Extras

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 94 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 94
  3. Negative: 6 out of 94
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  1. PatrickM
    Oct 31, 2005
    3
    My main gripe about this show on the whole is that every single episode seems to be a carbon copy of the last, albeit a different setting, different guest actor, and different director. However, it borders on tedium. I was very excited to hear Gervais and Merchant were offering up another comedy, but it seems to fall quite short. It's not like I watched the fist 10 minutes of the My main gripe about this show on the whole is that every single episode seems to be a carbon copy of the last, albeit a different setting, different guest actor, and different director. However, it borders on tedium. I was very excited to hear Gervais and Merchant were offering up another comedy, but it seems to fall quite short. It's not like I watched the fist 10 minutes of the first show and dismissed it either. No, I sat through three of the eps, finding it sometimes painful to understand the incoherent accents. In a desperate attempt for understanding, I actually put on closed captioning. I watch British series a lot and have never had to resort to that... Plus, hey, if you watch one episode, it seems to me that you have seen the plot line for the entire series.… Expand
  2. haed
    Sep 15, 2006
    0
    poor
  3. GurjS
    Sep 15, 2006
    0
    poor man's curb

Awards & Rankings

7
#7 Best TV Season of 2005
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#32 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
21
#21 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    90
    'Extras" is far less terminally existential than ''The Office," less depressing to watch.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    25
    Tedious.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    Millman... is kind of an irritating guy, and the conceit of the show wears thin pretty quickly.
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