The Office 2/11......."Manager and Salesman"

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ou1980

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Feb 11, 2010 9:01 PM
I finally callled" Jump the Shark" after last weeks episode....here's this weeks...
Feb 11, 2010 9:01pm
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ou1980

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Feb 11, 2010 9:13 PM
Dude, I 've tried.....hell, I want to.

But I have yet to even crack a smile at tonights episode. Three seasons ago I would have been on the floor halfway through a show.

This show sucks....


Oh, bet you that at the end of the episode we find out that the manager makes more $$$ than any un-capped salary salesperson.
Feb 11, 2010 9:13pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:18 PM
Agreed man, this is just brutal to watch. I watch "The Office" on syndication at 6:30 pm on TBS, and it cracks me up ... wow how this show has fallen.
Feb 11, 2010 9:18pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:22 PM
I haven't watched this episode yet, but some of you guys take your comedy pretty seriously, which is unfortunate.

I mean, all shows go downhill (EXCEPT FOR THE WIRE WHICH ONLY WENT UP), but if you go into something thinking OMG THIS SUCKS WOW I HATE THIS... then... chances are you will hate it.
Feb 11, 2010 9:22pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:27 PM
Sage wrote: I haven't watched this episode yet, but some of you guys take your comedy pretty seriously, which is unfortunate.

I mean, all shows go downhill (EXCEPT FOR THE WIRE WHICH ONLY WENT UP), but if you go into something thinking OMG THIS SUCKS WOW I HATE THIS... then... chances are you will hate it.
Yep, I am writing a letter to NBC right now, followed by sending a package filled with Anthrax to Steve Carell. Oh wait, no I am not, I am just posting an opinion on a message board. My bad.
Feb 11, 2010 9:27pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:30 PM
I thought there were some funny parts...I think things will get better now that Jim is on sales again. Now we'll get some Jim/Dwight pranks again.
Feb 11, 2010 9:30pm
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ou1980

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Feb 11, 2010 9:33 PM
Sage wrote: I haven't watched this episode yet, but some of you guys take your comedy pretty seriously, which is unfortunate.

I mean, all shows go downhill (EXCEPT FOR THE WIRE WHICH ONLY WENT UP), but if you go into something thinking OMG THIS SUCKS WOW I HATE THIS... then... chances are you will hate it.


Ok Dwight....last time I checked this was a discussion forum which allows members to post or make comments about as stupid as topics as they want them to be, not to be taken as seriously as you think we are trying to make them.

As for this show, I have been a fan since day one. I don't think I have ever seen a show go as downhill so quickly as I have this one. Now, are there more important things in life? Absolutely, and I can come here and vent with fellow huddle's who may or may not share my opinion.
Feb 11, 2010 9:33pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:34 PM
This episode was a lot better than the last two.
Feb 11, 2010 9:34pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:39 PM
Lol. No need to get upset guys, I was just pointing it out. You guys are on here every week claiming the show sucks... but there you are the next week.... watching and complaining.

Seems a bit like masochism to me.
Feb 11, 2010 9:39pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:40 PM
Sage wrote: Lol. No need to get upset guys, I was just pointing it out. You guys are on here every week claiming the show sucks... but there you are the next week.... watching and complaining.

Seems a bit like masochism to me.
I am pretty sure this was the first time ever that I posted on an Office thread. Just saying. I may be wrong, but I think so.
Feb 11, 2010 9:40pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:42 PM
That's fine.

You can't deny these types of threads haven't existed since back on that archaic dinosaur Huddle.
Feb 11, 2010 9:42pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:46 PM
Nah, these threads have existed for the last couple of years for sure. I haven't watched the last couple of episodes(I watched about the last 10 mins of last week's). I will eventually catch them, but this show has ran its course, I think. Like Sage said, all shows go downhill, so I am not surprised.
Feb 11, 2010 9:46pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:49 PM
Good question. I guess I keep watching hoping this show will get better, kind of like the way Michigan fans react every year they play Ohio State.

Its all in the writing imo..

They just brought in Kathy Bates to play a fake southern accent CEO of a "copier" company who happens to be best friends with Nancy Pelosi......ha-ha?
Feb 11, 2010 9:49pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:50 PM
Yea, I mean, I watched some episodes on TBS and it's easy to see that it's gone downhill, but I still watch. It's good for a laugh or too, at least for me anyway.
Feb 11, 2010 9:50pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:00 PM
Yeah the show has definitely went the wrong direction. I agree with ou1980 this show's demise came very quickly. I was watching some episodes of Arrested Development today and it is amazing how much tighter the writing was for that show, in comparison to the Office (mainly the Office from the past 2 seasons, I'll put seasons 2&3 of the Office up there with any tv show). I'll still watch the Office every time it is on, just for the hope that it returns to form.

Was there any question that the new storyline of Jim becoming the only manager was going to last 10 minutes of one episode? For a show that is struggling to be funny, you'd think they would capitalize on that. You could have at least made it go an episode or two where Michael longs for the perks of being the manager, or messes with Jim the way Jim messed with him when Jim was a salesman.
Feb 11, 2010 10:00pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:18 PM
The show has definitely dropped off. I feel like its been a downhill slide since the end of Season 4. That being said, The Office in its present state is still better than a lot of the other stuff on television. Unfortunately, I'm beginning to look more forward to Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock on Thursdays than The Office.
Feb 11, 2010 10:18pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:19 PM
Sunny in Philadelphia has held the Comedy Crown for awhile and probably won't be relinquishing it for a few years.
Feb 11, 2010 10:19pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:33 PM
Sage wrote: Sunny in Philadelphia has held the Comedy Crown for awhile and probably won't be relinquishing it for a few years.
Agree completely
Feb 11, 2010 10:33pm
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Feb 12, 2010 1:28 AM
U guys r crazy. This episode has me laughing pretty good.
Feb 12, 2010 1:28am
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Feb 12, 2010 1:47 AM
Sage wrote: U guys r crazy. This episode has me laughing pretty good.
I thought the same thing haha..it really doesn't bother me if it's not as funny because I still like seeing the general direction of the cast.
Feb 12, 2010 1:47am
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Feb 12, 2010 3:03 AM
DeyDurkie5 wrote:
Sage wrote: U guys r crazy. This episode has me laughing pretty good.
I thought the same thing haha..it really doesn't bother me if it's not as funny because I still like seeing the general direction of the cast.
Me too, I laughed in tonights episode a couple of times, it was a hell of a lot better than last week. The cast is moving in a good direction with the characters I think.
Feb 12, 2010 3:03am
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Feb 12, 2010 8:27 AM
I thought tonights episode was solid. Of course it isn't like it was a few seasons ago, but I'll still watch every thursday.
Feb 12, 2010 8:27am
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Feb 12, 2010 8:29 AM
Quint wrote: This episode was a lot better than the last two.
THIS--definitely!!!
Feb 12, 2010 8:29am
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Feb 12, 2010 9:25 AM
Cant wait to catch up on the Hulu tonight.
Feb 12, 2010 9:25am
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Feb 12, 2010 10:23 AM
'I feel like its been a downhill slide since the end of Season 4. That being said, "

Season 4 was tough because of the writer's strike, never really had any continuity, but the first 3 seasons should be called The Office 1.0 and the last two seasons The Office 2.0, they hardly resemble each other. The Office 1.0 focused on the day to day antics of a soul sucking white collar office atmosphere and looking back it is amazing how few major plot points there were.

It took Jim/Pam 3 seasons to get together, you had the Jim goes to Stamford, meets Karen and then the merger, the respective Michael-Jan and Dwight-Angela relationships, and finally the New York hire, but all of these plotpoints took weeks of build-up and focused writing.

The Office 2.0 is like the Simpsons now, except Michael is Homer and there seems to be a nutty plot point that's brought up and then forgotten every couple of weeks. And the characters have changed so much (when did Ryan become an idiot? When did Andy become shy around women?) that they aren't recognizable from The Office 1.0.
Feb 12, 2010 10:23am