The Office, Season 4 premiere - 9.0

The new season of The Office kicked off with a hilarious hour-long episode last night. The first half of the episode, dealing mostly with the aftermath of Michael hitting Meredith with his car, was a little bit stronger but I was still laughing consistently in the last 30 minutes as well. The main characters, Michael, Dwight, Jim, and Pam are all great but what makes this show so amazing are the secondary characters - Andy's nipple chafing, Creed's interest in Meredith's painkillers, Kevin's obsession with Jim and Pam (not to mention him running a 5k in a suit), Stanley's unrelenting surliness, Michael's irrational hatred of Toby, etc, etc were some of the funniest moments from last night. As for the overall outlook of the season, I'm glad the Jim and Pam situation is resolved (for now) as dragging it on for another season as it was would've surely become tedious. Ryan becoming Michael's boss should be interesting as well, and whenever he comes back to Scranton will be hilarious, especially considering how bitter Kelli still is. But really, the ongoing plotlines don't even matter that much, just the everyday stuff in the office is what makes this show so great. It's easily the funniest show on TV and after LOST and The Wire, my favorite currently running show period.