ou1980 wrote:
I'm calling it now, after watching this show since Episode 1....
[size=x-large]JUMP. THE. SHARK.[/size]
Kathy Bates as the new CEO??? Really???
The stuff that made this show funny relied on how it played to real life situations that made the characters believable...Now, not so much.
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
3 1/2 plotlines:
1) Introduction to Sabre: gag is no one in the office can pronounce it, especially Andy who went to Cornell and would likely know about the Buffalo Sabres.
2) Pam and Jim and daycare: gag is guy is taking a dump in the children's bathroom
3) David Wallace post-DMI: a pathetic drunk
1/2) Andy and Erin: who cares?
Crazy how far this show has fallen in such a short time.
These were my two thoughts exactly after last night's episode. People have been saying that the show had jumped the shark for a while, but I thought there was still potential. After last night, I officially believe that the shark has been jumped. The show has gotten so far from what made it great in the first place, and not in a good way. Writers like to get creative and do new things, and sometimes they forget what made a show popular to begin with. A show must evolve, but sometimes it can evolve too much. For an example of a show that evolved but also stayed true to itself look at Scrubs.
I also noticed that there were a ton of plot lines last night and the only major one that will likely continue past this episode is the issue of Sabre coming in and taking over (although the Andy/Erin thing will continue). There was just way to much going on.
At this point, I have a really hard time seeing how they can make this funny again and salvage the series. They probably do one more season for syndication purposes and that will be it. Quite sad because for a few years there it was such a great show. Now it's just awkward.
