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[The_Dama]

Just finished rewatching the show and season 7 just ended.
They had 3 or 4 more episodes of the season which is pretty pointless. Bringing Will Ferrell as they new manager was mediocre and he also only stayed for an extra episode after Michael Scott left. The remaining few episode of the season are just a waste.
Season 8 and 9 still to go. Wish me luck.

 

[Allforce]

Just quit now.

 

[greyshark]

They were afraid of losing too much of their audience, so they had a few episodes at the end to build up interest in Season 8.

Season 8 had some good moments with James Spader but was mostly terrible. I liked Season 9.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

its called syndication, baby

 

[pauljeremiah]

I stopped after Michael left. Have never watch any of the other episodes. From what I've heard Steve Carrell wanted to continue with the show but NBC tried to fuck him around and he left over that.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

the rest are pretty good. if the first half is A then i'd give them a B. i think it depends on how much Andy grates on your nerves. the low point is an episode where the joke is he is a p3do. that's it. they are at a high school and he seems a girl and is like "That's my girlfriend". the whole thing is in shockingly bad taste. but this is NBC we are talking about, i'm sure someone high up found that hilarious.

at least it's fun to see James Spader chew him out.



imo they handled the exit pretty well, with a revolving cast of guest bosses, including Will Ferrell and James Spader (his string of episodes is my favorite). they got a lot of mileage out of them being boss-less, and it's fun to see Dwight and Creed take turns running the company. there is a good episode where they interview people including Ray Romano and Jim Carey for the position, it's a funny one.

 

[Rival]

.

 

[Fbh]

Because money

 

[Master Of Illusion]

It was already on the downturn that season and sorta kicked the series into becoming a forced soap opera for the remainder of its time with people *gag* hugging and learning things *VOMIT*.

Really ending it there would've been for the best.

 

[HE1NZ]

They continued because Carell decided to leave when ratings were still high. The rest of the crew were an important part of the show too.

It sucks that they failed to find a new footing afterwards, but season 9 wasn't bad I think. It has a more melancholic mood about it. Final episode is great.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I watched it all the way through but I wish I’d have stopped after Jim and Pam’s wedding.

 

[Goro Majima]

They were afraid of losing too much of their audience, so they had a few episodes at the end to build up interest in Season 8.

Season 8 had some good moments with James Spader but was mostly terrible. I liked Season 9.

To me Season 8 was awful because it focused so much on Andy.

Season 9 showed promise and a Season 10 with Dwight as manager could have worked.

 

[Kev Kev]

hated everything about robert california. i thought the actor did a phenomenal job, so nothing against him. i jsut thought his character was so boring, annoying and a waste of time. its they actively wanted people hate the show during season 8. i was so annoyed that i barely enjoyed season 9, which started a whole new bunch of boring, annoying plot lines.

no. for me, the show is over when michael scott leaves. everything after that is supplementary for people who wanted to live in that universe for a couple more seasons.

OP, id suggest at least finishing it, as it does tie up jims storyline about getting out of the paper business, and some other nice touches toward the very end. but in subsequent watches, those last 2 seasons are a hard, hard pass

 

[godhandiscen]

I hated Will Ferrell in that show, but it picks up again after he is gone.

 

[Arkam]

I don't get it either. The show died to me when he left. Its like when News Radio tried to go on after Phil Hartman's death or when Community tried to go on without Chevy Chase. I guess its a combo of greedy tv producers and a dumb audience.

 

[Pagusas]

worth it for the final episode though.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Because everyone was making money. But it was terrible after he left yes.

 

[dorkimoe]

They continued because Carell decided to leave when ratings were still high. The rest of the crew were an important part of the show too.

It sucks that they failed to find a new footing afterwards, but season 9 wasn't bad I think. It has a more melancholic mood about it. Final episode is great.

It actually came out this year that they didn’t offer him a contract. He wanted to return. It’s mind blowing to me that this happened.

‘The Office’ Crew Blames NBC for Forcing Steve Carell’s Exit: ‘It Was Absolutely Asinine’

Steve Carell left "The Office" after its seventh season, but a new book on the NBC comedy reveals that wasn't what he wanted.

www.indiewire.com

 

[bitbydeath]

I think Ryan disappeared after he left too didn’t he?

 

[greyshark]

To me Season 8 was awful because it focused so much on Andy.

Season 9 showed promise and a Season 10 with Dwight as manager could have worked.

It seemed like they were too afraid of doing something different - I think a Season 8 with Dwight as the boss could have been interesting. Instead they tried to make Andy a combination of Michael and Jim and it just didn’t work.

 

[It's Jeff]

Huh. Minus Will Ferrell, I thought the replacement bosses were fantastic. Spader was better than Carell to me.

But Ed Helms, man. A little of that guy goes a long way.

 

[newtypepilot]

It actually came out this year that they didn’t offer him a contract. He wanted to return. It’s mind blowing to me that this happened.

‘The Office’ Crew Blames NBC for Forcing Steve Carell’s Exit: ‘It Was Absolutely Asinine’

Steve Carell left "The Office" after its seventh season, but a new book on the NBC comedy reveals that wasn't what he wanted.

www.indiewire.com

oh wow

That last 2 seasons weren't terrible. There were some good moments but overall they were inferior to the earlier seasons. Unfortunately for the showrunners, Ed Helms decided it was more important to shoot The Hangover so Andy was absent for most of the episodes. The writers responded by destroying Andy's character lol.

 

[HoodWinked]

So it was the transitioning between cocksucking execs the way these shitheads operate is if a show isn't created while they are at the helm they want nothing to do with it even if it's successful.
Seinfeld even highlighted it in his show when Russel the nbc exec leaves to join greenpeace and the lady that took over just drops the show.

 

[Kev Kev]

So it was the transitioning between cocksucking execs the way these shitheads operate is if a show isn't created while they are at the helm they want nothing to do with it even if it's successful.
Seinfeld even highlighted it in his show when Russel the nbc exec leaves to join greenpeace and the lady that took over just drops the show.

yeah this makes the most sense to me

any new boss i ever had would come in and clean house like that, for a couple of reasons. one, they want to establish power and dominance, and two, they don't want to hear about how much better the other guy was so they destroy things the other built and they build new things if their own so that people forget the other guy and only think about this new guy and whatever he's doing

classic power trip

according to the story, carell saying he might leave in that radio show is the reason, but i don't buy it. it may had something to do with it, but ultimately the higher ups and execs make that decision, and one little comment that most people will never even hear doesn't make sense as the reason for no offering a new deal.

still though, insanity how much power one person has to build or destroy things in show business, and any business really...

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Because the show is actually about Kevin Malone, the con artist.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

It was already on the downturn that season and sorta kicked the series into becoming a forced soap opera for the remainder of its time with people *gag* hugging and learning things *VOMIT*.

Really ending it there would've been for the best.

Suddenly everyone in the office were best friends. Example: entire office staff participating in Michael's proposal to Holly. Stanley would never.