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OfficeTally Survivor Poll: Season 3

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
 
The Office   Do we need a little distraction until September 27? Then let’s create a list of fan-ranked Season 3 Office episodes, by voting one episode off OfficeTally Island every few days, until we’re left with the most popular episode as the ULTIMATE SURVIVOR!

Final rankings after the jump.

The Office Season 3 Survivor rankings, FINAL

  1. The Job
  2. Beach Games
  3. The Return
  4. Traveling Salesmen
  5. A Benihana Christmas
  6. Women’s Appreciation
  7. The Negotiation
  8. Branch Closing
  9. Back From Vacation
  10. Business School
  11. The Merger
  12. Gay Witch Hunt
  13. Initiation
  14. The Convention
  15. Cocktails
  16. Product Recall
  17. The Coup
  18. The Convict
  19. Safety Training
  20. Grief Counseling
  21. Diwali
  22. Ben Franklin
  23. Phyllis’ Wedding

P.S. A special thanks to Michael for coming up with this idea. (And just in the nick of time!)

Related links: Survivor Season 1 | Survivor Season 2

Posted in The Office Polls, The Office Ratings

1198 comments

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  1. Aww, Phyllis’ Wedding and Ben Franklin are two of my favorites of the season. I guess I can’t complain cuz I didn’t play! Haha.

    1198 | Gail from HI  Sun. Jun. 22, 2008 at 11:49pm

  2. I was just looking at these rankings to see where “The Convention” placed, and I’m surprised to see it so low. It was one of my favorites of the season!

    1197 | Michelle  Mon. Jun. 16, 2008 at 11:05am

  3. This saddens me as Ben Franklin is my favorite Office episode of all time. “My name is Gordon!”

    1196 | fabio  Mon. Jun. 9, 2008 at 11:36am

  4. I think that we should just hail Mike Schur the best writer in the history of writing.

    1195 | Kari  Mon. Nov. 5, 2007 at 11:30am

  5. I think “Safety Training” should be at the bottom. Sure, it’s funny, but I think it’s to unrealistic for the show. It’s not that I don’t like that stuff; Dwight’s challenge in “Initiation” and the Sumo wrestling on “The Beach” were both well-written and seemed like things Dwight and Michael would do. But the entire rooftop idea in “Safety Training”…

    Also, “Phyllis’ Wedding” is extremely underrated.

    1194 | Michael7e  Tue. Oct. 2, 2007 at 3:43am

  6. I have to say I think we ended up with a pretty good list, of course I feel some should have ranked higher and others lower, but I can’t really argue with the top 5 ;-).

    1193 | Lauren  Mon. Oct. 1, 2007 at 12:38am

  7. NOW we should rank the whole SERIES to get to the best ep of the three seasons.
    Ranking game, ranking game, ranking game at lunch!

    1192 | CH  Fri. Sep. 28, 2007 at 12:21pm

  8. yah! the job won. i was disappointed that the return lost but glad the job did instead. Now… we have 29 more episodes to rank. Great fun!

    1191 | Cher is Bonto  Fri. Sep. 28, 2007 at 11:10am

  9. This was such a great idea. It was very interesting to see how the episodes stack up against one another. I’m glad “The Job” was on top!

    1190 | April  Fri. Sep. 28, 2007 at 10:27am

  10. Just throwing in my 2 cents on seeing the people of The Office in environments outside the actual office…

    Season 2 is often hailed as the height of the show, and off the top of my head, episodes or part of episodes took place in: Chili’s (twice), Michael’s condo, a dojo, Jim’s house, a booze cruise, a hospital, Hooters, a paper convention, a grocery store, and an ice skating rink. I don’t think that this show has ever really stuck to the ’stay in the office’ style, I just think it’s our selective memories on which episodes we’ve liked the best making it seem that way.

    On topic, this poll was such a great idea!! I had a lot of fun trying to guess which episodes would be the fan favourites. Looking forward to season 4!

    1189 | AdditionbySubtraction  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 8:02pm

  11. I confuse myself. I ended up voting FOR the one I’ve been wanting to eliminate for the last couple of rounds…. What is wrong with me? I bet it’s today, the premiere day. My world is totally upside down. I’m sooo excited!

    1188 | Johanna  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 5:14pm

  12. I’m not sure what you’re suffering from CoalWalker, but I think voting for Beach Games might just help. :)

    1187 | Pro Moe  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 4:26pm

  13. Ack! I have been checking the site and voting each time. It takes me about 2 seconds to decide which one I want to vote off and then I read all the other comments. I love hearing everyone’s take, and whether I agree with them or not, most seem quite sincere and thoughtful.

    However, now that we’re down to two, suddenly, I’m frozen.

    I can’t vote. I can’t decide. I’m second-guessing myself. What is happening?

    Would anyone care to psychoanalyze what the heck is happening to me?

    Luckily, by tonight, I will be well again :)

    1186 | CoalWalker  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 3:19pm

  14. Come on, Beach Games!

    1185 | stanleynickel  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 3:02pm

  15. hi zorro, it seems to me, then, that your main concern with the show is that they seem to be moving out of the office environment too often for your liking. I think, then, the important question would be: would you be happy continuing watching the show if the comedy is still of a high level, even in the case where everyone goes out of the office each and every week (taking the extreme scenario here)?

    Many might disagree, but I think the title “The Office” here is used as a metonym (like “The West Wing”), in referring more to the collective group of people working in the office, rather than specifically to the physical entity. Taken in this way, there’s no unspoken rule to be confined merely to the office.

    The crux of my argument is that, regardless of the environment, great humor can be (and in my opinion, has been) achieved in “The Office” this past season. The non-office environment, in most cases, serves the same purpose as the office-based situations, as a facilitator for the character-driven comedy. I would like to see more office-based episodes too, but it’s not a pre-requisite for the show to be great.

    1184 | _bales  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 2:59pm

  16. eff.

    1183 | the zoppity  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 2:15pm

  17. We once had a work retreat at a winery, but I’ve had Pennsylvanian wine, and I don’t think even Michael Scott would go for that vintage. I like the out of The Office stuff, especially when it involves drinking–(on tv or in real life!).

    1182 | Flonkerton Rules  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 1:19pm

  18. after reading the little debate in the most recent comments, i personally have come to the conclusion that we must give the writers a break. they make us laugh with every episode, regardless of location. i have my full trust in the writers to make an unbelievable season and many more to come.

    just adding my two cents.

    THE JOB FOR THE WIN!!!

    1181 | Cher is Bonto  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 11:54am

  19. 1194 - Thank you very much for the kind words. :) Glad I suggested this to tanster, it looks like it was a really big hit.

    1180 | mike d  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 11:30am

  20. The Injury, Beach Games, and Drug Testing - Best 3 episodes in the whole series, haha. Go Beach Games!!

    1179 | Pro Moe  Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 11:11am

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