Despite my skepticism when Steve Carell left I decided to give the last two seasons of The Office a go.
Season 8 was surprisingly entertaining. Dwight carries the show with numerous funny moments, Andy is okay as the boss, Gabe creates some awkward laughs, and James Spader as Robert California is brilliant at times.
Season 9 though, what a disaster. I know the writers were hobbled by some of the actors leaving but it’s like they had no clue what to do with any of the characters or how to develop an interesting and coherent concluding story. The plot is all over the place. Dwight is still okay I guess but is overshadowed but very strange decisions with Andy and the completely manufactured Jim/Pam drama. Also revealing the documentary and making it part of the plot felt like a jumping the shark moment completely changing the tone away from being a show about an office. This should have been left to our imagination or at least revealed as an Easter egg in the finale.
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