Every Season of The Office Ranked Worst to Best
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The Office ran for years, but when was it at its best? In this video I go over my favorite seasons of NBC's hit sitcom (that most saw through Netflix) as well as the ones I don't think worked.
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Since I watched it on Netflix. The Office is split into three categories in my mind:
Season 1
Normal Office
Post-Michael
I think 6 and 7 are their own category. A lot new things were introduced, the quality kind of declined, but there still was Michael.
6 and 7 were like GoT S05 and S06
Great Final Momentum in S07 until Michael leaving and S06 Winds of Winter
but these 2 seasons weren't as strong as last Peak 4 seasons
and in between those 4 and the Disaster that were to struck
@@gbrow1604 I’m not dismissing this, but even when the writers got more lazy the show still felt similar (when Michael was around) especially when one watches the Office over the course of two months or so.
@@gbrow1604 I don't think the writing declined until after Micheal left as someone who watched it way later on Netflix and even after it's still been an entertaining funny experience
@@daredevil6145 I could not possibly agree with that comparison, seasons 5 and 6 of GoT were absolutely nothing compared to the first 4, the first 4 are peak Television due to GRRM's writing while they butchered books 4 and 5 with season 5 making that season a massive step down (because even though they still had book material they absolutely ruined it by squishing 2 books into 1 season and making beyond dumb changes) and season 6 only seems good because of all the payoffs but those don't work if the setup is downright mediocre with the neutering of characters like Euron and Tyrion. Whereas seasons 6 and 7 of the Office are while by no means 2 of the best still around the same quality as seasons 2-5 (I think they're better than 1 personally)
Season 2-4 are all awesome. Best 3 seasons easily for me
2, 3, and 4 were a joy to watch. By 5 it was getting a bit too exaggerated and over-the-top and had lost that special something of the earlier seasons, but was still enjoyable in its own right. After season 5 the show began a definite, steady, downward slump.
@@planescaped both 5th and 6th seasons are better than season 4.
@@ragnarok283 NOT EVEN CLOSE IM SORRY! Season 5 has great episodes but it’s not as good overall
Agree
@@MinerFun I think season 5 had some of the greatest ideas within the show. Michael Scott Paper Company was gold, stress relief was amazing, I just wish they did more with Pam and art school and not just make her fail it and come back. I think they should’ve ended it after michael scott paper company gets sold because the other episodes are a bit filler and it would’ve made sense to start a new season with Michael as a boss again. Does all of it make it better than 4? No. it doesn’t have an episode as good as Dinner Party and 4 being so short actually made me love it the most. I love a short and sweet season and that did it for me. I would however say 5 is good whilst being a bit overstretched.
Andy is one of the weirdest characters in Tv, he starts off as a side-character in Jim's plotline of S3, then goes to Scranton to become a villain, returns as a minor-character, becomes a main-character, becomes the new Michael, and then fucks off on a boat for like a season then returns and shits on a car.
Got that just right
I still maintain Robert California was more threatening than Ultron as a villain
Robert California was a light in the darkness which was the later season.
He was certainly more frightening
He kinda softened in the later episodes but still enjoyable.
The Office at it's high points during S2-4 is absolutely untouchable.
Nah season 2 isnt as good as 5
Season 5 was peak The Office for me. The Michael Scott Paper Company and Idris Elba's arc were my favorite parts.
Can i have a rundown of that please?
@@richardbradley2335 ...What's a Rundown?
@@spiderman110990 like a summary
Honestly, rewatching that span of episodes with my sister, I realized that Idris Elba's Charles Minor was too mean. I didn't like him.
+ it was Dwight's best season
Everyone talks about how rough season 1 is but i absolutely loved it. The awkward and cringe feeling is so funny to me
I find season 1 hard to compare to the other seasons because it feels more like a real office documentary, which is what the show was purported to be about. Season 2 on is more sitcom like and comfy, which is why the show gets re-watched so many times, but the cost of that is the increasing cartoonishness and loss of tension from feeling less and less like a real office. So I really like season 1 and the following season or so.
I agree.
Don’t get me wrong: it had its moments, like Diversity Day and a few other episodes. But the first time I watched it, I just didn’t get why so many people ADORE this series (yet!). Fortunately, every single episode of S2 (the best one by far) is where the show really took off. In fact, it found its footing sooner than Parks and Rec (which was just ok until Ben and Chris came in). Both shows had the same pilot season syndrome.
Weird opinion but season 1 was my favorite season...
The best Office moment is when Michael went to Pam's art show. The candy bar in the pocket made it perfect😄👌
Is there something in your pocket?
@@formerlygay a chunky.
Definitely didn’t expect Season 1 to be ranked so high
I'd rate it just above seasons 8 and 9 personally.
The show was *very* rough in season 1. Though it had its moments and "that special something" absent in the later seasons.
I think I used to also be in the same boat as you.
I'd recommend the show to people and advise them to hold on through season 1 to get to the vastly superior seasons 2 and on...
But with hindsight, aside from the pilot episode, season 1 is very strong.
It feels a little older and a little different from season 2 and on (when they really hit on the heart of the show, balancing Michael's behaviour out a bit more evenly between douche boss and honestly loveable, trying guy).
But in terms of developing its identity as separate from the original series and laying the foundation of where the characters would go, season 1 is much better on a recent re-watch. All opinions, of course - if you've rewatched recently and still don't expect season 1 to be so high, power to you.
It’s better than season 9, 8 and 7
@@ragnarok283 I agree. Just didn’t expect to see it over 5, or even 6
S1 is not that bad people
I like to look at the office’s quality like a plane journey. Season 1 is that awkward getting onto the plane with people in the aisles trying to put their luggage away, nothing going quite right but getting to know the environment you are about to spend however long inside. Seasons 2 & 3 are the taking off rising incredible high so quickly and having a lot of fun on the way. Then 4 - 6 are maintaining that high level as you relax into this world with a little turbulence along the way. Season 7 is the beginning of the slow decline. Season 8 is the final steeper decline in for landing, making you a little nauseous. Finishing off with Season 9 as the anxious landing, pulling off overall a good ending to an incredible journey that you would happily get on all over again with no regrets.
Yes! I love your analogy- it describes the show perfectly! 🙌🏼 :)
Great analogy!
Peak
S7 > S6
Season 2-5 is peak office. I go back and fourth on which one I like the best but right now it’s honestly probably season 3
Maybe the same tier list for Parks and Rec would be interesting. IMO apart from season 1, Parks has maintain decent consistency throughout its run.
Yeah, its really rough when I try to recommended Parks & Rec because s1 is not good. I go as far as to tell people to skip s1
@@gabrielcastejon7914 Andy was only funny thing
@@gabrielcastejon7914 I just started watching it and yea season 1 was rough but after that it’s near perfect so far (season 4 now)
Literally just watched it cover to cover and it’s probably the most consistent show ever. It never skips a beat and it’s consistently funny throughout. It also ends very well which gets you bonus points 😂
Season 1 wasn't that bad. Kinda.
It's just clearly worse because the rest of the series is so great. Any flaw in season 1 (and there a quite a few) will seem bigger. Still had some gems in there
Man, without micheal scott this brilliant show became so damn dry
So true especially the last season it was so boring and unfunny
Season 8 was actually painful to watch
It like seinfeld if Jerry left
That's what happens when 90% of the show revolved around him
This is the most optimistic view on season 8 & 9 that I've seen. I know you aren't saying they are great, but you're pointing out the positives instead of the negatives.
I appreciate that breath of fresh air
Office seasons 2,3,4, and 5 will always be some of the best tv I ever watched. The only comedy show rivaling it was late Parks and Rec
I agree. Those were the golden 4 for me. Season 6 was still good but I think it was the start of the decline and the second half was mostly kind of bad.
@@gbrow1604 season 7 imo is underrated
Seasons 1-8 of It's Always Sunny for me.
After that the show didn't really feel the same, which tends to happen as a show starts to run long.
I'd argue it's rivalled by The Good Place, Parks and Rec and It's Always Sunny as just the absolute best of what comedic TV can offer.
@@omegashinra7672 Arrested Development has to be there
season 7 being such a good michael season really puts it up there for me. the fact that you finally get to actually like him is just so amazing
As someone who also watched it live, I knew from the start which season would be number 1. You had to be there to understand how much a cultural phenomenon the show was at time. Every new episode was an EVENT each week
Honestly season1 was hard to believe it got a yr 2, nbc had nothing and liked Greg danniels and Gabe it another run, season 8 was awful in the 1st run and was hard to return week after week for Robert California's weird boss week after week, also turning Andy from Dwight's foil into Michael Scott part 2, also letting Paul take over full show behind the scenes didn't work for me, yr 9 Paul was busy with The Farm spin off so Greg Daniel's returned making the show much ore watchable.
Yea fr was raised by that shi
Yea me n my brothers used to watch i was super young very nostalgic now older and rewatching it just makes me realize the masterpiece even more and i have no complaint im not a peaky critque kind of person
S4 is my favourite by far, I think it has the funniest gags while developing Michael as a purely lovable character rather than guilt lovable, and it has, IMO, the best chemistry between Pam and Jim, not a hint of awkwardness because they're dating, and with none of the flirtatious energy from season 2-3 lost between them. My comfort season, even if Michael really does suffer under Jan for a lot of it
Erin certainly was a saving grace for the latter half of the show
Oh really? What was Erin's arc?
@@firstlast4592does she need an arc to be a good character?
I’m a person who started watching The Office only a few years ago and I find myself much more in the same boat with you. I think my season ranking would be the exact same. Basketball is I think the most underrated episode it’s amazing
Season 5's gotta be favorite for a variety of things:
the Michael Scott Paper Company was my favorite story arc of the series
Jim getting engaged to Pam, Michael's relationship with Holly, the Andy-Angela-Dwight fiasco
the hiring of Erin, which is my favorite supporting character in the series
i’m so glad you share my admiration for the deposition. Dinner Party (which is still an amazing episode) always steals the thunder from it but The deposition might be my favorite in the whole show
You posted this while I've been binging Office clips, nice.
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 1, 6, 8, 9
Basically same ranking but I loved season 5 and 7 way more than season 1, and yeah season 6 can be a slog
Holly, the Micheal Scott Paper Company arc, and Pam’s character arc almost made me put season 5 above Season 4
I like the new season 8 Andy and hated how Season 9 backtracked on that development and Robert California was a really interesting character until they kinda flanderized him into oblivion in the latter part of the season to justify getting rid of him (The Lizard King line is iconic tho!)
This is an amazing ranking
First half of season 8 honestly is some of my favorite stuff for Andy alone. He is so likable and tries so hard to be a likable boss and I just can’t help but love the whole dynamic of everyone. The incentive is honestly one of my favorite episodes
I couldn’t have ranked them any better. I agree 100% with your assessment.
I wouldn't put season 1 above 5. I think the Michael Scott Paper Co was one of the best arcs the show had, and I wish they would've taken it further.
I agree. I like Season 1 better than most Office fans, but the Michael Scott Paper Company arc, one of my favorites in the show's history, elevates Season 5 over 1 for me. In fact it almost puts Season 5 over 4 for me. But I would otherwise agree with these rankings.
Great video!! The run from season 2-4 is some of the best TV in American history
I would love to see you talk about Parks and Rec like you do the office
I like watching an old video of captainmidnight and I see the notification of a new one that I click to immidiately
What a coincidence you release this video after I've been watching a bunch of clips this past week
This has always been my opinion: if you view the show post-Michael Scott as its own series, it’s not all that bad. If you view them as the same, you can clearly see that they were running out of ideas and trying to do whatever they could to keep viewers entertained. The tone and content of the last two seasons would have worked better as a spin-off. They aren’t terrible and I’ll admit, a lot of episodes I still find thoroughly entertaining. But I think we can all agree they feel drastically different than the show when it still had Michael. And no one can deny: they took WAY too many swings and misses. Everything with Cathy, the love-hate relationship with Robert California as a character, Jim and Pam seeming like they’re gonna get a divorce, Andy referring back into a complete dick out of nowhere…I could name many more.
It's crazy, I haven't watched the Office in a while and literally found myself laughing when remembering the plots of some of the episodes as you mention them in the video. Such a great show.
Office 3-4 are my favorite, because i feel like the side characters personalities (Kelly, Ryan, Oscar etc.) were really taking off in those seasons and it’s always been about the ensemble for me. In s2 they still felt like a group of straight men just there to react to Michael, Dwight, and p&j
Yeah, I agree with this. I’ve always said that in season 2, it kind of felt like they were still finding their footing. Though it’s definitely a good season, for sure, seasons 3-5 are what I would personally consider to be the “golden years.”
The Robert California subplots are great. You alluded a bit to it visually, but he expanded the world.
I really liked season 9 because the last three episodes felt like one Grand finale and I loved it
So my number one and two are a toss up between seasons 2 and 3. Both are basically perfect in every way and are what solidified this show’s iconic legacy. Gay Witch Hunt..Drug Testing..The Convict..all classics. It’s Michael Scott as his best. Only episode that can top all those is Dinner Party (best episode of the series imo). Season 4 also hovers just on the outside of perfect. Seasons 2-4 is some of the greatest television of all time.
I think the departure of MIchael Scott brought 2 problems. 1) It showed that the story was clearly gassing out and the characters were, for the most part explored, and 2) Any attempt to bring in a new manager and shake up would require main stay departures for it to actually gain ground and reach the heights of the best seasons. Don't get me wrong, I was happy with the finale, and over all I think it's a great show, but very much agree with your list.
Season 2 is the best season but season 3 contains my favorite office episode. That being S3 EP13 “The Return”
I agree with season 8 being last but the incentive and Gettysburg are some of the best episodes in that season imo
I can’t decide if I like season 2 or 3 better
Same they are on top for me
I would rank them all exactly the same way, except with Seasons 2 and 3 being interchangeable. Those two seasons are both sitcom perfection.
"Business School" was filmed at CSUN, I took classes in that room. Kinda cool.
You are a genius. Your captain midnight intro isn’t annoying and makes me remember you fondly so I click on videos
Sorry but them dancing down the isle will always be iconic
Ha! Chair Model was the very first episode I watched, and it's still about my favourite. In fact, season 4 overall might be my number 1 season.
One thing that the D'Angelo, and neighbouring storylines really capture is the feeling of what really happens when you lose a boss and have to go through a handful of weird ones until you get another.
This list is just about identical to my own. Nice work!
6:28 Season 1
9:55 Season 2
8:53 Season 3
7:34 Season 4
5:49 Season 5
4:07 Season 6
5:02 Season 7
1:32 Season 8
2:58 Season 9
B-word
This is literally EXACTLY my ranking
I saw smth that perfectly summarized the/a problem with The Farm episode is that Dwights family is too normal especially when compared to how crazy he always describes his family
My favourite part of the finale is the first song that Dwight and Angela dance because in the early parts of the show you can see multiple times that Dwight dances to Mötley Crüe songs and the first song that they dance is Angela by Mötley Crüe
Crazy that Steve Carrel wrote Cassino Night
Yes he did. Steve wanted the writers to push a bit on the tension in the Jim and Pam romance so he did it himself!
I’m rewatching it again. Watched seasons 3-6 this past month
shocked and saddened that i wasn't invited to join captain midnight's new 1940 flight patrol
I’ve seen a lot of people hate on season 1 but I actually like. It feels a lot more real, especially compared to how cartoonish the show got in later seasons, but it’s still funny and it has some really good episodes in my opinion like Diversity Day. It’s not my favourite season but it’s definitely up there.
True and it's still good but season one was trying too hard to copy the UK show.
While the video was shorter and less drawn out than I would have hoped, genuinely great takes that I agree with. Seeing Season 8 in 9th place for the first time was the most satisfying part of this ranking, since everyone hates on Season 9 so much.
Agreed with most of where you put them, expect for 5 and 1. My order from weakest to strongest is 8,9,6,1,5,4,3,2, although 3 and 2 switch often.
Your ranking looks like mine. Where would you put Season 7?
My only change would be swapping seasons 9 and 1’s spots. I think season 1 was honestly mean spirited whereas season 9 had a lot of truly heartfelt moments.
The last seasons weren't the best, but, unpopular opinion, I still really enjoyed them. The show still had me laughing and crying
The final seasons are when the show became a cartoonish parody if itself.
Me too! They're my least favorites but I can't deny I had fun watching them.
The Dunder Miflin games is what made me go “I really like this show” and binged it all
Thanks for starting my audiobook...
I agree with so much here, especially your favorite season. I’ve watched that season so many times, every episode slaps and the arch is the best in the show.
I really liked the Will Ferrell plot, I like to imagine people really were worried that Deangelo would replace Michael then to get quickly coma’d off is making me smile thinking about it
Solid ranking 💯
I think mine would go
Season 8
Season 1
Season 9
Season 6
Season 7
Season 5
Season 3
Season 2
Season 4
I think I’d agree with almost everything you said in this video, although I’d probably have swapped 2 and 3.
Personally, 2, 3, and 4 are kind of the show for me now. I usually just rewatch it starting with season 2 and then stop watching after 4 ends.
Season 4 isn’t as good as the two that came directly before it, but it’s kinda nice to just enjoy Jim and Pam being together. I love the “will they? won’t they?” in 2 and 3 but it’s refreshing to just see them together in 4.
Didn't agree with all your rankings, but agreed with your reasons! Great list!
As a person who watched this also live, this list is exactly right. I think I’d swap season 3 for 2 as the top, just because the Karen Jim Pam storyline was so strong, but yeah everything in this video is spot on.
Michael was by far my favorite character. After he left I tried to keep watching but I just couldn’t make it through season 8.
I think that the episode “Dunder Mifflin Infinity” in Season 4 is just really funny and it’s one of my favourites from that season.
Writing this before watching to see how similar our lists are
9, 8, 7, 5, 6, 4, 1, 3, 2
This list is absolutely spot on. I would rate them in the same order too.
i was just doing a rewatch, so i'm glad to hear a resident expert has my exact ranking lol
Been a LONG time since I've watched the last seasons, but I remember it well enough. My favorite seasons are the first, say, four are my favorite, and I go back time and again to those episodes time after time. I also love some later episodes like "Scott's Tots", "Goodbye Michael", "Niagra", "Threat Level Midnight", and, yes, the finale isn't perfect but it's solid and even touching.
9. Season 8
8. Season 9
7. (by a WIDE margin) Season 7
6. Season 5
5. Season 6
4. Season 1
3. Season 4
2. Season 3
1. Season 2
After just finishing the offices a few days ago, I gotta agree earlier seasons where much better once Micheal left the show felt lost. 2-4 are 🐐
Almost completely agree. I might switch the last two seasons and call it good. Great video!
When they go to florida in season 8 is absoutely hysterical!!
To me the ranking goes like this:
S3
S2
S5
S4
S1
S8
S7
S9
S6
Seasons 2 and 3 are easily the best seasons. Storylines, arcs, characters… it all flows so well. Season 2 is like as if the show found its own identity, and season 3 cemented it. Season 4 was like watching a teenager graduating from highschool. It had confidence, it was propelling itself for the future. Season 5 is the office at its peak in terms of confidence, taking risks, creating arcs (the Michael Scott paper company being the best arc in the series). Season 1 is like going to grandmas house and finding old pictures of yourself doing weird stuff. It’s cringe, but it’s nostalgic. You remember where you came from. Season 8 IMO is a breath of fresh air because of Robert California. After Michael’s departure, I was curious to see how the show would handle the loss of a lead character, and although not perfect, season 8 brought one of the funniest characters of the show. Season 7 is a good season but only memorable because of Michaels departure, like a farewell season.
Season 9 feels like an experimental season after season 8, and season 6 is the start of the downfall of the show in terms of creativity for me. Pretty forgettable but with nice moments here and there. Felt like the show engaged autopilot and stuck its foot down the gas
This ranking is the most accurate ever.
I think season 1 is generally underrated because the first time you watch the show you don’t quite understand the characters, the dynamics and the humour of the series. After re-watching it, I could totally understand each line of dialogue and why it was there.
The humour is much more sarcastic and subtle than just punch lines or Michael being a clown. It makes fun of how dumb the corporate life is, and how we should be able to laugh at ourselves.
Season 7 episode 1 is my favorite from that season and one of I think the best in the series. Nepotism, it feels like a season 2-3 episode with so many classic meeting room bits, its great.
As a whole those last few season are definitely less consistent but I still absolutely loved them. Some of my favorites times were towards the end. Michael Scott is one of the greatest fictional characters ever made but I also found myself getting tired of him at times in my first watch because it felt like stretches he was literally all I saw. So, I found it very refreshing to get some more screen time with a lot of the side characters in the later years
Season five is by far my favorite and here’s why I constantly rewatch the episode. New boss with Charles Minor to me. It is one of the funniest 22 minutes on TV. I love that whole story arc. But everything else on your list I absolutely agree with
I tend to skip Season 1 and would personally rate it near the bottom, though above seasons 8 and 9.
It's _too_ rough. I often tell people to just start the show with Season 2. My favorite would either be season 3 or 4.
You should do this same list for all the seasons of Community!
well we know where season 4 is ranked
@@theloserlose inside joke!
We actually agree for most parts. I put season 1 on second least favorite after that our lists look the same , but I also prefer 3 over 2.
Mine are [worst to best] 8,9,7(hard to watch because I know Michael is leaving),6,5,1,3,2,4
4 was my favorite because the show felt like it really knew itself at that point. You even see Michael's maturity start when Holly Shows up and he willingly resists a "That's What She Said" opportunity. It feels like the season that takes us out of the office and into their lives. Especially with the Dwight / Angela arc.
I finally watched the office for the first time this year, brilliant show
I finished this January 14, 2024. Watching it for the first time was amazing
I also watched the office as it was coming out, and this ranking is immaculate
I forgot that Dwight keeps his fake moustache on even after Karen catches them spying. Love that.
4-5 are peak, specially the long arcs like fun run and Michael Scott paper company
I just started binging the show and I have to agree. Granted I’m only on season 2 episode 17 but in my experience as a viewer, almost all American tv sitcoms loose steam after about season 4 or 5 and just keep declining the longer it stays in the air.
You should do a video about what you’d change about the office
as an office fan you should know that steve carell didn't leave the show, he was pushed out by NBC executives.
I love your season ranking videos. I’d be interested in seeing you do one for a show I never watched (Modern Family) or ones I used to watch a while ago (The Middle, Blackish)
captain midnight? more like threat level midnight.
Awesome rank, very similar to mine :D
1. S3
2. S2
3. S4
4. S5
5. S1
6. S9
7. S8
8. S7
9. S6
The Michael Scott Paper Company and Fire Drill are for me the best episodes. I believe you should move S5 higher. Also anyone would consider the leaving of Michael the start of the declining of the show but for me it was with David Wallace. He was the best character of the show
My ranking:
9. Season 8
8. Season 9
7. Season 6
6. Season 4
5. Season 1
4. Season 5
3. Season 7
2. Season 2
1. Season 3
My list from top to bottom:
-Season 3
-Season 2
-Season 4
-Season 1
-Season 5
-Season 6
-Season 7
-Season 8
-Season 9