His reaction to Oscar's acceptance of his gift was amazing because I'm not used to Michael "getting it". And also that's the hardest I've ever seen him laugh.

Well I usually don't write reviews but here goes. I too watched the UK version of the Office first and was embraced by the brilliance of Ricky Gervaise and his very talented cast. So when the U.S. version aired its first season I was very aphrehensive of the very idea. Well as the episodes went on and the characters began to unfold you couldn't help but fall in love with the show. Steve Carell/Michael Scott was defintely not Ricky Gervais/David Brent but became his own as well as the other characters who were mirrored off of the UK version. This episode in particular was very moving because its not just an office but the employees actually became an extended family and it was actually great seeing them every week. I think this show gave an uplift to many Americans during these tough economic times because it was a show about real people who you'd probably would see at a regular job. Seeing Steve leave for bigger and better things was very throat lumping and tear snatching at its best. Good Job cast and crew of the Office!

During the middle of the episode you see the zoom in shot on his trophy, which you see in the early intro? How could they have planned that? How freaking far did they plan this?