'The Office' S4E9: "Dinner Party" | Best TV Episodes of the 21st Century

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4.3 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In honor of The Ringer's list of 100 best TV episodes of the 21st century, Amanda Dobbins, Shea Serrano, and Jason Gallagher discuss this episode's MVPs (10:03), the most iconic moment (13:57), and Shea's new book, 'Conference Room, Five Minutes' (27:43). More from The Ringer: Visit besttv.theringer.com for the full list of 100 best TV episodes of the 21st century An Oral History of the Best ‘Breaking Bad’ Episode Ever What’s the Difference Between a Great TV Episode and a Great TV Moment? Get Shea Serrano's "Conference Room, Five Minutes" here: ScrantonProject.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to The Recapables. I'm Juliet Litman. I'm the head of production here at The Ringer and also the host of Bachelor Party and also a massive TV fan. In fact, we all are at The Ringer, which is why this week we have released the Ringer's list of the 100 Best TV episodes of the Century. That's right. Every show since the year 2000 was eligible. One entry per, and we made a list. You can check it out
0:22.2	at besttv.thringer.com. And check out theringer.com for all of our TV content. We have Alison
0:27.9	Herman on Recap Culture. We got Shea Serrano coming on Dwight Shrew. We have Victor Luckerson
0:32.6	on Were People Happy on The Office? And so much more. There's Kate Nibbs on Tom Cruise's Oprah moment.
0:37.8	And we've got Alyssa Bresnak on one
0:39.3	to kill off a TV character. Please don't miss it.
0:41.7	And I hope you enjoy their capitals.
0:43.6	We've got a call about a disturbance.
0:45.2	Nope.
0:46.0	Nope. Nothing disturbing here.
0:47.9	Just a couple of friends having an awesome dinner party.
0:50.9	And your neighbors say they heard some shouting.
0:52.5	Oh, yes. There was screaming.
0:59.0	Okay. dinner party. Your neighbors say they heard some shouting. Oh, yes. There was screaming. Hello and welcome to the recapables. I'm Amanda Dobbins, the culture editor for the ringer.
1:04.0	I am joined today by Jason Gallagher.
1:06.0	Ooh, thank you for having me.
1:08.0	I thought you were going to say more.
1:10.0	It's fine. It's fine.
1:12.4	Guy who watches Office.
1:14.1	Yeah.
1:14.5	And Shea Serrano.
1:15.7	Hello.
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