Product Description
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Fill your Inbox with hilarious moments from The Office: Season
Three in this four-disc collection that's crammed with extensive
bonus features and all 22 episodes of the 2006 Primetime Emmy®
Award winner for Outstanding Comedy Series! Steve Carell is back
in his Golden Globe®-winning role as earnest but clueless boss
Michael Scott, who can't help but contribute his own irreverent
commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the
Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential
office closures, mergers, romances, and advancement, Michael's
always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
Including five supersized episodes and over three hours of
deleted scenes, The Office: Season Three is packed with classic
moments from the show that TIME magazine praises for "satirizing
the culture of coffee, cubicles and Chili's with heart and laser
precision."
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 - The Office Season Three:
* Deleted Scenes
* "The Coup" Commentary with John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson,
ida Jones and Angela Kinsey
* "Initiation" Commentary with BJ Novak, Rainn Wilson and Leslie
David Baker
Disc 2 - The Office Season Three:* Deleted Scenes
* Kevin Cooks Stuff in The Office
* Excerpts From the 2006 NBC Primetime Preview Hosted by "The
Office" Cast
* Toby Wraparounds
* Dwight Schrute Music Video
* Joss Whedon Interview
* Videos From The Office "Make Your Own Promo" Contest
Disc 3 - The Office Season Three:* Deleted Scenes
* "Traveling Salesman", "The Return" Commentary with John
Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, ida Jones, Ed Helms, Leslie David
Baker and Editor Dave Rogers
* "Business School" Commentary with BJ Novak, Rainn Wilson and
Writer Brent Forrester
Disc 4 - The Office Season Three:* Deleted Scenes
* Blooper Reel
* Lazy Scranton Video
* Excerpt from the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
* "Safety Training" Commentary with BJ Novak, Mindy Kaling and
Director Harold Ramis
* "Women's Appreciation" Commentary with Jenna Fisher, Angela
Kinsey, Kate Flannery and Writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene
Stupnitisky
* "Beach Game" Commentary with Ed Helms, Brian Baumgartner,
Writer Jennifer Celotta and Director Harold Ramis
* "The Job" Commentary wtih John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer,
ida Jones, Melora Hardin, Editor David Rogers and Director
Ken Kwapis
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After a shaky first season of finding its footing, and a second
season of establishing itself as one of the funniest shows on TV,
the third season of The Office finds the show in its strongest
form yet, thanks in large part to the addition of some new
characters and stronger plotlines centered on office romances. A
corporate merger brings the Stamford staff to the Scranton office
of Dunder-Mifflin a quarter of the way through the season giving
a nice boost to the season's arc of story lines, especially the
addition of Andy (Ed Helms, another Daily Show alum in a role
that seems custom made for him) who serves as yet another foil to
Dwight (Rainn Wilson) in his unending fight for Michael's
approval. As the season begins, the focus is more on Michael
(Steve Carell) and his unique "leadership" style in the Scranton
office. "A good boss gruntles the disgruntled," and despite his
best intentions, he proceeds to somehow screw it up, as in the
opening episode, "Gay Witch Hunt," in which he accidentally outs
a gay employee. In the second episode, "The Convention," Michael
tries to get the party started at the Mid-Market Office Supply
Convention ("fun jeans"), and ends up revealing his insecurity
about Jim's (John Krasinski) decision to move to Stamford. It
leads up to "The Coup," where Dwight meets with Michael's Boss
Jan (Melora Hardin) in a misguided attempt to take control of the
office. The merger of the two offices into the Scranton location
provides the fuel needed to continue the Jim and Pam (Jenna
Fischer) subplot as Jim returns with his new girlfriend, Karen
(ida Jones) who also transferred, and with Pam no longer
engaged to Roy, the tension among them increases significantly.
Other major plot points this season include: Dwight shows his
true feelings for Angela in an excellent climax to one of the
funniest subplots on the show; Michael negotiates a raise after
learning he barely makes more than his subordinates; new office
suck-up Andy is forced into anger management classes; and
finally, in what may be the most bizarre company retreat in
history, a day at the beach ends with Pam revealing her true
feelings for Jim in front of the entire office. The season wraps
up in unpredictable fashion when Karen, Michael, and Jim all
travel to headquarters to interview for the same position. The
strength of this season just continues to solidify The Office's
place as the preeminent satire of today's cubicle culture.
--Daniel Vancini