I just watched the April 16 episode: HEAVY COMPETITION". Can any show -- TV, film, or live theatre -- top that? I really don't think so. This was my favorite episode yet -- unbelievably funny and fascinatingly original. These are the best comedy writers on the planet -- with absolutely the best cast on the planet. It takes a terrific actor to perform consistently with this kind of delicate understatement. I have to admit, when this program premiered, I thought the characters and the writing were excellent -- but that it was a one-note samba. I didn't see how they could get more than three good episodes out of the seemingly limited premise. Well I couldn't have been more wrong. In the hands of these genius writers, underneath the "ordinary everyday" faces, these characters are a bottomless pit full of bizarre, interlacing quirks and complexes. Just as in the classic "THIS IS SPINAL TAP", playing a hair's breadth from the straight-on truth is where the greatest humor lies.
Review of The Office
