"The Office" Local Ad (2007)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Jason Reitman

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developer)
B.J. Novak (written by)

TV Series:

"The Office" (2005)

Original Air Date:

25 October 2007 (Season 4, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Michael tries to make a local Dunder Mifflin commercial that is better than the one the professional ad agency made for them. Meanwhile, Andy tries to confide in Dwight about his new relationship with Angela.

Plot Keywords:

Video Game | TV Commercial | Pub | Office | Mockumentary

Cast

Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez
Craig Robinson	...	Darryl Philbin

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Deedle-Dee Productions

Quotes:

Pam Beesley: I worked until about 2:45am and then I had to decide if I wanted to spend the night with Michael editing in his office and Dwight, watching Michael edit in his office or drive home and probably fall asleep at the wheel and die in a fiery car wreck... I passed out on my keyboard trying to decide.

Movie Connections:

References Triumph des Willens (1935)

Soundtrack:

Dunder Mifflin

New course?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This season is uncharted territory for the office. In both the UK and US versions of the office the story has been about the unrequited love between Tim/Dawn and Jim/Pam. Only the US version tries to deal with the question of whether there is life after they get together. The other constant is that until now David Brent/Michael Scott are always, always, always wrong and wrong in the most embarrassing manner. This episode is also a significant departure in that way also. I understand that to maintain interest the show and its characters must evolve, I just hope in trying to prolong series life it doesn't turn into the last few years of "Cheers" or "Happy Days" or one of the others that simply lost their way trying to stay alive. They are approaching 60 episodes where the UK version only had around 14 albeit one hour (40 minute) with a couple specials to round it out.