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"The Office Christmas Special."

Nothing special, really.

Had to force myself to like it at times.

Tomorrow's episode better be good.

Did I read right, at the very beggining?
Are these 2 episodes really meant to be 3-years-after the original documentary on Wernhamm Hogg??

With the way they all were towards them, it was like he'd been going back every-single day... I even found it annoying to seem him back there, so-much!

Everything else, though, was great.


Good to see some things never change - like Tim and the jokes he STILL plays on Gareth; even though he IS "higher-up" than Tim (for once!). :)


I'm glad there will be no third-series, though. I really don't see how they could make it work as-well without milking the series, now Brent's been fired. All we really wanted to see after series 2 was where `Brent is now´, and - only briefly - what it's like in The Office, with Gareth in-charge.

Without David Brent, it just wouldn't be the same. And having him stop-by - every-5-minutes - would only make things worse, for an all-new series.

You'll never know

I liked the way it was done, everything was excellent.

" That's just with tap water... "

" Who does your tampons? "

Does anybody know when this is repeated? I forgot to tape it. T'was funny though.

You sort of feel sorry for Brent really, selling cleaning products and all to companies

My fav scene, as a lot of you have said is the blind date, well the bit afterwards where David gets the girl's and his own drink thrown at him. There's a silence after and it just makes you cringe. Great programme!

It's testament to how well the characters have been written that the funniest bit in the whole thing last night was Brent's music video. No jokes, no obvious stupid behaviour, but it still made me wet myself laughing.

"I bought five."
"Yeah, but they were for your mates."
"They're still in my garage."
[pause]
"Why d...."
[sigh]

Probably. It's always been obvious that her and Lee aren't that happy, but I doubt they'll let us have a Tim/Dawn happy moment.

Oh, also worth mention is Gareth's "lalalala, I didn't officially hear that" agenda chat. And Brent's desperate scrabble to try and equal Neil's gorgeous doctor fiance.

It had me in tears.
And the cringe-factor at the Blind Date contest was hideous. Made me cover my eyes when he came out like Austin Powers....*winces*

It's the non-funny moments that make this show for me.
Tim's face when that woman is describing her husband's karma-sutra adventures, "And he's right up inside me, and I'm just rocking, it allows for deeper penetration" with Tim just staring miserably into space. You know he's thinking "What am I doing with my life? I'm going to die in this office and nobody will remember me".
Or Brent when his agent says "You'll need to dry clean that"
"Really? What if there was a little tear in it? What if it was f###ing ripped?" and staring at the floor.

It's pathos and the horrible realisation that you'll never, ever be cool or funny or have the good job and house.
The best part of the two series for me wasn't the dance or the other funny bits, it was Brent almost in tears at the end of series 2, begging for his job back "Please don't sack me, please...I know I can do better...please".
It's moments and feelings we've all had in one situation or other, just slightly altered.

I can't wait to see the party tonight, I want to see Dawn & Tim. I think they'll never get it together, it'll make it more painful.

"What about a look-a-like for me?"
"C'mon David, you're nowhere near famous enough to have a look-a-like"
"...You're supposed to big me up."

Can't wait for Tim/Dawn party meeting. Oh, and Keith was superb in his Wet T-Shirt bit.

"I mean, wait for 45 minutes?!"
"Why should you? WHY should you?"

The Blind date scene was good. Groovy Baby!