The Office (Season 8) [R]

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  1. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I just read the list and when I saw Roy as #10, I was mad I wasted time clicking three times to read the entire list. For the most part, the ideas aren't bad, but I doubt many if any would happen. I do agree they need to bring the show back to the office. Offices get old, boring and repetitive. Maybe that's what they were trying to do by recycling the Michael owns a paper company plot line...
     
  2. Rafael Hernandez

    Rafael Hernandez Moderator
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    Mar 6, 2002
    By the way I thought the article was pretty good up until that suggestion. But that suggestion was so outrageous it kind of soured me of the whole idea. I always get surprised though when I see people criticizing something and doing a good job of it but then when their suggestions for improving come in and they are a the worst.
     
  3. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't think that's what he is trying to do. I think Andy is trying to get David Wallace and some of his rich friends to take over D-M and put Andy in charge. Andy stole that client to show Wallace how badly Robert California is running the company.
     
  4. Beau Dure

    Beau Dure Member+

    May 31, 2000
    Vienna, VA
    Yeah, Big Red Paper Company existed only on ... paper.
     
  5. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Season finale tonight. :(


    -G
     
  6. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I'm not ready for this to be the end of the season.
     
  7. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Thank goodness! :p
     
  8. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Me neither. :(


    -G
     
  9. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    :(


    -G
     
  10. That Phat Hat

    That Phat Hat Member+

    Nov 14, 2002
    Just Barely Outside the Beltway
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    It took me until just now to realize the salesman from Syracuse is Frank Sobotka from The Wire Season 2:
    [​IMG]

    I knew he looked familiar, but I didn't think to think outside of comedy. I believe he's now the third Wire regular to appear on The Office.
     
  11. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    #4 was interesting. Except they already have a "single working mom with a drinking problem"

    Then again, that might be a way to get Merideth more invoved.

    #10 is truly bad.
     
  12. General Disarray

    General Disarray Legendary

    Jul 7, 2005
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but last season didn't Dwight and Jim run into Jan and it seemed she had her stuff together again. She wasn't as nuts as she was in the season when she had the baby.
     
  13. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I think it was the camara crew that tracked her down on the "Threat Level Midnight" episode.
     
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  14. That Phat Hat

    That Phat Hat Member+

    Nov 14, 2002
    Just Barely Outside the Beltway
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Michael and Dwight also saw her in the episode where Michael thought he had herpes. I don't remember how the encounter went, but she was back on her feet.
     
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  15. Beau Dure

    Beau Dure Member+

    May 31, 2000
    Vienna, VA
    All that said, we thought Jan had it "together" the whole time she was at Dunder Mifflin, and it turned out to be a big acting job that led to a big meltdown, right?

    That one night (one NI-IGHT!) ...
     
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  16. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    She's not a real person. She had her act together initially probably because that's how the characters working at the main HQ's behaved in the British version of The Office. It was only later that the producers of the American version thought it would be funny if she totally lost it. Which it was.
     
  17. Beau Dure

    Beau Dure Member+

    May 31, 2000
    Vienna, VA
    No one with thoughts on the season (and perhaps, in some ways, series) finale last night?

    I thought the Andy storyline was really overplayed. The only funny bit of his whole "janitor" act was when he and Erin kept saying "calibrate" to each other across the table.

    The cold opens have been very good recently, and Oscar's "It Gets Better" take, interrupted by Robert California's rant on sexuality, was no exception.

    And California's departure was awesome. A foundation to help college-age former gymnasts in Eastern Europe? Wow, this guy's slick.

    But the highlight, surely, was Dwight and Angela's car chase with the diaper. (Of course, I was wondering if he might've accidentally stolen one from Jim and Pam's kids.)

    Overall, though, it was surely overshadowed by the absolutely brilliant Parks and Rec finale.
     
  18. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was meh on the whole ep except for Mose running. Mike Schur FTW last night
     
  19. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
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    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    Didn't think much of the episode.
     
  20. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    It was all over the place and attempting to set too many things up for one episode.
     
  21. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nellie played the Shakespeare card on Andy. :eek:


    -G
     
  22. That Phat Hat

    That Phat Hat Member+

    Nov 14, 2002
    Just Barely Outside the Beltway
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    I don't think her downward spiral was as abrupt and out of character as you make it sound. Yes, it was based on the character on the original, but the seeds of the meltdown is planted pretty early on, in Season 2 - she has it "together" for all of Season 2 while having feelings for Michael. I don't think her character changes as much as, say, Kelly's does from Season 1.
     
  23. General Disarray

    General Disarray Legendary

    Jul 7, 2005
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  24. Beau Dure

    Beau Dure Member+

    May 31, 2000
    Vienna, VA
  25. That Phat Hat

    That Phat Hat Member+

    Nov 14, 2002
    Just Barely Outside the Beltway
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    We know Mindy Kaling and Paul Liberstein are out for sure (?) and B.J. Novak hasn't been reupped. If all three are gone, then it's going to be different in front of and behind the camera.
     

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