The Office (US TV series)

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 06.00 Dexter 07.00 Friday Night Lights 08.00 Burn Notice 09.00 The Venture Bros. 09.30 Rising Damp 10.00 The Office 10.30 Corner Gas Rising Damp. Season 2, Episode 7. "Things That Go Bump in the Night" Much more over-the-top than your typical Rising Damp episode. But still very funny. The Office. Season 5, Episode 10. "Moroccan Christmas" Dwight buys up all the dolls of a particular brand to make a financial killing when all the parents come looking to buy them. Meanwhile, the gang (well, mostly just Michael) decide to have an intervention to stop Meredith from drinking so much. Even the fact that everyone finds out about Angela cheating on Andy is handled in blah fashion.   [read the full post]

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) Dexter. Season 2, Episode 11. "Left Turn Ahead" A melancholy and unsatisfying episode of Showtime's drama about a likable serial killer. A hit-man calls Michael and offers him a hit! So, rather than having a client from the start, Michael is 'working for' the bad guy. So he has to find a way to save the target, without tipping off the hit-man (Tim Matheson, who also directed the episode). The Office. Season 5, Episode 9. "The Surplus" Hilarious. There's a surplus in the budget and Michael doesn't know what to do with it. From that simple idea comes another wonderful half-hour of comedy. Best bits? Pam and Jim on opposite sides. Pam fights dirty. How cute!   [read the full post]

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 05.30 Dexter 06.30 Friday Night Lights 07.30 Burn Notice 08.30 Rising Damp 09.00 The Office 09.30 Corner Gas The Office. Season 5, Episode 8. "Frame Toby" I liked this episode, but a part of me is sorry to see Toby back. I mean, it's as if he was never gone and the whole (wonderful) Holly thing never happened. I loved Holly almost as much as Michael did. So, now, I think I hate Toby too. But not quite as much as Michael does. That's not humanly possible. The Jim/Pam storyline was predictable but, nonetheless, enjoyable and sweet. Michael buying grass to frame Toby (with Dwight helping him) generated all the laughs you'd expect from an episode of The Office.   [read the full post]

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) There was many, many great laughs in this one. Most of the best bits came from the Kelly/Ryan hook-up. I particularly loved the shot of Darryl walking away after being dumped by Kelly (in a text message written by Ryan). What's not to love about every single development here? Ryan's closing line is a classic: I can't - for whatever reason - do better than Kelly. But the episode didn't end on a downer. There was a lovely 'twist' at the end. Dwight being there, to totally ruin the moment, made it all the more perfect. Man, when you watch The Office you are in the hands of a group of writers who really know what they are doing.   [read the full post]

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 05.30 Dexter 06.30 Burn Notice 09.00 The Office 09.30 Corner Gas Burn Notice. Season 2, Episode 6. "Bad Blood" An unrecognisable, but brilliant, Michael Shanks dominates this episode as the new recurring bad guy who shows up to blackmail Michael into doing some bad things for the bad people who are responsible for Michael's burn notice. All of this badness is actually very good. Especially Shanks. The Office. Season 5, Episode 6. "Customer Survey" Rare to find an episode about an ordinary day at work, but this is just that. An ordinary day at work. Jim and Dwight receive bad performance reports and strive to find out why. It's a delightful episode. The climax, where Michael and Kelly bond over the fact that some people won't come to their parties is genius.   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 05.30 Valentine 06.30 The Middleman 07.30 Pushing Daisies 08.30 Supernatural 03.00 The Office 03.30 Corner Gas Valentine. Episode 2. "Daddy's Home" Better than the pilot. The case-of-the-week is still corny, but most of the episode is devoted to the regulars and their backstory. And a good one it is. The blood-drenched cliff-hanger (flash-forward) really shocked me, and I'll be back for more episodes. The Office. Season 5, Episode 3. "Baby Shower" Some of television's greatest-ever moments occurred towards the end of this week's episode of The Office. I honestly think that many decades from now people will still remember how they felt when Michael hugged Holly, and when Jim and Pam left messages for each other.   [read the full post]