Dwight crashes the already disastrous party when he shows up with his former babysitter, Melvina. The discomfort for the characters is palpable, but behind-the-scenes, it seems the cast couldn't stop cracking each other up. Looking back on the episode in honor of its 10th anniversary, the cast recalled how exhilarating it was to film on location — even though the location in question was an actual tiny condo that they all had to cram into during filming. Angela Kinsey, who played Angela, revealed,.
As the tension between Jan and Michael slowly began to escalate, the show broke out what would soon be a classic moment. Jan heads over to the CD player and pops in her ex-assistant Hunter's album. Her song of choice? One that is clearly written about Hunter losing his virginity to Jan. There are plenty of fan theories circulating about what happened to Jan after the show ended.
But, one might actually be wild enough to be true. They became a couple after a trip to Jamaica. By season 3, Jan lost her job and moved in with Michael. That only quickened their demise.
The reason for this disparity is because The Office has a better narrative running through the jokes and has characters that the viewer cares about beyond their role as comedy material. This was seen in season 2 of The Office the first good season but the way they ended that season perhaps made me think that things would be awkward or difficult to carry on from — particularly in a show which I already know is on its 5th season.
I needn't have worried though because S3 does a very good job of moving on from the conclusion of the previous season and keeping the character threads going. We join quite some time after the end of the last season, with characters scattered a bit, new characters added, new unspoken complications but yet also the continuation of the same awkward relationships that I enjoyed from season 2.
This continues till about the mid-point of the season where the dynamics are changed again, while also still keeping the same essential plots. It is to the writers' credit that it works as well as it does because the character-driven plots are evenly spread across the season and each episode; OK they have moments where they come to the fore but they never feel like they are sitting on a shelf waiting for the show to need a cliff-hanger or something like that.
Of course neither the characters nor their threads are strong enough to work if this were a drama series, but thankfully it is not and instead these factors compliment what is otherwise a consistently funny comedy show. The bad memory of season 1 is long gone now as The Office US has settled totally into what it is doing rather than what the UK did — almost to the point where comparison is like comparing apples and potatoes simply because they are both in the same colour box although of course this is the internet so these arguments will continue forever.
I found S3 to be funnier again than S2. The improved narrative threads prevented each episode feeling like a totally contained sketch while the dialogue and observational stuff continues to be frequently funny.
I did also like the fact that S3 allowed for more moments where we get to see that the people in the office are not useless even if they are odd characters. The sales call episode is the clearest example of this but there are lots of little moments that offer similar. It is also surprisingly touching at times — again part of the reason that it works best as a sitcom rather than a "judge me by the laughs" comedy.
Yet again the cast deliver on this well and seem a lot happier doing what they are doing now as opposed to the jobs they were given in season 1. Carell is very good at his role and fits it very well. Fischer continues to be the best at the "pained" comedy as she always had been and this skill serves her very well within the comedy and also within her narrative thread. Krasinski is still a bit too much about the mugging for my taste but the lack of complexity or openness in his performance adds realism to a point.
He works well with Jones, who is the best of the new additions and helps drive a lot of the character plot. Wilson continues to deliver great lines and a consistently good comedy character. The supporting cast continue to do the good work they did in S2 despite Baker's Stanley looking ever more like a cartoon version of himself.
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