Specials (The Office)

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Specials (Parts One and Two)

Episode No.	13, 14
Airdate	December 26, 2003 December 27, 2003
The Office Specials December 2003
Part One Part Two
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The term "specials" is used to refer to two 45-minute episodes of The Office that conclude the series. They are also known as the Christmas specials of the series. They first aired in the United Kingdom on BBC One on December 26 (Boxing Day) and December 27, 2003.

1 Synopsis
- 1.1 Part One
- 1.2 Part Two
2 Music
- 2.1 Part One
- 2.2 Part Two

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Part One

Three years after the documentary that made them famous, BBC revisits the office to see what the staff are doing now. After being made redundant from Wernham Hogg, David is now a travelling salesman, who following a failed cover version of "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (which didn't make the Top 100), has now got his own (very poor) agent, and leeches off what little fame he has in a series of demeaning late-night nightclub appearances alongside a crowd of Z-list Big Brother rejects and very minor celebrities. Dawn is in Florida, trapped in a miserable existence with Lee, who is bouncing from job to job as they live with his sister rent-free (and hidden from the immigration authorities). In the office, Gareth is now the general manager (although he still gets as little respect as ever) and Tim is still trapped in a job he hates with an obnoxious, pregnant deskmate he loathes just as equally.

Despite having left Wernham Hogg three years ago, David Brent still visits the office to see the staff (and in his opinion 'keep up the morale') This does not sit too well with Gareth, or David's nemesis Neil Godwin, and it appears to the viewer that David is somewhat depressed and misses his old job badly. With the programme makers offering to fly Dawn and Lee back for the office Christmas Party, along with the appearance of David Brent, the scene is set for the reunion.

[edit] Part Two

With Gareth's help, David is searching online for a date to the Christmas party. His first three matches are complete disasters. His fourth one, surprisingly, isn't. Dawn is back for the Christmas party with Lee, and her friendship with Tim is still as strong as ever—and her feelings for him possibly even more so.

As Dawn and Tim recreate old times by winding up Gareth, David pushes Neil's patience too far when he brings his puppy into the office to show to the staff.

This leads to David getting a warning from Neil to stay away as he is disrupting work (which leads to David addressing the employees saying he is barred as "the regime don't like it")

At the Christmas party Dawn and Tim once again get close, Dawn saying how her dreams of being an illustrator are over, Lee saying how finding work is more important. David meanwhile, is getting to know Carol, his attractive blind date, from the agency, and things are going well for both of them. As the night draws to a close, Dawn is told by Lee that they need to leave in order to catch the flight back to Florida. Reluctant to leave, Dawn asks Lee to get her Secret Santa present, and whilst he is gone she stands next to Tim, both wanting to, but reluctant to make a move on each other. As Dawn leaves with Lee, Tim knows he has blown his final chance of being with Dawn.

In the taxi, Lee is asleep, with Dawn in the back, quietly shedding tears. She opens her Secret Santa present, an oil painting set from Tim with the words, "Never give up" written on a letter, a letter written on Dawn's sketch of Tim, she had made earlier in the day.

David walks his date to her car, where she thanks him and kisses him goodnight, gesturing for him to call her to meet again. Returning to the office, he is subject to a cruel remark from Chris Finch about his date, to which David abruptly tells 'Finchy' to "fuck off". David once again has some happiness in his life and 'Finchy' is left lost for words.

In the final scenes, Dawn suddenly walks back into the office, and into Tim's arms, their relationship finally having a happy ending. Soon, the whole office crew gathers for a group picture, where David is in the center and actually cracks a funny joke that makes everyone laugh.