The Office: Season Five |  | Directors: Asaad Kelada, Brent Forrester, David Rogers, Dean Holland, Gene Stupnitsky
Actors: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 717
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 600 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: 61105955
UPC: 025195050319
EAN: 0025195050319
ASIN: B0024FAD9W
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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Season Five is not just another day at The Office, delivering break-ups, corporate shake-ups, and a game-changing finale that, as with Jim (John Krasinski), should leave you ecstatic and speechless. The writers continue their masterful handling of the Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer) romance, taking care of some unfinished business from last season's finale in the season opener with a glorious rain-swept gas station proposal. Their initial separation--while she attends art school in New York--avoids the usual sitcom mechanics ("We are not that couple," Jim states as he aborts a panicked trip to see her). The course of true love is no smoother for The Office's other soul mates, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and "major dork" Holly Flax (an Emmy-worthy Amy Ryan), the new HR rep. Meanwhile, Angela (Angela Kinsey) and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) are having office trysts under the nose of her fiancé, Andy (Hangover star Ed Helms, having a breakout season in a career year). On the corporate front, Michael shockingly quits after butting heads with no-nonsense new boss Charles Miner (Idris Elba). In a brilliant stroke, Jim immediately gets on Charles's bad side, much to Dwight's delight. The formation of The Michael Scott Paper Company is a highlight of the season, as Michael and his dream team, Pam and Ryan (B.J. Novak), improbably put a major dent in Dunder Mifflin's sales (but at what cost?). For everyone who wonders how the blundering and tactless Michael keeps his job, it is instructive to get a glimpse of his sales acumen in the episodes "Heavy Competition," in which Michael poaches one of Dwight's clients, and "Broke," in which he negotiates a buyout of his struggling company. The Office's own dream team got dreamier with the addition of Ellie Kemper as "Erin," the adorable and naïve new receptionist. The Office still makes for cringe-worthy discomfort television (see a reunited Michael and Holly's excruciating skit at the "Company Picnic" in the season finale), but some of the best episodes are the ones in which the Scranton branch bonds in the face of adversity. A season benchmark is the episode in which the former Michael Scott Paper Company office space is transformed into "Café Disco" and all squabbles and resentments are forgotten on the dance floor. This season is representative of why The Office is one of television's most DVR'd series. Each episode offers priceless bits of background comic business and charming character grace notes that lend themselves to repeated viewing. Among them: Andy's drunken late night phone call to Angela in "Company Trip"; Pam demonstrating her volleyball prowess in "Company Picnic"; Kelly (Mindy Kaling) setting up one of the series' very best "that's what she saids" in "Customer Survey"; and Andy and Kelly's "dance off" in "Café Disco." As Dwight notes in "Heavy Competition," "There's a lot going on" in The Office, and in that chaos, this series soars. --Donald Liebenson
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 Great season for Office fans January 10, 2010
Michael MacDonald (Halifax, NS CAN)
Good set. It's the Office, what else needs to be said? It's precisely what you'd want: a collection of Season 5. Amazon makes it easy to keep up with the seasons as they get released. Good service, good product.
They can do no wrong....almost November 23, 2009
Matthew J. K. Ellis (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)
The office is the first sitcom that ever made me laugh out loud consistently. Whatever that says about my sense of humor, I can live with. Every episode isn't perfect, but I own them all and enjoy watching them repeatedly. They never fail to cheer me up. What a cast of characters! Highly reccomended!!
Best season yet November 12, 2009
Eric Butz (AB, Canada)
Season five is my favorite season thus far. The various character plots advance nicely and a variety of twists and turns keeps it interesting.
There were fewer scenes that will make you grimace with embarrassment, but that's my preference. Seasons three and four were definitely heavier on this sort of humour. I'm thinking of the episode with the couples dinner date w/ Jan & Michael in Season 4 that was just a torture to watch, nothing like that in this season.
Michael is a bit more normal, which Office devotees may or may not like, but he's still quirky and insulting.
I've re-watched Season 5 more times already than three and four, there are many, many laugh out loud moments, so I highly recommend it.
Still hilarious :) October 25, 2009
Kristopher Loewen (Brooks, Alberta, CA)
I think the 2nd season was the best, but these guys are still hilarious :) I like owning this show on DVD because it's fun to watch these shows over and over, and it doesn't take long to take one in.
The Office: Season Five October 25, 2009
F. Morris (BC Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hilariously funny, the seasons just get better and better.
This is a must have, "Jim and Pam finally get engaged."
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