Yeah, the pilot is the only episode from S1 that doesn't work. It gets better in S2, but there's no reason to skip the first season.

For some reason, the scene where Michael gets up and puts the St. Pauli Girl sign up on the wall and turns it on cracks me up every time. The electric blue glow it casts just makes me laugh.

I have to say that I hated the violent turn they gave Roy in those two episodes. It made me wonder how many times he had beaten Pam, which is not something I want in a sitcom.

Those bloopers may be my favorite part of the entire show.

The Michael Scott Paper Company arc in season 5 is great stuff, but you have to wade through a lot less good episodes to get there.

Damn The Hangover!

Which is what every other member of the office should have done if the show was trying to have any sense of realism.

Michael inviting them without Jim and Pam's knowledge is not really the textbook definition of "invite" now is it? Really, would you show up for a coworker's child's christening if your boss and not the parents invited you?

Yes, you are.

I prefer to think of it as the episode last week redeemed the five years of crap this show has been putting out.

The Office set is in a real armpit portion of the Valley. Or is that redundant?

The Bronson Canyon tunnel appears in lots of different movies and shows. It may have more guest appearances than Margo Martindale.

While the MSPC arc may be about the best 4-5 episode story they ever did, it can't quite redeem the fairly bad episodes earlier in the season including Baby Shower, Moroccan Christmas, and Stress Relief (the Super Bowl episode).

You forgot there is an A++.

Dwight: This is humongous. I am not a security threat… and my middle name is 'Kurt', not 'Fart'.

While I loved Pam's development over S3 (and how the hell did Jenna Fischer not win the Emmy that year?), their obvious commitment to dragging it out for entire season grated on me a bit. A simple "Hey Jim, want to bone?" would have resolved it in five minutes. 

I'd move Michael's Birthday up a few notches and trade Drug Testing for Valentine's Day, but otherwise, yep.

For me S6 was almost as brutally bad as S8 and S7 only marginally better. Stupid Kevin, Andy/Erin, the nonsensical Sabre story and the destruction of Jim and Pam just made them rough to watch.

Or worse yet, he's leaving so let's sing him a show tune because we love him so. I was screaming at my TV during that scene.

How did Toby score that date? That woman was insanely hot!