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The second series of the award-winning BBC mockudrama The Office exceeded even the sky-high standards of the first. Indeed, it ventured beyond caricature and satire, touching on the very edge of darkness. Ricky Gervais was once again excruciatingly superb as David Brent, a subtly shaded modern English comic grotesque in the desperate and self-deluding tradition of Alan Partridge and Basil Fawlty. In this series, however, Brent's to-the-camera assertions concerning his management qualities and executive capabilities are seriously challenged when the Slough and Swindon branches are merged and his former Swindon equivalent Neil takes over as area manager. To compensate, Brent cultivates his pathologically mistaken image of himself as an entertainer-motivator-comedian whose stage happens to be the workplace.
Meanwhile, Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman), who can only maintain his sanity by teasing the priggish Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook), continues to wrestle with his yearning for receptionist Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis), a sympathetic character persisting in a relationship with a man about whom she still maintains unspoken reservations. As ever, it's the awkward, reality TV-style pauses and silences, the furtive, meaningful and unmet glances across the emotional gulf of the open-plan office, that say it all here. As for Brent, his own breakdown is prefaced by a moment of hideous hilarity--an impromptu office dance, a mixture of "Flashdance and MC Hammer" as Brent describes it, but in reality bad beyond description. Then, when his fate is sealed, he at last reveals himself in a memorable finale to perhaps the greatest British sitcom, besides Fawlty Towers, ever made. All this and Keith too. --David Stubbs
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Welcome to Wernham Hogg, the paper company a world away from London, where life is stationery. Critics and fans alike have lauded this hilarious, biting look at the everyday hell of office life as a cult comedy classic in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap and The Larry Sanders Show. Series two marks the final full season of the life in the office.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
THAT'S THE POINT, IT'S SUPPOSE TO CURL YOUR TOES,
This review is from: The Office: The Complete Second Series (DVD)
To those nay-sayers who carp that it's too uncomfortable to watch should take a moment and realize that that's the reaction that you're suppose to have. David (the unbelievably brilliant Ricky Gervais) has grown into a more multi-dimension charactor this season - sure, the first season it was comfortable to sit back and be thankful you didn't work with this maniac. Season 2 tests the viewers by making them periodically sorry for David - truly an emotion that's hard to reconcile...nearly everything he does is misguided and his inferiority complex is easly in biblical proportions...it sucks when you find yourself relating (at least in a small..real small measure) and wanting to come to his defense.Enjoy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant! Still Better Than Friends!,
By Charles Scott Bennett "Mr. Bennett" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Office: The Complete Second Series (DVD)
There's no laugh track. The humour here is subtle at times, and it makes you think. The actors' expressiveness fills the awkward silences to great effect. Many real issues and themes about life, politics of sexuality, gender and of course, politics of work environments, are embedded within the plotlines, anecdotes and jokes. It's refreshing to watch a show this funny, where the structure and writing feel real, and do not insult the viewer's intelligence. Unfortunately, there are only two seasons in this series. From personal experience working in several urban offices, I think there's enough people with stories and situations out there, that the writers could have found more material and created one more strong season. On the other hand, the writers do a fabulous job with maintaining the integrity of the show. They develop the stories and reveal the characters within the series in a seemingly natural progression. The story of David Brent becomes particularly juicy by season's end. Yes, it's not always making you laugh to form a queue by the lavatory. However, the humour is always smart and so unbelievable that it's completely believable. Ever Brilliant. When is the series finale coming out already?! It should be included with the second series, yeah?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worse than Series 1, and therefore better!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Office: The Complete Second Series (DVD)
Series 1 of The Office was incredibly good, and in fact it contains my all-time favorite episode. Series 2, however, takes the dominant comic element of Series 1 (that is to say, intense comic discomfort) and ramps it up exponentially. Consequently, Series 2 is sometimes unbearable to watch, but is simulatenously hilarious. I'm not sure I've ever been so viscerally affected by a comedy. The Office is not for everyone, but if you enjoyed the first series, then prepare to be thoroughly entertained, tickled, pained, and yes, exhausted, by the second and final series of this true comic masterpiece.
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