By Olivia Augustine – Staff Reporter

The award winning show “The Office” created by Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant ran from 2005-2013. This show has won many awards including a Golden Globe for Best Television Series in 2010. 

“The Office” is a TV show about a group of co-workers who work at a paper company called Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This mockumentary follows the lives of the manager and the employees he manages. 

This show starred Steve Carell as Regional Manager Michael Scott, Rainn Wilson as paper salesman Dwight Schrute, Jenna Fischer as Receptionist Pam Beesley, and John Krasinski as paper salesman Jim Halpert. As the seasons went on in the show Jim and Dwight would prank each other in the office causing some co-workers to laugh and others to get annoyed. Also as the seasons went on the relationships and friendships between some co-workers grew closer. 

A well-known line from “The Office” is “That’s what she said,” by Michael Scott. Michael adds this line into most of his conversations making the person he is talking to mad. People watching the show may find this funny. People may also find that line and Michael annoying because he doesn’t spend a lot of time doing his job. Instead he spends a lot of time walking around the office and talking with his employees. A hilarious quote from “The Office” is “Fact bears eat beets. Bears, beets Battlestar Galactica”, and “Identity theft is not a joke Jim.” Jim decided to prank Dwight by dressing up as him and Dwight found it flattering until Jim pulled out a suitcase that had a bobblehead in it. Dwight has a bobblehead on his desk. Dwight then thought Jim was trying to become him, which made this scene more hilarious. 

A less exciting point in the show is when Michael hits Meredith with his car in the parking lot outside of the office building, and Michael thought it was okay, but it wasn’t. Michael acted like hitting Meredith with his car was ok, especially when Meredith found out at the hospital that she also had rabies. Michael thought he saved her life. Michael’s guilt eventually causes him to organize a 5K run for Meredith. 

Comparing “The Office” and “Friends” they both show friendship. In “The Office,” Dwight and Pam become really good friends. Dwight is always there for Pam when she needed him and Dwight was never mean to Pam and Pam is always there for Dwight. In the show “Friends” Joey and Rachel are good friends. Joey is always there to make Rachel laugh and Rachel is always there for Joey when he needs someone there.

A memorable scene from the show is when Jim confesses to Pam that he loves her, which took him two seasons. Another memorable scene is when Michael comes to Dwight’s wedding after leaving Scranton, Pennsylvania about three years ago. 

“The Office” is expected to leave Netflix as of January 1, 2021. This show can be found on the channels NBC and comedy central. As of January 1, 2021, “The Office” will be on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

(Some information courtesy of imdb.com and hollywoodreporter.com)