The Office (U.S. TV series) season 2

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The Office Season 2
Image:Office Season 2.jpg
Country of origin  United States
Network NBC
Original run September 20, 2005 – May 11, 2006
No. of episodes 22
DVD release date September 12, 2006—Region 1
January 28, 2008—Region 2 (Widescreen anamorphic boxed set)
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The second season of the American situation comedy television series The Office premiered in the United States on the national terrestrial television network NBC on September 20, 2005 and ended on May 11, 2006. The season consisted of 22 episodes. The Office is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name, and is presented in a mockumentary format, portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Season two of The Office aired on Tuesdays in the United States at 9:30 p.m. from September 20, 2005 to December 6, 2005.[1] The timeslot changed to Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. from January 5, 2006 to May 11, 2006.[2] The second season was released in a four-disc DVD boxset in Region 1 on September 12, 2006,[3] and in Region 2 on January 28, 2008. The DVD set contained all 22 episodes, as well as commentaries from creators, writers, actors, and directors on some of the episodes, while also containing deleted scenes from all of the episodes. It was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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[edit] Production

The second season of the show was produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle-Dee Productions, both in association with NBC Universal Television Studios. The show is based upon the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who are executive producers on the show.[4] The Office is produced by Greg Daniels,[4] who is also an executive producer, along with consulting producers Larry Wilmore[5] and Lester Lewis.[6] The show's writers include Daniels,[4] Gervais,[7] Merchant,[7] Michael Schur,[8] Jason Kessler, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Jennifer Celotta, Brent Forrester, and Justin Spitzer. Steve Carell, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, and B.J. Novak double as writers as well as actors in the show.[9] Wilmore and Schur also act in limited roles on the show. Daniels serves as the show runner for The Office.

Season two featured episodes directed by eight different directors, each of whom aside from Bryan Gordon directed multiple episodes. The Office features both a "team of directors" as well as several freelance directors. Gordon, Ken Kwapis, Ken Whittingham, and Daniels had all previously directed episodes during season one, while Dennie Gordon, Paul Feig, Victor Nelli Jr., and Charles McDougall each made their directorial debut for the show. While The Office was mainly filmed on a studio set at Valley Center Studios in Van Nuys, California,[10] the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set, was also used for shots of the opening theme.[11]

Despite low ratings from the first season of the show, NBC renewed The Office a second season. The season was originally set for a run of six episodes,[12] but NBC later ordered seven more episodes, bringing the total number of episodes in the second season to thirteen.[13] In early November, NBC again ordered additional episodes, this time three, for The Office, bringing the season total to sixteen,[14] and NBC later ordered a full season, 22 episodes, for The Office.[15]

[edit] Cast

The Office employs an ensemble cast. All of the main characters, and some minor ones, are based on characters from the British version of The Office. While these characters normally have the same attitudes and perceptions as their British counterparts, the roles have been redesigned to better fit the American show. The show is known for its large cast size, many of whom are known particularly for their improvisational work. Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch.[16] Loosely based on David Brent, Gervais' character in the British version,[17] Scott is a dim-witted and lonely man, who attempts to win friends as the office comedian, usually making himself look bad in the process. Rainn Wilson portrays Dwight Schrute, who, based upon Gareth Keenan, is the Assistant to the Regional Manager, although the character frequently fails to include "to the" in his title.[18] John Krasinski portrays Jim Halpert, a sales representative and prankster, who is based upon Tim Canterbury, and is in love with Pam Beesly, the receptionist.[19] Pam, who is based on Dawn Tinsley, is shy, but is often a cohort with Jim in his pranks on Dwight.[20] B.J. Novak portrays Ryan Howard, who is a temporary worker.[21]

The show includes many minor characters playing roles of office workers, working in various positions around the office. Angela Martin, Oscar Martinez, and Kevin Malone are the office's accountants, and are portrayed by Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, and Brian Baumgartner, respectively. Schrute, Halpert, Phyllis Lapin (portrayed by Phyllis Smith), and Stanley Hudson (portrayed by Leslie David Baker) compose the sales division of Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Kate Flannery portrays Meredith Palmer, the promiscuous Supplier Relations Representative, writer-actress Mindy Kaling portrays Kelly Kapoor, the pop culture-obsessed Customer Service Representative, writer-actor Paul Lieberstein portrays Toby Flenderson, the sad-eyed Human Resources Representative, and Creed Bratton plays a fictionalized version of himself as the office's Quality Assurance Officer. Other characters include Roy Anderson, Pam's fiance played by David Denman, Warehouse Supervisor Darryl Philbin, played by Craig Robinson, and Jan Levinson, Michael's main love interest and Vice-President of Regional Sales, who is portrayed by Melora Hardin.

[edit] Reception

Steve Carell received awards for both acting and writing.
Steve Carell received awards for both acting and writing.

As the second season started, the success of Carell's hit summer movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin and online sales of episodes at iTunes helped the show to garner viewers.[22] By early January, episodes from The Office occupied ten of the twenty slots in the iTunes list of most popular downloads.[23] The increase in viewership led NBC to move the series to the "Must See TV" Thursday night in January 2006, where ratings continued to grow. By the end of the 2005–2006 season, it placed 67th (tied with 20/20). It averaged eight million viewers, and scored a 4.0/10 in the Nielsen ratings, meaning that on average four percent of households were tuned in at any given moment and ten percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into the program. The show received dramatic gains in viewers from the previous year, up forty percent in total viewers and up sixty percent in viewers ages 18–49.[24] The season featured the show's first forty minute long episode, the season finale "Casino Night".[25] Josh Wolk, an Entertainment Weekly television critic, said that the show has "...perfecting workaday moments so hilariously and relatably awkward that it makes viewers both laugh and cringe...".[26] In 2006, the DVD set of the second season was the 17th highest selling DVD on Amazon.[27]

[edit] Honors

The second season of The Office received five Primetime Emmy Awards nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Other nominations included Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Carell, for his portrayal of Michael Scott, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Michael Schur, for the episode "Christmas Party", and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series for both "Christmas Party", edited by David Rogers, and "Booze Cruise", edited by Dean Holland.[28] Carell also received the Television Critic's Award for Best Individual Achievement in Comedy, and the show received the Television Critic's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.[29] For the episode "Michael's Birthday", Ken Whittingham won the award for Outstanding Director in Comedy Series at the NAACP Image Awards.[30] At the 2007 Writers Guild of America Awards, Office received the award for Best Comedy Series, and Carell won the award for Episodic Comedic Writing for the episode "Casino Night".[31] The Office was also honored as a recipient of a Peabody Award in 2006, honoring the show for excellence in radio and/or television broadcasting.[32] The episode "Casino Night" received a nomination at the American Cinema Editors Awards 2007 for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, which it won.[33] For writing "Casino Night", Carell was nominated for and won a 2007 Writers Guild of America award for an Episodic Comedy of any length.[34]

[edit] Episodes

"Series #" refers to the episode number in relation to the entire series. Production Code refers to the episode's individual code, with the 2 referring to the second season, and the two final numbers referring to the order each episode was filmed. † denotes a forty minute episode (normal episodes are twenty to twenty-one minutes).

# Title Directors Writer(s) Original US air date Prod. code
07 "The Dundies"  Greg Daniels Mindy Kaling September 20, 2005 203
Michael hosts the company awards show, but ends up humiliating most of the staff. Although he happily looks forward to the event every year, the rest of the staff see it as a way to get a free meal. Pam and Roy fight, and a drunken Pam kisses Jim. 
08 "Sexual Harassment"  Ken Kwapis B.J. Novak September 27, 2005 202
Corporate headquarters orders Toby to conduct a review at the Scranton branch of the company's sexual harassment policies. The company also sends a lawyer to Scranton. Michael fears that this will stop his ability to keep an "easy-going office", but later realizes that the lawyer that was sent was to protect him. 
09 "Office Olympics"  Paul Feig Michael Schur October 4, 2005 204
Michael and Dwight leave to close a deal on Michael's new condominium. Boredom leads Pam and Jim to invent "Games of the First Dunder-Mifflin Olympiad". Michael and Dwight's return stops the event, but Jim gives the gold medal to Michael, for closing the purchase of his condominium. 
10 "The Fire"  Ken Kwapis B.J. Novak October 11, 2005 201
A fire in the office leads the employees to evacuate the building. To pass the time, the employees play games and learn more about each other. At the end of the day, Dwight enters the building to retrieve Michael's cell phone, only to return to announce that he discovered who caused the fire: Ryan. 
11 "Halloween"  Paul Feig Greg Daniels October 18, 2005 206
Downsizing leads corporate headquarters to order Michael to fire somebody by the end of October. Michael procrastinates until Halloween, when he still has not decided who to fire. When he decides to fire Creed, Creed manages to coerce Michael to fire Devon. 
12 "The Fight"  Ken Kwapis Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg November 1, 2005 207
Michael and Dwight decide to have a karate fight at a local dojo. Michael finally emerges victorious. The two are cold to each other throughout the day until, as a show of good faith, Michael promotes Dwight to Assistant Regional Manager. 
13 "The Client"  Greg Daniels Paul Lieberstein November 8, 2005 205
Jan and Michael meet an important client. Michael angers Jan with his antics and refusal to talk business, but later, Michael and the client create a bond, and Michael closes the deal. Back at the office, the employees find a screenplay written by Michael. 
14 "Performance Review"  Paul Feig Larry Wilmore November 15, 2005 209
Michael conferences with the employees during their annual performance reviews, while he worries about his own upcoming performance review with Jan. He takes tips from the suggestion box on ways to better himself, but the attempt ends in disaster. 
15 "E-mail Surveillance"  Paul Feig Jennifer Celotta November 22, 2005 208
Jim worries that Michael will discover the party he is hosting. Pam begins to notice Dwight and Angela engaging in odd interactions, and suspects that they are in a relationship, but dismisses the idea. Later, Michael crashes Jim's party. 
16 "Christmas Party"  Charles McDougall Michael Schur December 6, 2005 210
The office Christmas party turns into a disaster when Michael decides to give all of the employees the ability to "steal" each other's gifts. While Michael attempts to procure a better gift, the rest of the members of the office all attempt to win the iPod that Michael originally bought for Ryan. 
17 "Booze Cruise"  Ken Kwapis Greg Daniels January 5, 2006 213
Michael rents a boat for the annual motivational cruise, where he angers the captain with his antics. A drunken Roy publicly sets a wedding date without consulting Pam. Jim realizes that he is still in love with Pam and breaks up with his date Katy. Jim reveals to Michael that he is in love with Pam. 
18 "The Injury"  Bryan Gordon Mindy Kaling January 12, 2006 211
Michael burns his foot on a George Foreman Grill while at his own home. He requests that one of the employees of the office come to his house to pick him up. Dwight volunteers, but crashes his car. Dwight suffers a concussion, but it brings out a good-natured Dwight, who is kind and helpful to the other employees. Michael and Dwight are later taken to the hospital. 
19 "The Secret"  Dennie Gordon Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky January 19, 2006 214
Jim worries that Michael will reveal his secret love for Pam. He lets Michael believe that they are best friends. But Michael reveals the secret. Jim plays it off as he was in love with Pam, but is no longer. Pam doesn't believe Jim. Dwight uncovers evidence that confirms Oscar's homosexuality, but fails to recognize it. 
20 "The Carpet"  Victor Nelli Jr. Paul Lieberstein January 26, 2006 212
Michael discovers someone has defecated in his office. He moves out to Jim's desk. Michael suspects that it was his employees that perpetrated the crime. He later realizes that it was his "best friend" Todd Packer who did it, and instantly finds the humor in the action. 
21 "Boys and Girls"  Dennie Gordon B.J. Novak February 2, 2006 215
Jan comes to Scranton to lead a seminar for the women in the office. Michael becomes upset for being left out. He decides to host his own seminar for the men. When he tries to rally the staff to unionize, Jan's threat of a lawsuit ends the attempt. Later, after Jan recommends to Pam that she should enter a graphic design course, Roy demands that she doesn't. When Jim mentions something about it, Pam becomes angry with him. 
22 "Valentine's Day"  Greg Daniels Michael Schur February 9, 2006 217
Michael leaves for New York City for a Valentine's Day meeting between branch managers and the company's new CFO. Michael lets slip that he and Jan are in a relationship. Michael is able to save both Jan's and his jobs when he tells the CFO that he was joking. At the office, Phyllis' boyfriend sends her multiple gifts, and Dwight and Angela secretly exchange gifts. 
23 "Dwight's Speech"  Charles McDougall Paul Lieberstein March 2, 2006 216
Dwight wins an award that gives him the honor of speaking at a salesman's convention. He becomes nervous, and Jim, seeing this, "helps" by giving Dwight lines from speeches by figures such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. At the convention, Dwight becomes nervous, but after a failed attempt by Michael to entertain the crowd, Dwight goes to the stand and gives a rousing speech. 
24 "Take Your Daughter to Work Day"  Victor Nelli Jr. Mindy Kaling March 16, 2006 218
The employees bring in their daughters for the annual "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". Michael finds enjoyment in talking with the children, especially Toby's daughter Sasha. Stanley's daughter Melissa develops a crush on Ryan, leading Stanley to reprimand Ryan for it. 
25 "Michael's Birthday"  Ken Whittingham Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky March 30, 2006 219
Michael is excited over his birthday, but the rest of the office is instead focused on Kevin, awaiting the results from a skin cancer test. Jim and Pam leave to purchase items to comfort Kevin, and later in the day the staff leaves for a day at the ice rink. Michael entertains a woman and her kids, and Kevin finds the test is negative for cancer. 
26 "Drug Testing"  Greg Daniels Jennifer Celotta April 27, 2006 222
Dwight finds pieces of a joint in the parking lot, and begins an investigation to find the owner. Michael, worried the joint is his, pressures Dwight for a cup of clean urine to pass the drug test. Failing to find the culprit, Dwight resigns as a volunteer sheriff. But later, Michael assigns Dwight the title of "Honorary Security Adviser". 
27 "Conflict Resolution"  Charles McDougall Greg Daniels May 4, 2006 220
Oscar and Angela's argument leads Toby to try to resolve their dispute. Michael takes over the case and mediates a solution between the two parties. Michael then takes all of the cases from Toby to solve them and reads the complaints aloud to the office, creating anger between the employees. 
28 "Casino Night"†  Ken Kwapis Steve Carell May 11, 2006 221
Michael organizes a casino night for the office, but inadvertently brings two dates, his boss Jan, and Carol. Dwight spends the evening attempting to keep the two dates from encountering each other, albeit unsuccessfully. Jim informs Pam that he is leaving to Stamford, Connecticut. Jim reveals that he is in love with her, and they share a kiss, but Pam reminds him that she is with Roy, and that she could never be with him. 

[edit] References

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