10 Most Important Episodes in 'The Office,' Ranked

Dunder Mifflin: the people person's paper people, and the comedy lover's mockumentary of choice. The Office changed the landscape of comedy in the early 2000s when Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant delivered piercing observational laughs in a single-camera format, ditching tired multi-camera studio setups and artificial laugh tracks. After two seasons and a hugely celebrated Christmas special, Gervais and Merchant called it a day on their two-time Golden Globe-winning series, leaving the door open for a U.S. remake.