The Office Season 8 [NBC - Spoilers]

iainconlon12

The last few episodes were great. Seems to be getting funnier now too

FreudianSlippers

Really been on the up and up. The fight between Dwight and Jim was a scene that I sort of thought was going to be shockingly bad when it started; but they really pulled it off.

Kiwi_knock

Last nights episode was disappointing compared to the last few episodes. Far too much Nellie and Robert California, neither of whom are in the least bit funny. Did not like the Andy and Erin storyline, just trying to turn them into Jim and Pam Mark II. Hopefully this was only a minor blip and the show will continue to be strong but if Nellie continues to be a prominent character I really doubt it.

FreudianSlippers

Very poor episode. Not a single laugh in it TBH... time to get rid of Robert and Nellie IMO.

I love the fact that Creed Bratton plays a fictional version of himself.

phasers

Erin is so bleedin annoying! She's not cute or endearing, she's just a total moron. If anything she seems like she might have a mild learning disability.

I can't believe they brought back Catherine Tate, she has actually overtaken Robert California in the awful character stakes.

Mezcita

phasers wrote: »

Erin is so bleedin annoying! She's not cute or endearing, she's just a total moron. If anything she seems like she might have a mild learning disability.

She's hot.

pickarooney

Rubbish episode. I sort of like Robert California in small doses but Nellie is just stupid. How many times are they going to recycle the gag where she pretends some nonsense is 'a thing' in British English and then reveals it's not actually a thing at all?

stealinhorses

After the Florida storyline some hope was restored in this show, but the last episode was so bad it was cringeworthy.

A good way to see how bad it's gotten is to compare the feeling when Jim finally told Pam he loves her, as opposed to Andy telling Erin.

Just don't care about the characters at all now.

pickarooney

stealinhorses wrote: »

A good way to see how bad it's gotten is to compare the feeling when Jim finally told Pam he loves her, as opposed to Andy telling Erin.

Personally I felt 'that's this show done for' at the former and precisely nothing at the latter.

Boom_Bap

Andy shaving in the ocean was brilliant I thought, along with his little monologue. "Little did I know Talhassee was 200 miles inland".

But Nellie annoys the hell out of me, along with Robert California. Gabe needs more screentime alnog with Creed.

But I have to admit, the show is getting a bit stale now.

phasers

Last week's episode was god awful. who has decided to make Catherine Tate a recurring character? That along with the boring Andy and Erin rubbish is destroying what little humour the show had left.

FreudianSlippers

This week's episode was... just odd. It didn't even feel like The Office. Then Andy grew some balls and the rest of the episode was pretty good. They're insane to get rid of Andy if that's what is happening!

The only moment I laughed in that whole episode is when Daryl commented on Andy not like that wall.

iainconlon12

No idea what they're trying to do with the show but it's just not funny anymore.

stealinhorses

That episode was the nail in this show's coffin. Retreating to really bad penis jokes is as bad as it gets.

phasers

So is Andy gone now? and they're sticking with Catherine Tate?

Well, according to sidereel.com, who I find pretty excellent for TV show news, various stars are leaving such as Ed Helms, Paul Lieberstein, and Mindy Kaling. So it looks like Andy might just be gone.

Thargor

Abysmal alright, reminds me of the Simpson's the way the genius comedy moments just died off but instead of getting canceled they just kept churning out blandness every week.

Kiwi_knock

I think it is best for everyone that they just cancel the show. It is not even funny anymore, it is even a little bit sad to watch because of how far the show has fallen.

It's still pretty bad, but I enjoyed Dwight's discovering he owes the charity $34,000

FreudianSlippers

Every time I want to give up on this show, they come out with a cracker like this week's episode. Can't put my finger on what made it work; it just did.

Kiwi_knock

I thought this weeks episode was a lot better, mainly due to them actually using the supporting cast. Ryan's scene at the start was very good as was Oscar's scenes throughout the episode. Thought Kevin was hilarious as well when talking to Andy, and also at the end with the dog. The scene with Dwight finding out he owed the money was the best.

I think this episode showed that the Office can still be funny as long as they do not focus entirely on Robert California, Nellie, and Andy (not so much the last episode) who are dragging down the show.

skeleton_boy

Really good episode this week I thought and for the first time since Michael leaving I'm actually really excited to see where next weeks episodes go. Jim and Dwight as a team were great.

It's like they're drawing the path to Ed Helms' leaving the Office, with Dwight following suite. Apart from that, an actually pretty funny episode, but it seems like they're just rehashing old storylines - the whole Michael Scott Paper Company thing.

Owen_S

This week's episode was possibly the best of the season.

Sam Mac

Steve Carell leaving was the starting death of the show. He was a genius and really brightened up the whole show with his funny-guy personality he's brilliant

SirDelboy18

This season should have been it's last. It's been good and maybe it can be tolerable again without James Spader but I doubt it.

So that's that:

Robert California is gone, Andy is back as manager, David Wallace now owns Dunder Mifflin, so Sabre is now more, Nellie is no longer the manager but seems to be still there (oh God, why?), Dwight and Angela are back together and the Senator made a move on Oscar.

But I can't help but think about the pre-credits segment; it seems like they were somewhat mocking the It Gets Better project, by concluding that it doesn't get better.

Shane St.

Eugh Tate back as a season regular..... I'm out

http://www.officetally.com/the-office-season-9-spoilers-and-news

Thargor

Anyone who liked the original UK series might want to get themselves down to ALDI:



20 quid though!

pickarooney

I have to admit I enjoyed this week's a lot. The crack about the camera crew was brilliant.