The Office: Final Season |OT| It's better to burn out than it is to rust

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bigtroyjon said:
Yeah and they actually have interacted with the crew before, although the crew wasn't on camera. In the episode where Pam starts suspecting Dwight and Angela the camera guy comes running up to Pam to show her Dwight eating that candy bar.

Personally I don't have a problem with the Brian storyline because it doesn't make sense for the crew to suddenly interact like that, I have a problem with it because the storyline sucks.
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I have a problem with the casting. He's just a bad actor and looks like a creepy model. I wish he looked more normal. I don't mind the storyline because Jim and Pam have always been annoyingly perfect. So perfect it felt forced and unnatural. That's always stuck out to me.

It's also a little weird that in nine years Brian hasn't graduated from boom mic operator. Is that normal?
 
.GqueB. said:
I have a problem with the casting. He's just a bad actor and looks like a creepy model. I wish he looked more normal. I don't mind the storyline because Jim and Pam have always been annoyingly perfect. So perfect it felt forced and unnatural. That's always stuck out to me.

It's also a little weird that in nine years Brian hasn't graduated from boom mic operator. Is that normal?
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Better yet, who films the lives of white collar workers at a paper company for a decade?

I have no problem with Jim and Pam just being a nice couple. They're hardly perfect. They had to deal with her going to New York, him being sort of friendzoned at the start, and a few other things. I don't, however, like the fact that they turned into stupid annoying couple. That shit where they tried to ram Ceecee (cici?) down Will Farrel's throat, and other examples just came off as really stupid.
 
BrokenEchelon said:
Better yet, who films the lives of white collar workers at a paper company for a decade?

I have no problem with Jim and Pam just being a nice couple. They're hardly perfect. They had to deal with her going to New York, him being sort of friendzoned at the start, and a few other things. I don't, however, like the fact that they turned into stupid annoying couple. That shit where they tried to ram Ceecee (cici?) down Will Farrel's throat, and other examples just came off as really stupid.
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Well we haven't found out what this is for yet so I'll reserve judgement on that one.

I guess I just find them boring in a sea of interesting characters and situations. No matter what, they always manage to be the most boring thing on the show because nothing happened with them after they got married. Nothing that really sticks out to me anyway.
 
The Real Abed said:
Seriously, who the fuck is Frank? Did we ever see him before at all? At least we knew who Roy was and it was better done.
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At first, I thought Frank WAS Roy ("You left me for Jim so I'mma shit up your portrait!").....until I remembered the episode where Roy got married. lol
 
I literally can't believe Brian donged Pam with a boom mic. Office, what are you doing?

I guess, for now, I'll concede that the writers are angling for some forced infidelity drama between Pam and Jim. It couldn't have been more contrived though. The sound guy? I guess they needed a reasonable excuse for introducing a character out of fucking nowhere with a few episodes left in the series.
 
.GqueB. said:
I have a problem with the casting. He's just a bad actor and looks like a creepy model. I wish he looked more normal. I don't mind the storyline because Jim and Pam have always been annoyingly perfect. So perfect it felt forced and unnatural. That's always stuck out to me.

It's also a little weird that in nine years Brian hasn't graduated from boom mic operator. Is that normal?
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Maybe he has only been in the job a week and is actually batshit insane.
 
That was some bullshit. I can't believe the cheap, lazy route they took with this plot. After the brilliant arguement from last week, we've returned to forced, nonsensical plot/character developments the latest episodes have been known for. I should have guessed that the emotional phone conversation was just a brief flash of genius in this aimless hectic last season.

First, extremely happy that The Farm was cancelled. How many variations of severe asperger patients is Dwight associated with? Everyone he gathered to interview felt like such an unrealistic exaggerated Mose clone, it was unbearable. What a disappointing damper on the momentum they built in the last episode.

And vandalism. The whole confrontation was poorly handled. The warehouse guy didn't even get close to Pam, and practically stopped before he reached her. I remember Roy's attack on Jim in the office. It was such an intense believable moment, perfectly timed and staged. This assault was poorly thought it out, and mostly looked like a hugging contest. The sooner this Brian plot is over, the better. I'm guessing this Brian guy might push Pam to leave this documentary life behind and move with Jim to Philly, if anything.
 
So, I was going to make a post about how I was willing to give the Brian story the benefit of the doubt to begin with, but I'm not a fan of how they have continued it in the next two, but, hell, at least it breeds discussion for a show that has been stale for a while...

but forget about that

are the mentions of how 30 Rock ended really necessary? Not everyone has seen it, I've been waiting for the whole season to watch through it all, and have tried to avoid any spoilers at all, but by all means just bring it up in an Office thread, its cool.
 
The boom mic hit on pam had me and my fiacee look at each other and say "seriously?" I like that they are trying something new but this infidelity angle is getting pushed way too hard and quick
 
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Greg Daniels came back for this shit? I don't think I've ever cringed harder than when Brian came to Pam's rescue. I seriously can't defend this show with a straight face anymore (it was honestly getting harder after season 5). I think the perfect time to shine a spotlight on the documentary crew was when Michael was leaving, not this forced mess.
 
fisheyes said:
but forget about that

are the mentions of how 30 Rock ended really necessary? Not everyone has seen it, I've been waiting for the whole season to watch through it all, and have tried to avoid any spoilers at all, but by all means just bring it up in an Office thread, its cool.
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seconded, wtf people. a day after it aired? so lame
 
I really hoped Jim would cheat on Pam with that girl in the hotel room, he was so lame for avoiding that. Their whole marriage annoys me deeply in general maybe Pam will have the balls to do what Jim should have. I fully support this boom mic guy infidelity even though it's obviously forced and rushed I don't care I want to see some relationship destruction. Since they got married this couple has been so bad.
 
Link said:
Why not after Pam called off her wedding to Roy and Jim was in Stamford? The guy waits til she's married with two kids and has a fight?
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maybe didn't know her as well...got to know her better as the series progressed? believable enough for me.
 
AgentWhiskers said:
Greg Daniels came back for this shit? I don't think I've ever cringed harder than when Brian came to Pam's rescue. I seriously can't defend this show with a straight face anymore (it was honestly getting harder after season 5). I think the perfect time to shine a spotlight on the documentary crew was when Michael was leaving, not this forced mess.
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He brought some of the demeure elements back to the show, although the writing staff is still shit.
 
Angry Fork said:
I really hoped Jim would cheat on Pam with that girl in the hotel room, he was so lame for avoiding that. Their whole marriage annoys me deeply in general maybe Pam will have the balls to do what Jim should have. I fully support this boom mic guy infidelity even though it's obviously forced and rushed I don't care I want to see some relationship destruction. Since they got married this couple has been so bad.
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Lame? He probably had Brian and a whole camera crew in the room with him. A bit hard to cheat and get away with it then. He probably banged her out the back later.
 
Cmon guys, there HAS to be some kind of twist to this shit! An infidelity story line in the last half of the final season? I refuse to believe it.
 
I haven't watched any of this season yet, but it feels strange for them to acknowledge that the camera crew consists of real people after several seasons of moving away from that. I can't remember a single moment from the first half of season 8, which was the last time I watched the show, where the camera crew was considered at all. Talking head interviews are technically the character talking to a member of the crew but they didn't do anything with that concept either. The culmination of the Christmas episode of S8 containing a musical montage seemed to seal that there was not an in-universe camera crew most of the time.

I think it's a cool idea, I liked what they did in S3 where the camera would sneak up on people or get people's attention. I don't understand how they're doing that now: who's holding the camera if the camera guy is in shot, for example? Do they handle that well or at all?
 
I guess it's good that these episodes have continually surprised me with the brian awfulness?

cause tbh the other plots have been okay. kevin bitching out the senator was good. the idea of dwight and pam teaming up works, execution was terrible. dwight interviewing his friends could be funny (none of those funny people got any good lines, poor Eric Wareheim and James Urbaniak and so on, only great role there was Schur's running away). but this awful brian stuff. This is the exact kind of final season stuff that gets put in the canon as so obviously awful, the kind of thing that writers should be able to identify as just bad.
 
Angry Fork said:
I really hoped Jim would cheat on Pam with that girl in the hotel room, he was so lame for avoiding that. Their whole marriage annoys me deeply in general maybe Pam will have the balls to do what Jim should have. I fully support this boom mic guy infidelity even though it's obviously forced and rushed I don't care I want to see some relationship destruction. Since they got married this couple has been so bad.
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really? I always liked that the drama was would Jim and Pam get together. Once they finally got together the show always painted a picture of them as the perfect couple with only minor bumps (like Pam going to art school).
 
This brian shit is cringe worthy. Hitting her with the mic. Fighting that dude.

I hate this show.

But i ate so many turds already that i cant stop now because all those turds i ate will be for naught.
 
Mikey Jr. said:
This brian shit is cringe worthy. Hitting her with the mic. Fighting that dude.

I hate this show.

But i ate so many turds already that i cant stop now because all those turds i ate will be for naught.
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It came off as some sort of penis thing the way he tapped her forehead. It was supposed to be cute and playful but it was crreeeppyyyyy.
 
Dropped the show at the beginning of this season, spottily watched last season, but Im back after hearing about this Brian guy. What a terrible joke this show has become. I remember when it used to be good-cringey

But I'm interested in this backdoor pilot episode

Edit: Lol, just saw it. Shitty way to end the show, should have kept the whole thing a mystery until the end.
 
Jarnet87 said:
New episode tonight "Couples Discount". Let's hope this episode ends the madness with Brian the sound guy.
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I'm guessing so.

My not so bold prediction:

Brian tells Jim and Pam how much they mean to him over lunch. Talks about how much they have gone through and that they shouldn't throw it away or let a job interfere with it. Pam then decides to move the family and get a job near Jim.
 
toddhunter said:
I'm guessing so.

My not so bold prediction:

Brian tells Jim and Pam how much they mean to him over lunch. Talks about how much they have gone through and that they shouldn't throw it away or let a job interfere with it. Pam then decides to move the family and get a job near Jim.
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Better prediction:

Brian and Jim reveal over lunch that 2 years ago, they under went a procedure where they switched faces. It pretty much writes itself.
 
TimeEffect said:
Sorry, meant the scenes with Brian, should have kept the camera crew out of the story until the very end.
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Oh okay, I thought you meant end the show like end the series, so I was confused, lol. I get what you're trying to say now, and yeah, I agree. This whole Brian thing is stupid. What I thought they should have done, which just wouldn't have made financial sense for them, is to put a look behind the crew of this office documentary in the DVD/Blu-ray box set for this season, and keep it out of the episodes, which I feel should mirror us watching "documentary".
 
.GqueB. said:
Better prediction:
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Even better...

Jim and Brian both reveal they are...Andy in disguise. Rest of the season is about the adventures of those two and the returning Andy who sing their way across the south east of America looking for their long lost brother (who is also Andy).

VanWinkle said:
Oh okay, I thought you meant end the show like end the series, so I was confused, lol. I get what you're trying to say now, and yeah, I agree. This whole Brian thing is stupid. What I thought they should have done, which just wouldn't have made financial sense for them, is to put a look behind the crew of this office documentary in the DVD/Blu-ray box set for this season, and keep it out of the episodes, which I feel should mirror us watching "documentary".
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Yep. Seems pretty simple doesn't it?
 
How the Brian/Pam/Jim stuff is really going to end:
Three way
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I wonder how much more we'll see of it tonight.
 
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