That joke sucked but I bet it was appealing to a large demographic (and I don't mean fat people. snicker)
Andy was great. The CEO is pretty goodM I'm just glad that he isn't going to be around forever. I have a hard time caring about anyone or anything other than a good joke nowadays. I'm always okay with Kevin and Darryl though
― ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
this show has gone downhill
― revelatory juxtaposition there, bro (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 30 September 2011 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah but still kinda enjoyable.
i admit i loved that last Spader line - "there's something about an underdog that really inspires the unexceptional."
― Nhex, Friday, 30 September 2011 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love the fact that the nickname Tuna seemed so lame once upon a time, but now it's just what Andy calls Jim.
― trishyb, Friday, 30 September 2011 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ otm, thats one of the touches of realism that I appreciate wrt this show. I mean, lots of irl nicknames are the same way - they start out so stupid, but stick.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 30 September 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still get some lols and some warm fuzzies from The Office now in the post-Michael Scott era, but it's just like comfort food now. Casseroles are rarely exciting, but delicious.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ed Helms low billing? Andy not coping in the role? I reckon he's being written out.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 1 October 2011 10:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
He's the show's biggest star (hangover etc), and just being written as michael-lite. That's their only way to new viewers is pushing helms. The low-billing is probably a contractual thing because he came into the show in season 3.
― Clay, Saturday, 1 October 2011 10:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
ep stunk on ice. straight terrible.
like the first few minutes w Spader were okay, but after that...whoa!
― revelatory juxtaposition there, bro (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, this ep was awful.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 3 October 2011 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Andy is not Michael-lite in any way, shape or form. He's ineffectual and effective in entirely different ways, plus he is not completely incapable of (or uninterested in) grasping basic social conventions.
― the tax avocado (DJP), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, September 30, 2011 11:12 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
Exactly. I only watch bc I used to love, and occasionally I can get one of those good elements. But, 95% of the episode is terrible now.
― juicebox, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Daryl/Andy faceoff answered some questions.
― The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 8 October 2011 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
...and was rehashed from "Did I Stutter?" Cold opening was the worst ever. I knew this season was going to be rough going when I noticed that everyone is smiling during the opening credits.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 8 October 2011 04:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Saturday, 8 October 2011 04:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
The opening credit sequence is different this season, and it shows shots of the whole gang smiling. Which is not exactly what a show about an office needs to be doing.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 8 October 2011 06:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
this week's was the lowest-rated episode in 6 and a half years. I would say "RIP" but it's still well above what other NBC comedies pull.
― Rory's new misogynist car (Gukbe), Saturday, 8 October 2011 06:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Every show but The Mentalist took a hit thursday night due to baseball (which I think was the highest rated playoff game ever?).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 October 2011 07:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagine it was some product placement thing, but I have say, Erin as Wendy (of "Wendy's") was an inspired costume.
― The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 October 2011 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
gabe and erin are the only characters i care about anymore. whenever gabe's creepy mug shows up on-screen i am filled with joy.
― lite-brite phrenology (reddening), Friday, 28 October 2011 07:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
opening scenes with Andy as Michael Scott-lite were embarrassing, but I liked getting to see more of the cast this week and last ep (triumphant return of Mose!), and hope that this week's stuff was an indication of actual plots for Erin to come.
not looking forward to the other redhead though
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Monday, 31 October 2011 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
gabe is so rubbish I thought it was the actor but his small part in damsels in distress wasn't bad and he was quite good in his big scene
― conrad, Monday, 31 October 2011 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's fantastic in The Thick Of It
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Monday, 31 October 2011 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am pro-gabe forever, his presence on this show is wonderfully incongruous. he's this spiteful, awkward, powerless grotesque that doesn't mesh well with anyone, particularly compared to how chummy and sitcommy the rest of the main cast has become. his "shut up about the sun!" in the last season finale is all-time for me.
― lite-brite phrenology (reddening), Monday, 31 October 2011 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
also are we not talking about casting spoilers itt? because i'm also looking forward to the aforementioned casting spoiler. basically i want the office to only star people who weren't in the office seasons 1 thru 3.
― lite-brite phrenology (reddening), Monday, 31 October 2011 02:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
tinyurl link to the spoiler? i can't find it...
― Mordy, Monday, 31 October 2011 02:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean In The Loop obv
― the men who glare at stoats (sic), Monday, 31 October 2011 02:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love Gabe. I think I was probably like Gabe in college. Ambient synthesizer music and narrative-free experimental video. I love when they rely on his pretensions for the laughs. Oscar's arrogance and pretentiousness is great too. Like that discussion he had with Daryl about Citizen Kane.
― dan selzer, Monday, 31 October 2011 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
casting spoiler
― lite-brite phrenology (reddening), Monday, 31 October 2011 05:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah I saw that, I am massively excited about that
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Monday, 31 October 2011 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
show is dying
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 4 November 2011 09:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
this show is terrible now but andy rocking out on his legs was for some reason the funniest thing i've seen in a long time. hit a bit too close to home maybe.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 12 November 2011 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I laughed heartily at Dwight's "you're fake salivating over a Soviet-era Russian" and "he has the broad face of a brewer."
― trishyb, Saturday, 12 November 2011 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pam Dwight Jim story quite good, band story really terrible. If you think it was the other way around, you are wrong, but I suspect you will enjoy the upcoming Jenna Fischerless episodes more than I will.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Now THAT was terrible and without redeeming qualities. Three in a row like that and even I will give up.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 18 November 2011 08:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have either got really low standards (from years of exposure to UK comedy progs) or I saw a different episode because I found that one pretty amusing (and much better than ep.7).
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 18 November 2011 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Last two episodes have been surprisingly strong. The premises of last night's two plots were typical of the really bad episodes of this show, but damned if it wasn't really well written. Much laughter.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 13 January 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
'Everyone got that answer.. except The Einsteins'
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought it was really good too. Gabe is just one of the all time creeps, he and Dwight are hilarious together.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
And goddam is Erin smoking hot.
Spader not delivering fully on the promise imo. Occasionally funny, but often not.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 January 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay, tonight was--to me anyway--the best from them in ages.
― Lady Writer, Male Seether (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really loose limbed.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 04:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/the-office-rainn-wilson-spinoff/
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
what do you think: better or worse than joey?
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
poll
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
The very vocal "terrifying housewife" segment of Office fans hate Dwight and would like him gone, and the last couple of seasons have been catering to that particular group to the show's detriment (probably due to network pressure) -- I think the last handful of episodes have been the writers standing up a bit to re-claim the show from that pandering, but 1. the terrifying housewives have hated these episodes ("why is every episode not centered on Jim calling Pam to tell ask her about the babies and tell her what he's doing? I hate this show!!! It's so unrealistic!!! Also GAYS!") and 2. networks are not known for a great love of writer rebellion. I'm thinking the network is floating this.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fuck the pandering housewives, less jim and pam, more erin. preferably in as little clothing as possible.
I would watch the Dwight show, as long as Mose plays a large role.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think they've found the groove.
― Lady Writer, Male Seether (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 February 2012 02:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
You mean the groove of having some emotional tension and strong characterization in a show that only ever worked in the first place because it had more emotional tension and strong characterization than most US sitcoms? I agree. I really hope the Dwight spin-off doesn't happen, though -- the very least they could do would be to kill The Office first. The Dwight character and Rainn Wilson's acting were fantastic this episode, but fantastic in context.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 10 February 2012 09:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i liked the kinda-cheesy casting of Ed Begley Jr. and Joan Cusack. they seem like such generic hippy rom-com parents
― Nhex, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
Best part of that scene was how everyone else in the panel and the audience realized what was happening before she did.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 20:55 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah, that erin's a dopey sweetheart
― Nhex, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:57 (1 week ago) Permalink
Also loved Pete's bit about he's still not famous or anything, but now all his friends call him "Plop" so that's great.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:04 (1 week ago) Permalink
Though the episode overall was basically a clip show where nobody felt like acting.
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2013 23:41 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes! in that respect it was hard to tell the difference between the talking heads in the retrospective clip show thing and the actual final episode
― umair coque (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:16 (1 week ago) Permalink
<3 erin, xpost. but yeah, overall this episode was lame and unsurprising. i felt happy for andy in the end, getting a job in the admissions office at cornell. i didn't even know i cared about that character but this was the only emotional response i had to this episode.
― Treeship, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:20 (1 week ago) Permalink
i didn't have much emotional attachment at all. it all happened, there were things, people did stuff, they all did their final speeches, the end. only time i actually felt nice about it all was in that group photo in the warehouse with greg daniels &c., but even that was awkward.
― umair coque (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
They added 15 minutes to it, but imo they could've cut out 15 minutes of Dwight and Angela's wedding and it would've been perfectly okay with me. I guess they needed that so Michael could have his cameo, Nellie could get her baby, and Ryan and Kelly could flee together.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
the baby thing was depressing to me. isn't it traumatic for babies' primary caregivers to keep changing?
― Treeship, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:25 (1 week ago) Permalink
i mean functionally it all ~worked~, and everyone did the sorts of things you would expect them all to be doing, but the execution felt a bit by-the-numbers
xp yeah, the baby thing was in character for ryan, slightly dissonant for kelly, and just completely wtf for nellie (because we still don't know who she is; she might as well be an extra for all the difference it makes)
― umair coque (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:27 (1 week ago) Permalink
actually no i take that back, perfectly in character for kelly
losing the wedding also meant losing the string band version of "Sweet Child of Mine", so NO.
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:32 (1 week ago) Permalink
It was very Dwight that his first reaction to the limo stopping and seeing a man with a bazooka standing in a field was to assume that Jim had turned on him.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:33 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah that was good. the part with dwight and the stripper was stupid and forced though. i don't know what they could have done better with this episode... this season was a mess. the early seasons of the office still contain many of my favorite moments in television history though.
― Treeship, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:37 (1 week ago) Permalink
otoh, the fact that Angela's stripper was Meredith's son and the only person not weirded out by that being Meredith was p awesome.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:41 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah that was great. i think it could have been better executed because it was undermined/cut short by the ridiculous mose kidnapping plotline, but i shouldn't complain bc it was still funny
― Treeship, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:42 (1 week ago) Permalink
The wedding was good, come on. The hair metal and the entire Kelly/Ryan scene was A++++ for their characters. "It's a combination of Drew and Blake".
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:42 (1 week ago) Permalink
"She went out to get a battery for her E-Cigarette..."
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:45 (1 week ago) Permalink
And come on, the "you came" "that's what she said" was expected, but perfect.
― schwantz, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:48 (1 week ago) Permalink
Definitely, but Michael desperately needed just a few more actual lines. Or some more 1 on 1 sneak ups like he did with Dwight.
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2013 22:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
i suspect michael was only there to appease the audience. the show is in no way about him any more.
― umair coque (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 May 2013 23:01 (1 week ago) Permalink
sort of like when hitchcock started doing his lol cameos right at the start of films so the audience would stop looking for him and just enjoy the movie
yeah, we found out all we needed to know about the rest of his life from Pam.
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 May 2013 23:24 (1 week ago) Permalink
He's so happy that he's got a family plan!
― West Egg Girls (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 18 May 2013 01:53 (1 week ago) Permalink
We watched the finale tonight. I'm so glad I jumped ship when I did.
― pplains, Saturday, 18 May 2013 05:19 (1 week ago) Permalink
when did you? I think I stopped watching after the 2009 season
― Cunga, Saturday, 18 May 2013 05:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
Maybe it was the beginning of this season? When it was revealed that James Spader was gone and Andy was the new boss?
― pplains, Saturday, 18 May 2013 05:27 (1 week ago) Permalink
I've got to hand it to Gervais/Merchant: One season, two seasons, a Christmas special and OUT.
― pplains, Saturday, 18 May 2013 05:29 (1 week ago) Permalink
james spader was fumbled and catherine tate was just utterly wasted
― umair coque (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 18 May 2013 08:25 (1 week ago) Permalink
I liked the finale, but I also didn't watch the retrospective until afterwards, which helped.
Brautentführung is a real tradition.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 18 May 2013 13:07 (1 week ago) Permalink
I liked the finale! I didn't like the previous episode where it was revealed the baby was Dwight's - I'd rather it wasn't and Angela hadn't lied to him the whole time.
― kinder, Saturday, 18 May 2013 15:35 (1 week ago) Permalink
Amusing "Where Are They Know" character pix from NBC site.
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:17 (3 days ago) Permalink
geez, "Where Are They Now?"