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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Salesrank: 104
Released: September 12, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
It's time to clock in for Season Two of The Office, the hilarious and witty TV-mockumentary starring Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) in his Golden Globe Award-winning role. From sexual politics to performance reviews to email espionage, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin are there to get the job done…or not. Join earnest but clueless boss Michael Scott (Carell), Assistant to the Regional Manager Dwight (Rainn Wilson), receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), sales rep Jim (John Krasinski), and the office temp, Ryan (B.J. Novak), as they make the daily grind a lot more laughable. Fully staffed with 22 outrageous episodes and hours of side-splitting bonus features, it’s the must-own collection that caused Time magazine to declare "Never has a lousy job been so much fun."
Description of The Office - Season Two:
Thank goodness for second seasons. While the first season of The Office started dubiously with a pilot that was just a poor copy of the original British version, it did manage to provide enough good material to stay on the air and hint that better was yet to come. And here it is. The second season of The Office finds its own footing and manages to do the near-impossible by not only breaking free of the gravity of that excellent BBC version to stand solidly on its own, but establishing it as one of the best comedies on TV. Season 2 starts out strong with "The Dundies," where Regional Manager, Michael Scott (Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin) hosts the company’s annual office-awards event with his signature less-than-perfect grace. Things seem to only get worse for him this season as he bumbles a potential affair with his boss, Jan (Melora Harding), angers his employees by reading their emails ("Email Surveillance"), cooks his foot ("The Injury"), and accidentally destroys the warehouse with a forklift in "Boys and Girls," one of the season’s highlight episodes. Always at his side is the clueless paranoid Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), the Assistant Regional Manager ("Assistant to the Regional Manager," Michael always reminds him in one of the show’s running jokes).
One of the reasons for the show’s improvement in the second season is increased focus on Dwight’s character, who’s becoming something of a pop-culture icon right down to having his own bobblehead. He in turn provides so much good material for Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinsky) to play off of, to their own amusement. But of course, Pam and Jim’s simmering relationship is the real meat of the show, as their compatibility becomes more obvious, Jim’s feelings for her continue to grow, and Pam struggles with the impending marriage to her less-than-caring boyfriend, Roy (David Denman). Things have to come to a head, and they do nicely in the final episode, "Casino Night." As strong as the leading characters are in The Office, it’s the excellent peripheral characters that really make the show hilarious, especially dimwitted office-slug Kevin (Brian Baumgartner), long-suffering intern Ryan (B.J. Novak), office-ditz Kelly (Mindy Kaling), and ultra-conservative Angela (Angela Kinsey). As with season 1, this season contains excellent bonus features to give you an excuse to spend more time at The Office, including the fake PSAs, commentaries, Michael’s The Faces of Scranton movie, the ten stand-alone webisodes, and deleted scenes. --Daniel Vancini
The Office - Season Two Reviews:
Builds On The Momentum Of Previous "Trial Run" 
2009-12-02 - The first "season" (six episodes) of The Office was little more than a sort of "trial run" to see whether or not the British sensation would catch on with an American audience. Once it proved that it could be hilarious, however, this second season cemented the show as one of the funniest (and most touching) comedies of all time.
The biggest, most interesting, and most dramatic theme of the second season is the relationship between Pam Beasley (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski). On one hand, you will laugh along with them as they make fun of boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell), play pranks on office suck-up Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), and make the boring Scranton branch of the Dunder-Mifflin paper supply company as fun as possible in their own little discreet way. Besides the comedy, though, you will also be touched by the genuineness of their casual flirtings/friendship despite the fact that anything more just doesn't seem destined to be. For a comedy, the writers do a remarkable job of making you care about both Jim and Pam, as (at least in this season of the show) they really are the backbone of the whole experience.
Lest we forget the comedic genius of Carell as Michael Scott, though, this season also sees his character grow in new and always hilarious ways. His "relationship" with boss Jan provides plenty of opportunities for hilarity, as do company work days devoted to such topics as diversity and sexual harassment. Michael always seems to come through with the best possible line in the worst possible situation, and that is what makes him so hilarious.
Finally, again building off of the success of the first six episodes, I continued to be impressed by the ability of the writers/creators to keep the plots and relationships moving forward from episode to episode. While many half-hour comedies stagnate and let their protagonists fall into the same routine and same old jokes every week, The Office advances the formula in order to keep things fresh.
Thus, if you in any way, shape, or form enjoyed the first season of "The Office", this second installment will not disappoint you whatsoever, as it continues to both tickle the funny bone and pull at the heartstrings...often at the same time!
Bring The Price Back Down 
2009-11-30 - i'll buy it if you guys lower the price back to what it was today for this, season 3, and 4.
New Obsession
2009-10-17 - I just got into the office barely this year, seriously about 2 weeks ago. Since I saw some of the episodes on tv I knew I had to order all the seasons. By far season 2 is the best. The dvd is great, bloopers, commentaries(I'm a nerd for that) and loads of deleted scenes. I'm glad I own it :)
The legendary second season
2009-07-22 - 22 episodes
SPECIAL FEATURES
1. Deleted scenes
2. Faces of Scranton
3. Webisodes from [...]: The Accountants
4. Blooper Reel
5. Fake PSA's
6. Olympics Promo
7. Steve on Steve
8. 10 episode commentaries
Total Viewing Time: 1247 minutes
When I first got into The Office, I started with season two. I knew season one only had six episodes and I wanted something to really dig into. Since season two had 22 episodes and has been regarded as the best season of the show I started with this season.
The way The Office works is simple - it's hilarious because of awkward moments, long pauses, great facial expressions, terrific writing and of course, Michael Scott. I could go on and on about why The Office has become one of my favorite TV shows over the last few months (I started extremely late catching on with all the hype) but enough people have already done that. But all I will say is that the show never gets old and all the characters are extremely strong in their roles. Dwight is an obvious fan favorite, and the love wraparound between Jim and Pam is impressively well done through the season. But a personal favorite character for me is the always bizarre - and in a world of his own - Creed Bratton. He's hilarious with the simplest of dialogue, and that's how all characters work here: the writers play to their strength and what a individual says actually comes across as what they would say.
There are no lackluster episodes, and many great ones. I personally rated six episodes over "9.0" and a whopping 11 episodes between "8.0 - 8.9" which obviously goes to show how much I personally enjoyed the season.
The four disc DVD set comes with a slip over case that unveils a fold out package. The disc are placed on top of each other (2 per page), which is a set up that I strongly disagree with. To get to disc 2 you have to take out disc 1 first. This could cause problems with disc falling out and getting scratched more easily. If you're careful with your sets, this shouldn't be a huge problem, but it's still a minor annoyance. The fold out also gives you episode descriptions and what episodes are on which disc.
The Office season two excels with the special features. 10 full length commentaries with cast and crew - and each commentary has about seven people involved which makes it a fun listen. They do offer some interesting tidbits and the episodes fly by as they blabber on and on. The commentaries never drag, and people do good jobs of not talking while others are talking. However, Steve Carell is absent - but John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson do a lot of commentaries to make up for the loss.
There are a staggering amount of deleted scenes - over two hours of footage! And where most deleted scenes on films and TV shows are pointless and boring, The Office has great deleted scenes. Some I was stunned to see didn't make the cut (mainly for running time) and many felt like a shorter additional episode. Fantastic and must be watched.
The webisodes are decent as they focus on the accountants of Dunder Mifflin dealing with three thousand dollars missing from an account. And the blooper reel is hysterical. Again, as the commentaries do - they really show how great everyone gets along and how much fun they have. There was rarely a time that I myself wasn't laughing out loud with the bloopers as characters couldn't keep it together. I personally would've been cut after a few days because I never would be able to make it through a scene.
The rest of the special features (listed above) are pretty short and nothing special. The most questionable is the "Steve on Steve" which features a preview for The 40-Year Old Virgin... it just seemed a tad odd and out of place for The Office, and especially years later after that film came out, but it's nothing that ruins anything.
If you know someone who wants to get into The Office, I would say to start with season two and later on go back to season one later. Season two is still (after five seasons) my favorite season and the best DVD box-set for the show. And with over 1200 minutes of running time, you certainly get your money's worth. And the episodes I've found to watch repeated viewings without it losing any of its hilariousness.
A classic season and a phenomenal box set. If you're a fan of The Office, you'll love this set. And if you're a fan of comedy and are debating on starting getting into this show, season two will suck you in and make you a fan almost instantly.
9.4 THE SHOW ITSELF
8.9 VISUALS
8.5 SOUND
8.1 PACKAGING
9.6 EXTRAS
9.8/10 FINAL VERDICT
Season Two gets into stride 
2009-05-24 - The show works out some of the first season jitters. Characters and actors are meshed a bit better and we have an idea of who they are. The writing maintains the high standards and each show contains several good laughs.
