American remakes of British shows are usually always naff, but thankfully this US redo of the modern british classic The Office is just so good in its second season it became a great show in its own right.

Steve Carrell is just great as Michael Scott, the American David Brent, only he's a bit more sophisticated and organised (just!) and he provides plenty of laughs. The dynamic between the American versions of Tim and Dawn, namely Jim and Pam are actually really nice and they work well enough you do want to see them get together. Jim's not as funny as Tim though but he is amusing, and Pam (lets face it) is cute as hell! The fact there are 22 epsiodes allows for us to invest more time and care in the characters than the UK version did. But the best thing about this show IS Dwight Shrute (a priceless hilariously brilliant Rainn Wilson) who is the US version of Gareth Keenan, he's just hilarious and provides most of the laughs in the show (one of my favs is his psyching himself up… more »

American remakes of British shows are usually always naff, but thankfully this US redo of the modern british classic The Office is just so good in its second season it became a great show in its own right.

Steve Carrell is just great as Michael Scott, the American David Brent, only he's a bit more sophisticated and organised (just!) and he provides plenty of laughs. The dynamic between the American versions of Tim and Dawn, namely Jim and Pam are actually really nice and they work well enough you do want to see them get together. Jim's not as funny as Tim though but he is amusing, and Pam (lets face it) is cute as hell! The fact there are 22 epsiodes allows for us to invest more time and care in the characters than the UK version did. But the best thing about this show IS Dwight Shrute (a priceless hilariously brilliant Rainn Wilson) who is the US version of Gareth Keenan, he's just hilarious and provides most of the laughs in the show (one of my favs is his psyching himself up in the corridor for his appraisal while listening to rock music!).

Some of my fav episodes here include "The Dundies" where Pam cuts loose and gets drunk, "The Fight" where Michael challenges Dwight to a fight, "The Fire" where Dwight goes into overdrive when a fire starts in the office and "The Client". There's plenty of others too.

This is a great US show and its surprising to see them make so much out of the "office" situation as you think it might get tired but it hasn't yet. The Office is a very funny US comedy, and if you haven't seen Ricky Gervais US counterpart yet, check it out now.