The Office, Season 2

Well, I have just finished watching the boxed set for The Office season 2 .   I must say that I was highly impressed and entertained.  This has to be one of the funniest seasons of television that I have ever watched.  There are 22 episodes in this season coming in at about 22 mins each.  This is a pretty good deal for $23.99.  Season one however I would recommend finding online as it is $19.99 and only has 6 episodes.  I have even seen season 1 and 2 for as much as $39.99 each at retail locations. 

This season focuses a lot on Pam and Jim's relationship; especially the last half of the season.You will still receive your fair dose of Jim's pranks against Dwight as well as all of Michael's bad jokes and poor taste.  One of my favorite moments is from an episode entitled "Casino Night" where Jim tells Dwight that he does well at roulette because he can control small objects with his mind.  Dwight, not believing him, asks for a demonstration..."move that coat rack".  Of course the coat rack begins to move and Pam winks at Jim and you know that she is in on the joke.  Dwight responds with a puzzled face and "oh my God"!

The following is a list of episodes in Season 2.  You can find a description of each episode by visiting the TV.com Episode Guide.

1. The Dundies
2. Sexual Harassment
3. Office Olympics
4. The Fire
5. Halloween
6. The Fight
7. The Client
8. Performance Review
9. Email Surveillance
10. Christmas Party
11. Booze Cruise
12. The Injury
13. The Secret
14. The Carpet
15. Boys and Girls
16. Valentine's Day
17. Dwight's Speech
18. Take Your Daughter to Work Day
19. Michael's Birthday
20. Drug Testing
21. Conflict Resolution

Casino Night

I also recommend watching the webisodes at NBC's website.  These will fill in the gaps between season 2 and 3. 

Prison Break, 10/22/07

Well tonight, we got to meet a new character in Sona. Some foreign (Australian maybe) guy who claims to know Whistler and says that he saw him with the ambassador in Belize (I think that's what he said, it was a little hard to understand). This puts a new spin on Whistlers story if it is in fact true. Why the guy was put into Sona is still unknown. Lincoln and Whistler's girlfriend try to create a getaway plan and get caught by the police while scouting some roads around the prison. They decide to plan an escape via the beach. Lincoln puts something in a cooler and buries it...Now can someone tell me why he showed Sofia what was in the box but not the audience? Is this Lost?? Are they trying to create intrigue?? What is going on?? They did the same thing with Sarah's head in the box even though everyone knew what it was anyway. I am sure that what is in the cooler is a just couple of the self propelled jet type devices that you hold onto for traveling underwater. They are used for scuba diving I believe.

Oh yeah, and by the way Michael got shot at in this episode. Man if he would have gotten hit that would have made things far more interesting. Oh and when he came back to the cell after it had been locked, he seems extremely distraught that he could not reach the cord to the microwave with his arm...Try your leg Michael, or get a plunger....or something...c'mon!!

All in all the episode was alright. I don't know why they don't go down into the sewers everyday and go about 100 to 200 yards down and start tunneling towards the surface of that field or wherever they can get to. Whistler was down there for so long he must know his way around. Oh well, we have a 2 week wait and then will receive a 2 hour episode.

Heroes, Elle premiered

Well, last night we finally got to meet Elle, Kristen Bell's Character. Turns out she is seemingly a bad guy(girl) with the ability to throw lighting/electricity and is probably the source from which Peter acquired this ability. So, who is her dad...Suresh's boss???? The creator of the show has stated that her character was raised her whole life in the company. I definitely cannot wait to see more of her. As for Peter, he is finally starting to realize some of his other powers which he seems to have forgotten how to use or that he even had. He paints his near future and notices that the street signs are in French. Since he opened the box and found a ticket to Montreal, it is obvious what he is to do next. Hiro continues his journey with Kensei while Ando tries to decipher the scripts left in the hilt of the samurai sword. Micah helps his cousin Monica realize her abilities which seem to be muscle mimicing or copycating as it was put(I don't even pay attention to this storyline quite frankly). Matt and Nathan, trying to help Molly, goto find Matt's father who appears to be a nice guy at first but the looks were deceiving. He shows the evolved nature of Matt's mind reading capabilities and leaves Matt and Nathan for dead basically. He creates a vail of illusion around them to make it appear as if they were somewhere they were not. It seems as though these environments were feeding on their fears. I guess this is why Molly calls him the nightmare man. We didn't see Claire and her boyfriend, but we did see Mr. Bennett and the Haitian speak with Suresh. There was really no story building with their story in this ep. Did you see them in Russia??? did they even try with that green screen??? As for Syler, Maya and Alejandro I have no idea. We didn't get to see them this week.

It seems that they are trying to tell to many story lines at once for a 42 min episode. The paths need to start crossing more so that it won't seem like so many separate stories. The Matt Parkman and Peter stories seem to be the most interesting so far...can't wait to see Montreal.

Don't forget to check out the graphic Heroes novels which kind of fill in the gaps between the episodes.