The Office

Wifey and I started watching Season 2 of the U.S version of "The Office" this week. Haven't seen Season 1, but from what I know, a few of the episodes are carbon copies of the UK version, and the one or two I saw were awful. Season 2 features about 90% new ideas and most of the characters are quite different to the British version, although Jim and Pam are pretty much along the same lines with Jim being a little wackier.

So far it's beeen pretty good, and to enjoy it you need to dismiss the UK version as it's now a fairly different show. Michael (Steve Carrell) is solid, but Dwight probably gets most of the laughs. The best two episodes we've seen so far would probably be "The Fire" and "The Injury". Obviously due to the length of the series the supporting cast get more screen time, but most of them stink, except Toby who cracks me up (more specifically, his face cracks me up).

Here's my favourite scene so far, from "The Injury" episode where Michael burns his foot on a George Foreman grill.