an artistic endeavor that’s lasted as long as The Office—and been touched by as many hands as this series…
B+
The Office: “The Boat”
The biggest distinction between The Office and its British predecessor is the very, very American notion of not…
B-
The Office: “Here Comes Treble”
Who is Andy Bernard? I ask this not to psychoanalyze the character, but to get a firmer grip on a presence that’s now…
B+
The Office: “Work Bus”
At a certain point, The Office had to run out of stories it could set in the, you know, office. There’s a historical…
B
The Office: “Andy’s Ancestry”
If you read a lot about television, you’ve probably seen this truism (or some variation of it) bandied about around…