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NBC Comedy: The Office, Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock, Community

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anybody been watching The Office? Been a pretty solid season in my IMO. I was a little shocked at the ending last night. The random chick that's been filling in for Pam while she was on maternity leave and they have basically ignored for 3 or 4 episodes all of a sudden thinks Jim and Pam's marriage is on the rocks and she's going to hook up with him in Tallahassee? WTF? Where the hell did that come from?
 
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WolverineMike;2107337; said:
anybody been watching The Office? Been a pretty solid season in my IMO. I was a little shocked at the ending last night. The random chick that's been filling in for Pam while she was on maternity leave and they have basically ignored for 3 or 4 episodes all of a sudden thinks Jim and Pam's marriage is on the rocks and she's going to hook up with him in Tallahassee? WTF? Where the hell did that come from?
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Agree. WTF?

Oh and Erin leaving? Huh?
 
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So, I broke down and watched last weeks episode of 'The Office' that the wife left behind on the dvr. I quit watching the show after about two episodes in this season. Figured I'd check it out and see if maybe it had improved. Here's my thoughts...

- They need to pull the plug, it's horrific at this point.
- They brought that British chick, back? Seriously?
- They're still humping that Andy-Erin "relationship" that nobody cares about?
- WTF happened to Jenna Fischer? :(
- Kevin has morphed into Homer Simpson.
- WTF happened to Toby?
- Dwight is a parody of himself.

That was the last episode I'll be watching. It had been bad for several years, now it's unwatchable. My wife still likes it, for some reason. When I watched the first couple episodes of this season and didn't so much as snicker, my wife asked "why aren't you laughing?". I answered, "because it's not funny." Still isn't. Great show for 2-3 seasons, followed by a couple of bad seasons, then a rapid descent into "unwatchable". Just end it, already.
 
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The Office still appeals to me. I thought it would be a disaster without Michael, but Andy as manager hasn't been terrible.

It's not great, and it's not nearly as good as it was in the first few seasons, but it's still worth watching, and better than most of the crap out there. At this point I don't want to jump into another sit-com in the middle of its run, and I really hate investing time in most new things because so many of them are just pure derp, so inevitably I watch less and less TV.

I suppose I'll continue watching this thing until it dies. Who knows when that'll be.



PS - Jenna Fisher had a baby within the last year-ish, which they wrote into the script as Jim & Pam's second baby.
 
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The Office still appeals to me. I thought it would be a disaster without Michael, but Andy as manager hasn't been terrible.

It's not great, and it's not nearly as good as it was in the first few seasons, but it's still worth watching, and better than most of the crap out there. At this point I don't want to jump into another sit-com in the middle of its run, and I really hate investing time in most new things because so many of them are just pure derp, so inevitably I watch less and less TV.

I suppose I'll continue watching this thing until it dies. Who knows when that'll be.


PS - Jenna Fisher had a baby within the last year-ish, which they wrote into the script as Jim & Pam's second baby.
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I agree with all this. I still watch The Office because there's not a whole lot of good comedy out there and I still enjoy most of the characters, even if they are caricatures of their former selves. The storylines are definitely way out there--the show just has no center without Michael--but there's a few laughs to be had now and then. I do end most episodes thinking, "It's just not the same without Michael," though.

PS - Jenna Fischer needs to think about spending some of those TV million$ on a fancy post-baby Hollywood trainer!

A reminder:
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I haven't heard about this until now. Anyone know anything about this:

But at the New York City premiere of his new film, Helms seemed unworried by the fact that NBC looks to be moving forward with a spinoff that would take Rainn Wilson's Dwight Schrute character out of Dunder Mifflin.

"Well I think obviously Steve [Carell] left last year and it just opened up all kinds of possibilities and opportunities not just for myself but the whole cast," Helms told The Hollywood Reporter. "I think any time the boat is rocked, it's a good thing and an exciting thing and an opportunity."

The boat looks to be rocked in more ways than one; writer and co-star Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor) has her own pilot at Fox, while James Spader, who joined the show this season as CEO of Dunder Mifflin's parent company Sabre, has confirmed his departure.
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Apparently NBC still remembers the unparalleled success of Joey's spinoff from Friends and wants to try it again with Dwight.
 
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