There's a two hour block of them on Fox Sundays.

I'm still not sold. Is the boss in the British version as buffoonish?

It's a different kind of buffoonery. Carell just seems off to me in the way he plays to the camera, it's just not as 'smooth' or subtle as Gervais's performance. Carell's Michael Scott barely appears to be able to rise above being the village idiot at times. Again, Michael feels more like a caricature than a character.

What the hell do you think comes on before The Office?

Not funny.

Count goes to 1 ball 2 strikes.

what happens when you have 2 balls?

Still at-bat.

I thought this was the best one yet. The Jim/Dwight interaction was great.

"I thought you said it was a workspace"

and the whole, calling Jim on the phone while he was locked in there and Jim clicking over to talk to Pam who is sitting 5 feet away.

Launching the ice cream bar at the window was classic as well.

"Can I fire Jim?"
"Who is this?"
"Dwight, Mr. Scott put me in charge today"

classic.

I agree. It's too sitcom-y for me (caricatures instead of characters) and lacks the subtlety of the original. Last week's episode was hilarious, but it was because it was its own thing. The pilot and the basic premise of this episode, however, were trying to copy the UK version, and it just doesn't work. I'll watch Carrell in any show, and he's certainly enjoyable, but the way this thing is going, they should have just built a new sitcom around him as an obnoxious boss instead of trying to copy The Office, because I don't think it's working.

das

"He'll have to come out sometime, to use the bathroom."

"That's not appropriate, Kevin."

That got a laugh from me, because I work with someone who is overly sensitive of stupid comments just like that one.

That one got a big laugh out of me too. The comment was so stupid and she got so offended .

Coincidentally, I think I'm developing a thing for Angela (the character who got offended).

Crap - I forgot to DVR this last night. Hope NBC re-airs it sometime...

That was my favorite part. It perfectly captures the sheer absurdity of office culture, and how impossible it is sometimes to have any normal conversation, as there will always be something that ends up being perceived as "offensive" to someone.

Oh, and I also cracked up at "Count Choculitis", demonstrating that I have zero consistency in the type of humor I enjoy.

this show looks like it is going to be canceled.... yet another show that is getting better by the episode but fails to catch people

Aren't they running it on around 6 channels? Surely you can catch it this week. MSNBC, Bravo are two I think.

Cool - wasn't aware it was on those channels.

If you were "TiVoing" it instead of "DVRing" it, you wouldn't have that problem.

It was okay. I laughed a couple times.

See, I thought that comment (with Kevins huge grin) meant that Michael Scott wa going to the bathroom too, well, ya know.....

I think USA is playing the reruns as well.

Just another post to say I also thought this episode was the best one so far. This one moved The Office to being a regular watch for me. I laughed many times. I loved the BBC version, but this one is starting to grow on me. Aside from Dwight making the conference room his office, it all felt original to me.

I loved the bathroom bit too, and yeah, that woman that was offended by that comment is kinda hot.
The whole mine elevator conversation was great. "So it's not a freefall?"

The US version has much better one-liners than the UK version. The last two weeks have had several gut-busting lines. I still think that the boss character is a creep in this version rather than an arrogant buffon.

Overall , was my favorite episode this season so far. Great lines and dialog let it move well for me. Had that feeling from the bbc episode when Gareth has to investigate the "picture" that worked around the office. Had some of that feel to it.

Add me to the "not feeling it" group. It started out painfully slow and unfunny, but picked up as it went along. I agree with the "1 ball, 2 strikes" comment.

Based on the ratings, the decision to continue watching might be made for me.