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So true about Finch !I think Finchy is the most perfectly conceived character in TV history just about. Costanza is the other one in that equation.
But EVERYBODY that's ever worked anywhere knows a Finchy. The individual that is so fundamentally horrible but has enough natural charisma to stay popular even with some of the smarter and nicer people. Neil is a fundamentally GOOD person (albeit a little smug) and he actually likes Finchy.
So true about Finch !
Ive always thought towards the end of the UK they made Neil pretty arrogant , even a little bit hypocritical.
Finch a more real character but Packer funnier imo , possible because the US version was longer.Chris Finch vs Todd Packer...?
Both gold
Packer's "apology" as part of Alcoholics Anonymous haha
Only time I've ever really got into it for a bit was when they had the Idris Elba as Charles Miner plot line. Once that was over just went back to meh and eventually stopped watching.Ok so I’ve started actually sitting down and watching the US office.
Not from S1 E1 but just picking random episodes, sometimes blocks of 2-3.
It is very entertaining. Stand by my lack of realism claim but it is very funny.
I don’t like big Kevin though.
He’s too easily pisstaken. He’s a caricature. Big Keith was less obvious and more subtle
Ive always thought towards the end of the UK they made Neil pretty arrogant , even a little bit hypocritical.
Dawn and her wanka boyfriend, we've all been there like Tim "why is she with that wanka and not me?".
Thought he gave it a real spark when he was in it.Only time I've ever really got into it for a bit was when they had the Idris Elba as Charles Miner plot line. Once that was over just went back to meh and eventually stopped watching.
Both Tim and Jim very guilty if it .Lee was a world class knobhead but Tim was sailing a bit close to the wind a lot of the time.
Tim is your straight man in the show and a decent bloke. But even he can also be a bit of tool himself which Lee actually points at one stage with something like "When get yourself a life mate, you can start taking the Mickey out of other peoples" It's one thing in the show that I like and is pretty realistic in that for the most part nobody is perfectly good or bad.Lee was a world class knobhead but Tim was sailing a bit close to the wind a lot of the time.
Tim is your straight man in the show and a decent bloke. But even he can also be a bit of tool himself which Lee actually points at one stage with something like "When get yourself a life mate, you can start taking the Mickey out of other peoples" It's one thing in the show that I like and is pretty realistic in that for the most part nobody is perfectly good or bad.
Just watched the 'Training day' ep , Brent at his best . Probably the best episode in both series.
' we are both good at what we do , Texas couldn't run a successful paper merchant and I couldn't ......well I could do what they do and I think they knew that even back then . Probably spurred them on .'
Dawn and her wanka boyfriend, we've all been there like Tim "why is she with that wanka and not me?".
While I absolutely loved the ending of the Xmas ep/series, people are kind of correct to point out IRL it rarely ends up that way. Or not as much.
In reality she would have married the jerk and just thought of Tim as the "one that could have been".
But again... the ending was just 10/10 brilliant. The song too when she walks in the room from the background. AND they still manage to get a joke in, courtesy of Gareth sticking his nose in it where it doesnt belong
But yeah, no words, just a look, a kiss (x2) and then takes his hand, walks off camera. Just perfect. Yanks would have done some whole dramatic sh*t, then filmed the scene where they discuss their relationship/hooking up finally. Would have totally ruined it.
There is not a line in the however many seasons of the US version that comes even close to this. It's simple, yet brilliant.
Even the subtlety of Brent calling him Chris and not Finchy is spot on. I remember in high school having the same realisation that a charismatic bully that I had been trying to appease was actually a complete and utter dickhead. Such brilliant writing.Lol that whole scene just encapsulates everything about all three men.
Neil is a bit smug but not enough of a prat to say something genuinely nasty, but still laughs at Finchy.
Finchy who absolutely doubtless would have loved to have rooted Brent’s date, still plays the alpha male and says something snide to Brent.
Brent, although his actual standing up for himself is out of character, delivers the only thing he could possibly say (in the absence of something intelligent or witty) that could shut Finchy up.
It’s magnificent.
Even the subtlety of Brent calling him Chris and not Finchy is spot on. I remember in high school having the same realisation that a charismatic bully that I had been trying to appease was actually a complete and utter dickhead. Such brilliant writing.