The Office. Best. Show. Ever.

Ok, that may be overstating it. There are plenty of TV shows I like, I’m pretty sure I’ve felt the same way about Firefly plenty of times, and it might still rank as number one. But if so The Office is a close second – both shows because of the great characters, not for their gimmicks or special effects (which are pretty nonexistent for the Office) But how can you beat Jim’s little tricks against Dwight, the great Jim/Pam relationship, and even Michael’s horrific management style.

There are so many episodes that still make me laugh (or at least smile a little bit) even after seeing them a dozen times. Tonight we re-watched last week’s episode, where Toby returns from Costa Rica and Michael tries to frame him with drugs he bought from the Vance Refrigerations guys, only to find out that the drugs were actually a Caprese Salad. It ended with Jim showing Pam the house he’d bought her… and you can’t help but feel so happy for her when she gets that little happy smile on her face.

Some people just don’t get the show, and I feel a little sorry for them… but I admit the very first time I saw an episode it didn’t grab me, I think it wasn’t until somewhere in the second season that I saw it again and was hooked – and had to go back and rewatch everything that had happened before.

I’m just thankful that my wife and I seem to get hooked on the same shows, she’s as big a fan of The Office, Firefly and tons of other shows as I am. There are very few of each other’s television preferences that we really don’t get.

And at least The Office wasn’t killed in it’s first season like Firefly. Damn you Fox!