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{This post written by Madison Ward, Superstar Intern}

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Because I have introduced Netflix into the equation, it is only natural that I would reflect on one of the strongest foundations grounding the business.

The Office.

A show that reflects on the pains of the everyday workplace. A show that emulates what it really means to be alive in a world where income, and sustainability, and - most of all - patience is required. A show that breeds futility and overall disbelief, but is filled with heartfelt love and reality that perfectly displays why we do what we do day in and day out and what the little things that keep us going are really worth.

The Office is a comedic, fictional documentary about workers at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Created by Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, The Office premiered on March 24, 2005 and has lived in millions of hearts ever since.

Painfully awkward and heart-wrenchingly awkward, The Office demonstrates any type of issue we may and will find ourselves in as adults working with other inconsistent adults. The first season may have one halfway covering one’s face with a throw pillow, with some occasional muting, but seeing the dynamic way the show develops and evolves each and every one of the characters, each and every season, is unquestionably remarkable.

It is a show that displays every imperfection, every possible way to screw things up. And it is a show that advocates compassion, and responsibility, and teamwork. It is a show about family that may not be connected by blood, but that is connected by duty (which the show would indubitably make a joke out of).

The Office is so popular, in fact, the internet is flooded with GIFs and memes referencing parts of the show, which I may even call most humorous television show I have ever seen and may ever see. I have a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words“Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica”, at which my English teacher laughed and was impressed people my age are watching it--even now that it has been over for five years. The Office is an example for generations and generations to come. It will never grow old, because it’s struggles are so relate-able--so human--that I venture to guess there will always be an audience trying to escape their own similar stress.

I have watched a lot of things—especially a lot of Netflix things, new and old—but there really is nothing like The Office, and I hope there never is. I have re-watched the show, all nine seasons (really eight though, let’s be honest, the first season is painful), six times so far, and I first finished it last spring. I have almost all Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert conversations memorized. I cry every time I watch the finale.

It may seem trivial, it may seem aggravating, and some people just may not be into that sort of thing. But this is one of the things you at least have to try, because I promise you… It is worth it.

The Office is about people, about relationships, about just some random, ordinary paper company. But it is more than that. Because it is about overcoming and about renewing, about finding what makes you happy--even working at some random, ordinary paper company.

This television show is about hopelessness. And it is about hope.

In summary: just in case you’re not already, get started on your hope binge-ing!

Hope Binge-ing {Guest post by Madison Ward}