The Office It is listed as one of the best series in the history of television, not only within the comedy genre, but in productions in general. Of course, and with the forgiveness of Ricky Gervais, whom we recognize as the creative genius, we are talking about the adaptation that was made in the United States with Steve Carell as the protagonist.
And why is there more talk about the second version of The Office what about the original? For the impact it has had since its first season premiered. And how despite the fact that it ended 10 years ago, it is still a benchmark in pop culture. HERE we tell you about some incredible cameos.
each of 201 episodes in the nine seasons of The Officehave memorable moments among which stand out “Safety Training”, “The Dinner Party”, “Diversity Day”, “The Convict” o “Cocktails”, among many others. And it is this last episode, the one of “Cocktails”, which was directed by JJ Abrams… That’s right, and here we tell you.
What is “Cocktails” at The Office about?
The 18th episode of the third season titled “Cocktails” of The Office, starts in the office with Michael Scott (or Michael the Magic) being an escapist magician (he is subjected to a straitjacket from which he must escape). Of course, everything goes wrong.
But this is only a preamble of how the same Michael will be subjugated after his relationship with Jan becomes public. Because? Because Jan asks you to sign some papers (a love contract for Scott) in which he promises not to involve the company in case his affair ends.
All this happens while Michael, Jan, Dwight, Jim and Karen (who are also a couple) attend a party at David Wallce’s house (one of those suspected of being “The Scranton Strangler”). Scott wants to talk about his relationship with Jan and how they are “lovers” while she just shows discomfort. This is how they have their first fight against Michael’s refusal to have sex in the bathroom.
Out of this meeting all the Dunder-Mifflin employees go for a drink at a pub where Pam invites Roy. But things get out of control when she confesses that in the time they were apart, she kissed Jim. Roy becomes very violent and Pam ends her relationship with him.
JJ Abrams and his presence in The Office
This episode of The Office it’s special because it is the female characters who take the baton of the narrative. Yes, both Michael and Jim and Dwight are the ones that take the most screen time and even determine the course of history in the episode of The Office.
But they are Pam and Jan, even Karen, the ones who dictate the narrative. For example, Pam is sure of herself as she says, for the first time, what she really wants and what do you expect from Roy now that they’re trying. And that is also how she discovers that she does not want to continue with him because things are not going to change.
As to JanShe may have always been an antagonistic figure in the lives of the Dunder Mifflin employees, but when her relationship with Scott begins, things change a bit. In the “Cocktail” episode, she is the one who she makes the decision to go public with their relationship despite knowing that Michael usually has no limits, but she does it by protecting herself.
Y this comes, we believe, from JJ Abrams himself, who directed this episode. As they read it. The creator, director and producer of great titles for film and television such as mission impossible 3 (his directorial debut), the return of Star Trekthe third trilogy of Star Wars the series like Lost y Felicity.
How did Abrams get to The Office?
According to actresses Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, JJ Abrams asked to direct an episode of The Office. This episode premiered in 2007 during the third season, a key moment in production. Because? Because still did not take off as a success that we now recognize.
So a creator like Abrams, who at the time was in the middle of the madness Lost and had just opened mission impossible 3 starring Tom Cruise, He asked to direct an episode of a series that always represented a risk.
**As a curious fact, the episode was written by Paul Liebersteinwho played the calm of Toby Flenderson in The Office. His character appears in “Cocktails”, but little. He goes to the pub with his classmates, and decides to play in an arcade to give a stuffed animal to Pam, with whom he is in love.
