Man the Cubicles!!

I finally finished watching "The Office Special" tonight, which were the final two episodes of the enormously successful BBC television series. The special caught up with the members of Wernham-Hogg 'three years' after the final regular season episode. I won't describe what happens in the very rare chance that you pick it up.

But as the credits rolled for the final time and the theme song, "Handbags and Gladrags", sounded its final notes, I couldn't help but feel a little bit bummed that, in a strange way, it was the end of an era. Granted there were only two seasons consisting of 6 30-minute episodes each plus the special 90-minute, uh, well, special, but I definitely felt like I got to know David, Tim, Garreth and Dawn. It was nice to the special to see how things turned out for everyone, but it was bittersweet.

I have heard about this mentioned before in reference to such epic shows as "Cheers," "M*A*S*H", and even, more recently, "Seinfeld," as, when the show has made its final run, that loyal viewers are sad that the characters they have come to know are no longer in their living rooms once a week.

Being too young to have that sort of attachment to any of the above shows, or any other show for that matter, I am sad to see "The Office" come to an end. There certainly isn't any hope of any future episodes, and even the actors were negative about ever meeting up for reunion shows or anything on the DVD, so it looks like this is one show that will remain buried, but it was fun while it lasted...