breathe. >> and you're inside of a young doctor's head. >> death is always hanging around this hospital. >> morning. >> "mash" was obviously an influence on me because i was drawn to comedy that somehow was still about something. >> this isn't really what i expected, you know? most of my patients are checked out mentally. >> pumpkin? that's modern medicine. >> advances that keep people alive who should have died a long time ago. back when they lost what made them people. for the love of god. what? >> do you think we should be talking about it in front of her? >> her? she's dead. >> then in the early 2000s there was this hunger to reinvent the network sitcom and nbc decided to take a chance on a uk hit called "the office." >> there's good news and bad news. the bad news is some of you will lose your jobs.