I've never really been a fan of Ricky Gervais, but thought I had to give the original a go. I've no idea how this got picked up to be a global franchise, although clearly others saw a potential that Gervais and Merchant didn't quite pull off. [spoiler] Dawn and Tim have no chemistry at all, other than "we like each other and that's it" - Dawn and Lee have been together 7 years by the end of the show and at no point does Dawn seem to even like him. How did Brent get into that position? Why was he even considered for a promotion?! (at least Michael Scott gets shown to be great salesperson and has some people/ leadership skills. Why on earth did that motivational speech company want Brent? What is the point of the 26 background characters? Does any one of them offer anything? So many questions, but I'm glad that for once the US took a British show and made it better