The Office: Final Season |OT| It's better to burn out than it is to rust
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i'm surprised they didn't have him back on acting ability alone, because he was really really really good.
spookyfish
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Well, they're not the only ones.
cr_blah_blah
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Random and cool to hear the Decemberists played. Everything sucked besides that.
Davey Cakes
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Pretty much everything about it was bad. Didn't care for either the farm plot or the Todd Packer one.
The Farm not getting picked up as a show makes perfect sense. I think it would be boring. Dwight's farm, even as a side joke, feels played out so a series would just be redundant to some degree.
The Farm not getting picked up as a show makes perfect sense. I think it would be boring. Dwight's farm, even as a side joke, feels played out so a series would just be redundant to some degree.
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Haha first episode of The Office I've ever stopped watching before it was over. About 10 minutes before it was done, I decided my 10 minutes was more valuable to me than taking part in this dreck.
Stumpokapow
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I did like that the talking heads were framed and shot pretty different; lower camera, more full-body shots. I also liked the very loose premises set out for the sister, the brother, Dwight's old flame, and the nephew. I don't see that they could have made a show out of it, because a little bit of "lol dwight's farm exists is some bizarre alternate reality where people don't act like actual north americans" stuff goes a long way and a lot of it would burn out.
I feel like there was a bizarre tonal disconnect between the sombre mood of the Dwight pilot (The Decemberists?!) and the screwball mood of the Office plot.
You can also tell it aired out of order because there's no attempt to situate Andy's role in the episode versus any of the plot development that has happened with Andy.
The morning after scene where everyone is at work looking terrible was so dumb. Look, I've gone to work after a night of being sick, and yeah your appearance suffers, but 1) if you're that sick, you call in sick, especially in this slacker work environment, 2) you don't go in with your hair matted and run-off. It'd be one thing if the male actors had stubble and the female actors clearly had quick low-effort looks, but they tried to make everyone look like cavemen. Just a reflection on how very unsubtle the show is at this point.
Oscar saying "Dwight has a sister?!" was super lame. Yeah, yeah, a sly nod to the fact that introducing major family members 9 years in to server a backdoor pilot is not very believable. How very self-aware.
I feel like there was a bizarre tonal disconnect between the sombre mood of the Dwight pilot (The Decemberists?!) and the screwball mood of the Office plot.
You can also tell it aired out of order because there's no attempt to situate Andy's role in the episode versus any of the plot development that has happened with Andy.
The morning after scene where everyone is at work looking terrible was so dumb. Look, I've gone to work after a night of being sick, and yeah your appearance suffers, but 1) if you're that sick, you call in sick, especially in this slacker work environment, 2) you don't go in with your hair matted and run-off. It'd be one thing if the male actors had stubble and the female actors clearly had quick low-effort looks, but they tried to make everyone look like cavemen. Just a reflection on how very unsubtle the show is at this point.
Oscar saying "Dwight has a sister?!" was super lame. Yeah, yeah, a sly nod to the fact that introducing major family members 9 years in to server a backdoor pilot is not very believable. How very self-aware.
You mean there was more after they walk down the hill to the farm?
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Yeah that was pretty bad. Had some okay laughs, but totally felt out of place.
toddhunter
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No. Got nothing else to do really and I'm still hoping the show ends with me and Pam getting together.
That was very very terrible. Plot back at the office didn't have a single laugh, was stupid, useless, any bad adjective applies. The farm side was also a failure, though not a complete one. It didn't have a single laugh and it had a ridiculous number of inept Schrute jokes. However, it did feel like there could have been a show there...if they'd made different choices in so many ways.
That main cast seemed okay (though it was hard to tell because Dwight's brother and sister were given almost no lines or at least had them cut out for this version) and the broad outlines of those characters could have some chemistry, even drive a sitcom. But hell, drop the documentary premise. Just have it be single-cam, not even Parks or Modern Family style. Plain single cam. Lampshade it if you want, have Dwight's sister ask him about the doc and have him say "oh I'm not in it now that I've quit." Just ditch it. And don't lean into the wacky Schrute shit. That's a symptom of a sitcom late in its life, why would you start a show there? Tone it back.
Doesn't matter I guess, because it was already a wild misfire.
That main cast seemed okay (though it was hard to tell because Dwight's brother and sister were given almost no lines or at least had them cut out for this version) and the broad outlines of those characters could have some chemistry, even drive a sitcom. But hell, drop the documentary premise. Just have it be single-cam, not even Parks or Modern Family style. Plain single cam. Lampshade it if you want, have Dwight's sister ask him about the doc and have him say "oh I'm not in it now that I've quit." Just ditch it. And don't lean into the wacky Schrute shit. That's a symptom of a sitcom late in its life, why would you start a show there? Tone it back.
Doesn't matter I guess, because it was already a wild misfire.
The Real Abed
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Wait. Was it or was it not an hour episode?
Silas Lang
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Just 30 minutes. I watched it online and that was all that was up.
brianjones
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they really should have just scrapped the entire episode and kept if for a dvd extra or something
nothing at all redeemable about it
nothing at all redeemable about it
Shadow2222
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That morning after the cupcakes was... Sad, as already stated. How terribly disappointing.
I will still watch until the very end, in hopes of an ending that is at least worthy of the great seasons of the show.
I will still watch until the very end, in hopes of an ending that is at least worthy of the great seasons of the show.
fudgey_lumpkins
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I liked the farm episode. I wish they would have given it a chance instead of canceling the spinoff. I was entertained. 
Oops, I meant to say second half of the episode. I only watched 15 minutes, so I was asking about the other 15 minutes.
Sorry for the confusion, guys.
Only good thing about Rosewell. She was way better than Sherri Appleby and Katherine Heigl.
ThanksVision
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I've been watching some older episodes recently (season 4 era) and it's incredible how far off this show is now. Michael WAS the show. Almost everything revolved around him. I think Dinner Party is my favorite episode; it was the first episode after the writer's strike and what a way to come back from a break. What about you guys? Any favorite episodes?
EDIT: I want to talk about how good this show has been, just to take away from discussing its awfulness every week
EDIT: I want to talk about how good this show has been, just to take away from discussing its awfulness every week
toddhunter
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Casino night was my favourite episode of any show I have ever seen. For me it was perfect.
I wasn't a huge fan of Dinner Party but it was still vastly superior than the later seasons episodes. My favorite episodes were from seasons 1 through pre-writers strike Season 4. I didn't like some of the Season 4 episodes, like Did I Stutter, The Deposition, and Night Out, but it had some GREAT episodes, like Fun Run, Money, Launch Party, etc. I wish we could have seen it out a full season.
A lot of people here really liked season 5, which I thought was only decent as a Michael Scott-era season. Worst by far was 6, though. I don't THINK there was a single episode I liked from that one, although I can't remember for sure. Season 7 was, for me, on par with 5. Some funny episodes for sure but nothing that was just consistently funny like 1-3.
Favorite episode? Hmm, that is VERY tough. Possibly The Injury? Maybe Safety Training. Honestly, you could take ANY episode from season 2 and 3 and pretty much interchange them for my favorite episodes. In fact, season 1 (besides the pilot which borrowed too heavily from the UK version), 2, 3, and parts of 4 make it still my favorite show ever to this day even despite there being some genuinely horrible seasons (6, 8, and now 9).
Edit: Just looked through the episode listing for season 6. Yeah not a SINGLE episode I liked, except possibly Secret Santa, but that's only because I love Christmas episodes. Man, I can't even say that about season 8 and 9. Tallahassee from season 8 was better than anything from season 6.
I'm watching an old Office episode. Man, the quality back then.
Michael takes Jim to Hooters, accidentally reveals his secret to Toby, Kelly, and Angela, Michael messing up his hair to look more like Jim. And the general Jim/Pam stuff. I do understand that a ton of these work because of Michael.
Michael takes Jim to Hooters, accidentally reveals his secret to Toby, Kelly, and Angela, Michael messing up his hair to look more like Jim. And the general Jim/Pam stuff. I do understand that a ton of these work because of Michael.
Man, The Secret. Such a great episode. Loved Michael doing his hair like Jim haha.
Classic Jim camera stares.
Classic Dwight moment: "Guess what I found out about Oscar? He wasn't sick."
ThanksVision
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Gay Witch Hunt is pretty damned amazing.
Have a signed copy of that script by the cast, too.
PS: the office is officially closed. Filming the finale is all done, with a few "secret" pickups planned.
Still holding out on a post-doc interview with Michael Scott to close the series (one last "that's what she said"). I am thinking that's how it'll close.
"It was long and hard, but we did it"
"That's what she said"
Fade to black.
Have a signed copy of that script by the cast, too.
PS: the office is officially closed. Filming the finale is all done, with a few "secret" pickups planned.
Still holding out on a post-doc interview with Michael Scott to close the series (one last "that's what she said"). I am thinking that's how it'll close.
"It was long and hard, but we did it"
"That's what she said"
Fade to black.
^Gay Witch Hunt was amazing. Its insane how every single season 2 and 3 episode could be considered classics.
I feel like I should be more sad and solemn about The Office filming officially being over, but I don't know. I guess the last few years has just taken away any emotion I feel towards the show.
"That's why people are leaving. I...I have no words." Haha, great episode.
Hahaha LOVED that part. I liked how the title of the episode, The Secret, kind of referred both to the obvious thing, Jim's crush on Pam, but also about the Oscar thing.
I feel like I should be more sad and solemn about The Office filming officially being over, but I don't know. I guess the last few years has just taken away any emotion I feel towards the show.
"That's why people are leaving. I...I have no words." Haha, great episode.
Hahaha LOVED that part. I liked how the title of the episode, The Secret, kind of referred both to the obvious thing, Jim's crush on Pam, but also about the Oscar thing.
BrokenEchelon
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You're both being sarcastic, right?
toddhunter
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And that ending. That little stolen look up just said so much.
What the fuck happened to moments like that?
"I am now convinced this was an act of terrorism. Nothing else makes sense."
Yep! People who only watch on Netflix are seriously missing out. A lot of the deleted jokes are better than the ones in those great episodes even.
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Last week's episode was truly awful. I can't believe anyone thought an Office spin-off after NINE SEASONS would be good or necessary at all. I still have that stupid song stuck in my head.
Anyway, Rainn Wilson has his post-Office job:
Fucking Dennis Haysbert. I might have to give this show a shot.
Anyway, Rainn Wilson has his post-Office job:
http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/rainn-wilson-set-as-the-lead-in-cbs-pilot-backstrom/
Fucking Dennis Haysbert. I might have to give this show a shot.
Plinko
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There is a deleted scene that made me laugh harder than any aired scene. It was in the episode where the office staff visits the warehouse. Dwight gets out his potato gun, says "Bon Appetit," and then accidentally blasts a hole through the warehouse office window. Hilarious.
ShabbadooJr
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Rainn posted this to facebook. Pretty impressive list of names. Adam Scott, Mary Lynn Rasjkub, and Alan Tudyk.
The Real Abed
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I am trying to picture an alternate universe Office with Alan Tudyk as Michael, Mary Lynn as Pam and Adam Scott as Jim.
VGChampion
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I love the first two seasons. I still rewatch those episodes. So many good moments in The Carpet.
alan tudyk would have worked pretty well. mary lynn would probably be too annoying, and hard to mentally break from 'chloe'
BeautifulMemory
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I loved the end of sexual harassment in season 2 when Jim is trying to bait Michael to say "that's what she said" despite having Jan there...
"wow, that is really hard. You really think you can go all day long? Well, you always left me satisfied and smiling, so..."
"wow, that is really hard. You really think you can go all day long? Well, you always left me satisfied and smiling, so..."
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
Steelyuhas
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John is great, but Adam Scott as Jim would've been great as well.
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