The Office: Season Five [Blu-ray] | ![The Office: Season Five [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u6ef2FhXL._SL500_.jpg) | Actors: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 5988
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 540 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: 025192029639
UPC: 025192029639
EAN: 0025192029639
ASIN: B002BFBB0U
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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OFFICE-SEASON 5 (BLU RAY) (ENG SDH/SPAN/DTS-HD/4DI
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Season Five is not just another day at The Office, delivering break-ups, corporate shake-ups, and a game-changing finale that, as with Jim (John Krasinski), should leave you ecstatic and speechless. The writers continue their masterful handling of the Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer) romance, taking care of some unfinished business from last season's finale in the season opener with a glorious rain-swept gas station proposal. Their initial separation--while she attends art school in New York--avoids the usual sitcom mechanics ("We are not that couple," Jim states as he aborts a panicked trip to see her). The course of true love is no smoother for The Office's other soul mates, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and "major dork" Holly Flax (an Emmy-worthy Amy Ryan), the new HR rep. Meanwhile, Angela (Angela Kinsey) and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) are having office trysts under the nose of her fiancé, Andy (Hangover star Ed Helms, having a breakout season in a career year). On the corporate front, Michael shockingly quits after butting heads with no-nonsense new boss Charles Miner (Idris Elba). In a brilliant stroke, Jim immediately gets on Charles's bad side, much to Dwight's delight. The formation of The Michael Scott Paper Company is a highlight of the season, as Michael and his dream team, Pam and Ryan (B.J. Novak), improbably put a major dent in Dunder Mifflin's sales (but at what cost?). For everyone who wonders how the blundering and tactless Michael keeps his job, it is instructive to get a glimpse of his sales acumen in the episodes "Heavy Competition," in which Michael poaches one of Dwight's clients, and "Broke," in which he negotiates a buyout of his struggling company. The Office's own dream team got dreamier with the addition of Ellie Kemper as "Erin," the adorable and naïve new receptionist. The Office still makes for cringe-worthy discomfort television (see a reunited Michael and Holly's excruciating skit at the "Company Picnic" in the season finale), but some of the best episodes are the ones in which the Scranton branch bonds in the face of adversity. A season benchmark is the episode in which the former Michael Scott Paper Company office space is transformed into "Café Disco" and all squabbles and resentments are forgotten on the dance floor. This season is representative of why The Office is one of television's most DVR'd series. Each episode offers priceless bits of background comic business and charming character grace notes that lend themselves to repeated viewing. Among them: Andy's drunken late night phone call to Angela in "Company Trip"; Pam demonstrating her volleyball prowess in "Company Picnic"; Kelly (Mindy Kaling) setting up one of the series' very best "that's what she saids" in "Customer Survey"; and Andy and Kelly's "dance off" in "Café Disco." As Dwight notes in "Heavy Competition," "There's a lot going on" in The Office, and in that chaos, this series soars. --Donald Liebenson
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 Hilarious! March 10, 2010
RU girl
This season of the Office is so funny! You will laugh and fall in love with each character more and more! I would recommend it to anyone who is an Office fan.
 Brilliant March 8, 2010
Kevin Ricks (London UK)
This show just gets better and better - no spoilers here - if you like the others just buy it
Nice DVD set February 16, 2010
Franco Comunale (New York, NY)
The Office season 5 is a great set to get if you like the office tv series. Most likely you have already seen these episodes on tv on NBC or on TBS or whatever regional tv station has airing rights. Not much to review, you either have watched the episodes and would like to have them on dvd, or you never have in which case, first watch them and then decide for yourself if you would like to have them in your personal collection.
 Manufacturing Defect Discovered February 14, 2010
Gary Pruiksma (Cold Spring, Kentucky USA)
This review is for the Blu-ray format only. Getting straight to the point, I have encountered a manufacturing defect during the episode entitled "The Surplus." Nowhere in any of the Amazon reviews, which are primarily DVD reviews, have I seen anyone mention this problem. Approximately 17:34 into the viewing of the episode a subtitle (EXCLAIMS IN ANNOYANCE) appears on the screen. I have been able to find other customers who have confirmed this. I sent the following email to NBC/Universal on January 28, 2010:
To whom it may concern,
I purchased the Blu-ray format of The Office: Season Five and approximately 17:34 into the viewing of the episode entitled "The Surplus," a subtitle (EXCLAIMS IN ANNOYANCE) appears on the screen. So far, I have not seen this happen during any other episode, I still need to view disc four. Could you please inform me as to what is being done to replace this disc and when an error free product will be available to the public. If you are unable to, could you direct me to the person who can? I appreciate any assistance in resolving this issue. [end of email]
NBC/Universal has not responded to this email or the two subsequent emails I have sent. I have returned and received a full refund for this product. I urge you not to purchase this item or to at least view it immediately and look for this defect, as you will then have the opportunity to return it. It is possible that this error is limited, however, having no response from NBC/Universal...who's to say? I would appreciate if the purchasers of the DVD format would check for this quality flaw as well and post a comment either way. At $42, we should expect and receive a quality product. NBC/Universal has not given us that and does not seem to care.
Still Funny, but losing its focus... February 13, 2010
M. Herzog (chicago)
The Office is a great show, one I'll watch into season 32 if still airing. This season was very funny, with some great stories, and some of my favorite episodes, but saw a show that is losing its focus. For instance (spoilers) the introduction of Holly was great, she worked well and the show and was a great foil for Michael, funny, dorky, and very likable. But after only a few episodes she's gone. Similarly, we get the Andy/Dwight/Angela love triangle come to a hilarious peak, but without any real consequences or fallout. The story just ends without a whole lot of mention. Then we get one of my favorite story lines, the Michael Scott Paper Company, which ends as quickly as it began. (End Spoilers) I guess that was the biggest problems with season 5, lots of great ideas that aren't fully realized. That being said the show is still very funny, and the overall melancholy of season 4 is long gone. The show is great, and I'm hoping come season 6, the show will take these great ideas, and really run with them, rather than end them abruptly.
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