Thu, 14 February 2008
A little more specific information on when THE OFFICE will return, and how many episodes we should expect. From the New York Times article today: Greg Daniels, executive producer of “The Office,? said, “We’re going to do another six,? though he added, “We might be able to squeeze in seven if NBC asks for them.? “The Office? had a script ready to shoot the week the strike began, and that will be the first one the show produces. A second script was going to be the Christmas show. “We’re going to throw that one out,? Mr. Daniels said. He added that the writing team would discuss this week how to advance the show’s story lines. “I’m tempted to just leap ahead to where we would have been,? Mr. Daniels said. Well... not quite the ten episodes I was hoping for, but I suppose six (or hopefully seven) episodes are definitely better than nothing. I know that it's not exactly "April" material, but I find it a crying shame that this year's Christmas show will just end up in the garbage bin. So let's assume that Daniels and the writers decide to incorporate the strike gap INTO the actual storyline... another 3 month "fast forward" like we usually get over the summer? That would definitely be kind of weird... man, I can just see it now-- we come back from break, and Pam and Jim are already broken up. They can't be THAT evil, would they? EDIT: The AP posted a brief comment from Rainn Wilson today, regarding the end of the strike: Rainn Wilson, a Writers Guild member and co-star of "The Office," said he was hearing that everyone on the show will report back on March 10 to shoot six more episodes. Early on, the strike was a hiatus from the daily grind for some. By Tuesday night's overwhelming vote to end the walkout, it was clear they were eager to get back to work. "The break has been long enough," Wilson said. "Everyone slyly around December was like, 'Actually, this is kind of cool.' Then it was January, February, you know, so we're ready to get back."
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I don\\\'t think they\\\'ll break up Jim and Pam over the break. Maybe later on, but not right away. I think that \\\"Dinner Party\\\" will be set before the break and be about Michael and Jan\\\'s relationship crashing in front of the people they\\\'ve invited over to their party. Then the next ep would be three months later (maybe the documentary crew ran out of money or they went on strike. I think that might be how they could reference the writer\\\'s strike in the show.), and maybe by then you\\\'d see maybe some more chinks in their armor. You have to remember that during the first eight episodes (twelve if you break the four hour longs in half), Jim and Pam were still in the lovey dovey phase. There really weren\\\'t any overt indications of them breaking up. It was all subtlety and nuance that only us podcast listeners picked up on. So to go from that to Pam going out with Andy and Jim crying like Chewy in the stairwell would be a massive stretch. I\\\'m more concerned about Angela and how they\\\'re going to hide her pregnancy. Will they write it in, or will the death of Sprinkles be so tolling that she takes a sabbatical, or will she just be at her desk with tons of stuff hiding her belly?
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