After having seen Parks & Rec and the UK and Germany versions of The Office, I was pumped to see what the US version has to offer.
It is easily one of the best sitcoms I have seen so far, and with no doubt in my mind better than the other countries' versions (although it is hard to compare UK and US because the work so differently, and it cannot be understated that UK started it all and was, at first, simply copied). This show is hilarious yet wholesome, and not preachy (sadly an adjective that has to be used in the environment of modern comedies).
Virtually every episode is good. It's in season 7 or 8 that it starts to collapse, the latter being the season Michael Scott, the funniest and main character of the show, leaves. Interestingly enough, the single episodes aren't usually bad (although season 8 had some incredibly disappointing ones, especially towards the end), but without Steve Carrell there's just a big piece missing that cannot be replaced by any of the other characters, as charming as some of them might have been as side characters.
Thus, the show becomes a little bit harder to evaluate. It was easily a 10/10 for most of its runtime, but those two last seasons are close to ruining the perfection, yet without being unwatchable or a total waste of time (Modern Family became gradually worse without losing any of its characters).
All in all, I'm very glad I watched The Office, and I would absolutely recommend it to just about anybody who likes to laugh, despite a comparably weak last third of the show. Most of the episodes are too good to miss out on.
I'm not great at math, but considering I loved seasons 2 to 6 or 7 so much (season 1 was an odd, but very short start) that I would give them an 11/10, I will effectively only let the worse seasons drag the rating for the entirety of the show down by one point. The finale was also good, which helps.
Review by Joel BarthelBlockedParent2020-08-09T09:59:04Z
After having seen Parks & Rec and the UK and Germany versions of The Office, I was pumped to see what the US version has to offer.
It is easily one of the best sitcoms I have seen so far, and with no doubt in my mind better than the other countries' versions (although it is hard to compare UK and US because the work so differently, and it cannot be understated that UK started it all and was, at first, simply copied). This show is hilarious yet wholesome, and not preachy (sadly an adjective that has to be used in the environment of modern comedies).
Virtually every episode is good. It's in season 7 or 8 that it starts to collapse, the latter being the season Michael Scott, the funniest and main character of the show, leaves. Interestingly enough, the single episodes aren't usually bad (although season 8 had some incredibly disappointing ones, especially towards the end), but without Steve Carrell there's just a big piece missing that cannot be replaced by any of the other characters, as charming as some of them might have been as side characters.
Thus, the show becomes a little bit harder to evaluate. It was easily a 10/10 for most of its runtime, but those two last seasons are close to ruining the perfection, yet without being unwatchable or a total waste of time (Modern Family became gradually worse without losing any of its characters).
All in all, I'm very glad I watched The Office, and I would absolutely recommend it to just about anybody who likes to laugh, despite a comparably weak last third of the show. Most of the episodes are too good to miss out on.
I'm not great at math, but considering I loved seasons 2 to 6 or 7 so much (season 1 was an odd, but very short start) that I would give them an 11/10, I will effectively only let the worse seasons drag the rating for the entirety of the show down by one point. The finale was also good, which helps.