# Season 3 vs Season 4 of the Office
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743 "2008-11-14T18:35:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/1 "2008-11-14T18:35:33Z")
I’m getting a head start on my holiday shopping! My sister and I looooove watching the Office together… it’s one of the few moments of television time we have together where we don’t squabble about the remote control. I can’t make up my mind on whether to get her the season 3 or season 4 DVD though. As far as I can remember, both seasons were absolutely hilarious. Which one do you think has more funny episodes? And don’t tell me to get both… I have a limited budget this year… ☹
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### Author:  [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/2 "2008-11-14T18:47:28Z")
A thousand times season 3. Season 3 is either the series’ best or second-best season depending on how you feel about season 2. Almost every single episode is fantastic, and there are definitely no outright clunkers in the bunch. Season 3 is the show at its best.
Season four kind of muddles along for a while before getting flat-out _horrible_ toward the end.
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### Author:  [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/3 "2008-11-14T21:02:27Z")
I’d say season 3. Season 4 just didn’t get the chance to live up to its potential because of the writers’ strike.
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### Author:  [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/4 "2008-11-14T21:39:38Z")
Assuming she already has Season 2, I’d go with 3 - it’s a longer season (lots of 1 hour episodes) and it had better content. If she DOESN’T have season 2, that’s the one to go with. My two favorite moments in the history of that show are from season 2 (NO COOKIE and “are you mother goose”?)
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### Author:  [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/5 "2008-11-14T22:41:55Z")
Season 3, it is then! I forgot about the interruption of season 4 due to the writer’s strike. I just checked the prices online and it seems like it’s $5 cheaper than season 4. Booya!
She doesn’t have season 2, but I do. 😃
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### Author:  [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/6 "2008-11-14T22:51:14Z")
It looks like you already made your decision, but I still wanted to say that season 3 was about 1,286 times better than season 4.
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### Author:  [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/7 "2008-11-14T23:11:13Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#):
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> Season four kind of muddles along for a while before getting flat-out _horrible_ toward the end.
But the season finale is among the best episodes of all the seasons.
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-3-vs-season-4-of-the-office/472743/8 "2008-11-15T01:46:57Z")
I actually like Season 4 a lot, mostly on account of the PB&J cuteness, but can’t really argue with the people saying you should get S3 first. 🙂
That is all.