The Office - Season 3 (UK)
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
11 August 1969, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
1973, Potton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
28 September 1974, Wales, UK
1969, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
1966, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
November 08, 2017
The Office didn't need to be quite as wincemakingly hilarious, deliciously touching and, ultimately, as perfectly emotionally pitched as it turned out to be.
November 08, 2017
Gervais and Merchant's series disguise themselves as comedies of cruelty, but after a while, they reveal themselves to be comedies of dignity, series that are about people who continue to be crushed by the world but finally rise above their circumstances.
January 10, 2018
It integrates the boredom, self-delusion, dashed hopes and struggle for power into something bigger, and potentially better, and functions not only as a continuation of the story but a convincing conclusion.
November 08, 2017
The Office Christmas special then captures the real secret of the season: it can be melancholy or it can be miraculous.
November 08, 2017
The Christmas Special was one of the most depressing comedies I have ever watched. David Brent (Gervais) gets his happy ending but only after being put through the wringer for over an hour.
January 10, 2018
Above all, Ted Whitehead's script strikes a subtle balance between authenticity and accessibility.
January 10, 2018
But The Office finale isn't a downer; it offers the characters some hope and a chance at redemption--even David.
November 08, 2017
Though the series itself trades heavily in dark humor, the specials offer a bit of a happy ending for most of the characters.
January 10, 2018
"The Office Special" is a grand finale to one of television's best, smartest and funniest series ever.
January 10, 2018
Plus, the laughs are still there, and are as painful as ever as they focus on Brent's disastrous attempts to find post-reality TV fame.
November 08, 2017
The first half of their post-series Christmas special was among the most challenging hours of television ever produced. The second half half, however, offered the small moment of joy that the show had been fighting for the entire show.
November 08, 2017
Tonight's two-hour special episode of "The Office" on BBC America is as wickedly, painfully funny as the first two seasons and, in tiny, fleeting doses, as delicately tender.