Back To The Office

2016 saw the return of David Brent with Life on the Road! Written and directed by Ricky Gervais, who also stars along with Ben Bailey Smith, Jo Hartley and Tom Basden. It's the swan song for this passion project with Chris and Dave and thanks to everyone who's been along for the ride with us, 70mph tops!

Synopsis:

About 13 years after his appearance in the documentary series The Office, a documentary film crew is once again following the life of David Brent. He now works as a rep for a cleaning goods distributor, but he still harbors dreams of making it big in the music business. Acting on this, he takes three weeks off work and tours with a new-look version of Foregone Conclusion, the band he was part of in the 1990s--he's the only remaining original member, for various reasons.

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It's that time of year and we're back for the first of two Christmas specials of The Office.

Christmas Special: Part 1

It's been three years since the BBC documentary crew first arrived at the office. Back for one last visit, they find Gareth Keenan now in charge and is running the office with a military precision. Since we last saw David Brent he has become a sales rep for a cleaning products company, released his own pop single and has acquired an agent to look after his celebrity appearances. He visits his old workplace regularly, despite him successfully suing Wernham Hogg for unfair dismissal. The big news for Tim is the imminent arrival of Dawn. The documentary crew has kindly ...

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Time to see out the last of the second series and Brent has had his marching orders!.

Interview

It's David last day and he is outwardly very calm about it all. The company has sent a writer to interview him for an article on leadership and his idea is to dictate the contents rather than answer any of her questions. He thinks he has a bright future as a trainer but gets bad news on that front as well. He tries to reverse Neil's decision but to no avail. Tim decides it's time to have a chat with Dawn. Gareth is convinced that he's in line to replace David.

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This podcast is mixed with Flashdance and MC Hammer sh*t.

Charity

It's the annual comic relief day fund raiser at the office and the employees are up to their usual silliness. Tim raises money from his mates by playing a prank on Gareth. Dawn is selling kisses at reception and the bashful Tim buys one. It leads him to reconsider his relationship with Rachel but he's devastated when he hears of her near-term plans with Lee. Others in the office have their own take on humor but David is again pushed to extremes when the ever popular Neil does a spot on John Travolta imitation from Saturday Night Fever. Humor aside, David has also

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David is getting ready for his big motivational speech day but Neil isn't too happy.

Motivation

David's attempt at being cool includes sporting an earring. His session as a trainer arrives but his unique approach doesn't work very well. Tim and Rachel are carrying on at the office, much to Gareth's dismay. Dawn doesn't seem too pleased either. Neil takes David to task for not thinking things through before making decisions. He also tells him he's more worried about being popular than steering the ship in the right direction..

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It's birthday party time in the office and Chris and Dave take a walk down memory lane with some stories and through the episode. 

Appraisals 

David is doing staff appraisals which most of the staff approach with their usual level of enthusiasm. Part of the process is for them to, to give feedback on David's performance and this seems to get most of his attention. Dawn is surprised - and seemingly a bit jealous - when one of the newcomers asks if Tim has a girlfriend. David's offhand remarks sets Neil off and he lets David know exactly who is boss. 

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Chris and Dave are back with the start of Season 2, Merger. Some stories from the past, which should really remain there. Just like some of David's jokes.

Merger

It's the day of the big merger. The Swindon branch has closed and several of the staff, including the new manager of the combined Slough Branch, Neil Godwin, arrive. Tim is comfortable in his new role as the senior sales rep while Dave and Gareth continue with their own wacky humor. Dave in particular puts his foot in it with his welcome speech of jokes and anecdotes that go over like a lead balloon. In the party afterward his racist joke leads to a complaint from one of the new intake as does his feeble attempt at humor about drugs, leading Jennifer Taylor-Clark to reprimand him.

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It's time for 6th and final episode of Series 1 this week; Judgement. Chris and Dave get their teeth into this finale which could mean all change for the Slough branch.

"Judgement"

It's the day to announce the redundancies. Tim tells David he's leaving and is happy to do so. Dawn is actually hoping that she'll be one of the redundancies. When Jennifer Taylor-Clark arrives, she announces to David that she's been promoted and he is in line to replace her. It would mean however that the Slough branch would be reduced in size and bear the brunt of the redundancies. He accepts without hesitation. Gareth takes the news particularly hard. David becomes the hero when he subsequently announces that he's decided to turn down the job to save the branch.

This episode's outro is supplied by the Brent Meister General himself.

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