I was a big fan of the UK 'Office', so this Americanised version came to me via a family member. Now I prefer this American version, I think purely for the depth of character/storyline/number of episodes, this is tops This is box set series our whole family sat down to watch together (which never happens). We all saw similarities with the characters and family members, which added to the humour..The lack of 5 stars is because the series was let down at the end by compilation/re-run episodes, and some mismatched/stitched together storyline/finale episodes which just didn't gel. Basically it seemed like maybe 3, or 4 full length episodes, were cut-up to end the series, some scenes jump back and forward, so if you put the kettle on, you don't know where you are. Also there is no definitive episode index system, so if family members watch a few episodes ahead, it's difficult to find the missing ones without placing each suspect dvd disc into the machine and partially watching every episode. I don't want to sound too negative, for me this is one series where American and English humour overlap, we all loved it , and have since moved on to 'Parks and Rec', an 'The Mindy Project'....