Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, June 4. All times are Eastern.
The Office (Classic) (3 p.m.): TV Club’s birth in the fall of 2007 means we missed the early seasons of many of our favorite programs; for instance, did you know that there are four other seasons of The Wire, each appreciably better than the one Scott Tobias reviewed in ’08? (That season still received straight “A”s—standards were much more lax back then.) The section’s inception also meant we jumped into the American version of The Office just as it was starting to lose its balance, leaving the show’s first three seasons up for grabs. Fresh from blubbering his way through the series finale, Erik Adams begins combing through the archival files at Dunder Mifflin—beginning with visions of what would and would not be: The show’s lackluster pilot and the much, much better “Diversity Day.”
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Awkward. (MTV, 10 p.m.): Jenna’s feelings for Collin officially tip over into “crush” territory—“crush” is also the verb that describes what this episode does to the hopes of noted Matty-Jenna ’shipper Myles McNutt.
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The Shield (Classic) (11 a.m.): The members of the Strike Team are glad to see another TV Club favorite taken off the bench to have its rookie seasons examined. Brandon Nowalk will make sure this doesn’t end with Vic getting called in to bust some heads when The Office’s “Drug Testing” rolls around.
Six Feet Under (1 p.m.): It’s been almost a year since John Teti last checked in with the Fishers—which is convenient, because the third season begins one year after the events of “The Last Time.” Let’s hear it for temporal symmetry!