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Posted Feb 6th 2009 1:07AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E14) Last week's episode of
The Office was kind of like a one-night stand that happens after way too much drinking: good for what it was, but ultimately unsatisfying.
Tonight's episode is like finding the girl you're going to marry. And then realizing that she's rich. And also that she believes that Han shot first.
In a return to form not seen since Paul Crewe came back into the game in
The Longest Yard, tonight
The Office found its way back to that perfect old- school alchemy of discomfort, satire, and heart. Oh, and Creed. Lots of Creed ...
Continue reading The Office: Lecture Circuit
Posted Jan 11th 2007 2:02PM by Jay Black
Filed under: HBO, Cable, OpEd, BBC, The Office (BBC)

As much as the title sounds like
flamebait, I assure you it isn't. I'm actually 100%, from the bottom of my heart, curious as to what everyone else thinks.
You see, when I read the
AV Club's interview with Ricky this week, I really didn't know how I felt about it. On the one hand, you have a groundbreaking comedian trying to set the bar a little higher for himself. On the other you have a pompous windbag. I've been flip-flopping between the two.
Continue reading Is Ricky Gervais turning into a real life version of David Brent?