To celebrate Peacock as the new home for “The Office,” the broadcast service on Friday shared unreleased footage of the beloved sitcom, with Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) pulling out a “Matrix” – an inspired joke against Dwight (Rainn Wilson).
At the scene, the couple, with the help of security guard Hank (the late Hugh Dane), tries to convince Dwight that he is given the opportunity to join an underground army to help free humanity. . His decision, like Neo’s in “The Matrix,” is made by choosing between two pills.
His choice surprises them all.
As of January 1, all 201 episodes of the show appear on NBCUniversal’s proprietary streaming service. The first two seasons are available for free, while seasons 3 to 9 require a Peacock Premium subscription, priced at $ 4.99 per month. (There is an ad-free experience available for $ 9.99 a month.)
“Having“ The Office ”back in the NBC family opens up access to a lot of additional content that we originally shot,” executive producer Greg Daniels said in a statement. “The Peacock team wanted to create the ultimate destination for fans, so I went back to the newspapers with the original editors of the show and found some unreleased images that were cut out in time, but still fun to watch.”
“The Office” aired on NBC between 2005 and 2013. It won five Emmy Awards during its nine-season career and a Peabody Award in 2006. It found a second life and a new generation of viewers thanks to streaming and Netflix, with Nielsen estimating that the show aired for about 52 billion minutes in 2018.