The 10 Nicest Offices In TV History

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SAMCRO Chapel

Location: Charming, CA
Series: Sons of Anarchy

While technically not an office in the strictest sense, meetings at the chapel in the Sons of Anarchy (original charter) clubhouse are referred to as "church" because every important decision is decided there by majority vote, be it new member inductions or something more sinister - like becoming cocaine mules for Mexican cartels.

So where does the dope design come in? That would be the table itself, which features an insanely cool wood carving of the club logo, a Reaper holding an M16-scythe. Appropriate decoration for a table where felonies are routinely planned.

Jack Donaghy's Office

Location: 52nd floor of NBC building, New York NY
Series: 30 Rock

Would you expect the head of NBC to have anything less than an office to match the salary? Of course, Jack Donaghy revels in luxury so his office is the size of some one bedroom apartments. The CEO midday putt around is nothing new, but for real how many dudes have a freaking mantelpiece in the spot?

Fringe Headquarters

Location: Earth-2 New York, NY
Series: Fringe

On the Earth that we call home, the FBI's Fringe Division investigates the super weird cases that come their way out of an old science lab in Harvard, with a live cow in the corner no less. Their Earth-2 counterparts however? Straight ballin'.

In the parallel universe known as Earth-2, fringe occurrences are public knowledge and thus the division has the full weight of the government behind it. That means a plush state-of-the-art facility in Manhattan in all touch screen everything and plate glass glory. Mind you, this is a parallel universe, not the future, the takeaway being: we on Earth-1 are fucking up.

Angel's Office

Location: Wolfram & Hart law firm, Los Angeles CA
Series: Angel

Fans of Avengers maestro Joss Whedon's cult supernatural series faced a jarring transition when the titular vampire detective took on the position of CEO at Wolfram & Hart, the "interdimensional supernatural law firm," but if the change affected Angel then it wasn't because of lack of comfort. As head cheese he's given a ridiculously large office, complete with a built-in boardroom, special sunlight-neutralizing windows, and a sick granite wall to mount his impressive collection of swords and other weapons. Going corporate isn't without perks.

Jack Bauer's Office

Location: CTU (CounterTerrorism Unit), Los Angeles CA
Series: 24

In most seasons, or "days," of 24 Jack Bauer is like Rick Ross - his office is the streets. Dude is usually too busy chasing down terrorists (or his dumb daughter) or getting tortured to spend valuable time behind a desk, and that's ignoring the fact that most seasons he's a rogue with no agency to officially call home.

In season three however, he starts out as Head of Field Ops, which means his own slice of the the CTU headquarters complete with his own staff  - the first time we meet fan-favorite neurotic computer expert Chloe O'Brian - and a huge, shiny plate glass office. It even comes with 360 degree dimmers, the better to enable the pesky heroin addiction he was battling that year, and keep aforementioned annoying daughter away.

APO Headquarters

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Series: Alias

When we first met Sydney Bristow she worked for SD-6, a black-ops secret division of the CIA. It turned out she was a pawn in an elaborate running con, and said division was actually an enemy of the country, which explains why the HQ looked so drab. Wires were exposed everywhere and the walls were exposed cement with nary a splash of paint. Terrorists never prioritize decor.

Three seasons later she got it right when she quit the CIA proper to join a legitimate secret division. The new digs, APO (for Authorized Personnel Only) are also underground, underneath the mythical L.A. metro system but thankfully the aesthetic similarities to SD-6 stop there. APO is wildly fictitious in its design in that it looks like the CIA actually went out of their way to construct a shiny, comfortable place that spies could work out of, when in real life the offices are just as corporately boring as the next government building.

The Dollhouse

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Series: Dollhouse

Joss Whedon's quickly cancelled Eliza Dushku vehicle was definitely high-concept: a company known as the Dollhouse caters to %1's by offering them "dolls" - blank slate men and women capable of being imprinted with any personality and able to perform any type of service. For a place that specializes in as seedy a business as The Dollhouse does, the place itself is shockingly cozy.

It's huge enough to serve as an office for the actual corporation and a comfortable home for the dolls when they're between jobs and in their child-like blank state. Ice-cold director Adelle works out of a typically nice office with a great view of L.A., but the dolls have in-house psychiatrists and masseuses, and they sleep in cool pod-beds built into the floor. The House also features a naturally beyond high-tech section where the imprinting takes place.

Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce

Location: Time Life building, New York NY
Series: Mad Men

Don Draper and co. took a huge risk when they pooled their money to create an upstart ad firm mid-series, and the beginnings were humbly located in a simple hotel suite. Fast forward to season four and they've relocated to a sweet floor in the Time Life building, in much nicer and more modern digs than the original company had.

Don naturally has the largest slice, complete with a plush couch that comes in handy for his frequent midday naps and benders, but Roger's is the nicest thanks to the over zealousness of wife Jane and her Italian designer.

Now that they've got enough money to actually buy the second floor they lie to clients about having, expect Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Holloway to look even doper - and for Bert Cooper to actually have a chair and desk - when season six premieres. When is that exactly?

Bill Compton's Home Office

Location: Bon Temps, LA
Series: True Blood

When Bill first returned to Bon Temps the centuries old vampire was kicking it out of his ancestors' Louisiana house and it looked borderline condemned, a far cry from the opulent lifestyle that most vampires lead in the True Blood universe. In between seasons three and four he was fired from his full-time job of Sookie pining and finally got around to bringing the place into the 21st century to compliment his new title as King of Louisiana. Like a true king he works from the crib, and his office is strikingly modern while paying homage to centuries of traveling and foreign influences.

Miller-Gold Agency

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Series: Entourage

Ari Gold worked hard to earn his multi-million dollar office. His agency upstart with crabby cougar Babs Miller was based out its final, palatial resting place for so much of the series that its easy to forget the transition years when Terrance (Malcolm McDowell) fired him and he worked out of a rinky-dink building that didn't even have a working elevator. The settlement money from that debacle went a long way, resulting in the plush office we generally identify with the high-powered agent. Factor in the amazing view his personal office has and it's easily the nicest office in all of television. We can even forgive the garish orange couches.