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Is it time to bid adieu to The Office?
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Jim and Pam from "The Office" (The Office Examiner page)
Look - we've all been thinking it, but no one wants to say it. It's like the giant elephant in the TV room, and I for one say that it's time to pose the question - is it time for the final curtain call for America's favorite show, The Office? I know, I know, I don't like to think about it either. In fact, it hurt me just to type it. But we don't want it to end like Friends, do we - gasping for air and going to cheap lengths to get any sort of laugh? Let's face it, folks - that was ugly. Everyone knows that show jumped the shark as soon as Monica and Chandler were married, if not before that. Seriously, Joey, how YOU doin'? More importantly, WHAT are you doin'?
Because we love those actors so much, we don't want them to go back into the acting pool as has-beens. We want to remember them the way they were. I, for one, am already mourning the loss of the Dwight (Rainn Wilson) of old. 'Member when he used to make us laugh instead of cringe? When the cold opens used to include a simple exchange between he and Jim (John Krasinski) that would keep you laughing through the commercials? Sniff. Now he's just so annoying - he makes you want punch him in the junk...or where his junk used to be before they made him into this whiny beeyatch. Yeah, I said it. Rainn Wilson used to look hopeful as he sat in the audience at the Emmys - now he just looks beaten down. Michael (Steve Carell) is also getting on my nerves, and the whole Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim thing is just plain boring (Okay, it's a little bit sweet, but still...).
What's interesting is the only time I laugh now is when they show the lesser known characters, like Oscar (Oscar Nunez), Meredith (Kate Flannery), and Creed (Hey, I just found out this guy's name in "real life" is Creed Bratton! Now that's funny.). Nothing was more hilarious than when Meredith showed up virtually naked for casual day. And Oscar is perfect to bounce jokes off of - I have to admit, that cold open a couple of weeks ago was hilarious when Michael asked him for advice on getting his prostate checked. But the laughs have been few and far between. Plus, the Michael and Jim co-manager storyline just feels maybe a bit too real - like an actual issue you might see in the workplace. And no one really finds that all that funny, do we?
I can't say that there haven't been a few exceptions, as I did get a few chuckles from the season opener when Michael made up a bunch of lies about everyone. But it seems like the most we can hope for is finding the funny every few episodes, as opposed to every week like the days of old. I love you, The Office. And I just want to see you get out of the game before someone on your show is forced to do something humiliating, ya know, like Cougar Town (Okay, okay, I've heard this isn't that bad, but still...kinda humiliating.).
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