It’s fashionable to say the Office jumped the shark in some previous season (much like how it was fashionable to say the British version was so much better at the beginning) but, damn, if that “Threat Level Midnight” episode wasn’t hil-friggin-larious. This show’s still the only prime time comedy I bother keeping up with (on United's in-flight entertainment,) and I expect that to continue, even without Carell.
I bring that up because THR says that NBC’s pulling out even more stops for this season’s post- Michael Scott finale. In addition to Will Ferrell's finishing up of his little "seat filler" arc on the show, it’ll also feature appearances from James Spader, Ray Romano and Catherine Tate, along with Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett.
In other words, it’s going to be the Office’s equivalent of Royal Rumble.
Getting back to what I was saying, I think the show’s smartly built up enough of the cast that it can continue to hold interest without the ostensible main character. I’m know there’s plenty more mileage to be rolled through with the antics and interplay of Dwight, Jim, Pam, Andy, Creed… and so on. I'm actually pretty down for the rumors about Daryl taken over this branch of Dunder-Mifflin.
Maybe he sticks around for a while longer, ey? ;)
I hope so too. He is perfect replacement for Michael.
I thought this show was ending
It really wasn't. The high quality of the footage was distracting and firmly prevented any illusion it might have been patched together by Michael Scott over eleven years. It's Always Sunny did it right with shoddy footage and poor editing for their Lethal Weapon 5 episode.
And how could Holly not love Threat Level Midnight? Just a few episodes before, the show emphasized how alike Michael and Holly are, fancying the same silly stops in Scranton while on foot. Holly's dislike of TLM was completely contrived.
The Office is the weakest comedy among the real shows in the NBC lineup (If you regularly watch Outsourced or Perfect Couples, shame on you). 30 Rock, Parks & Rec and Community are far stronger shows.
No, he doesn't. Carrel is leaving but the show isn't ending.
Please let him be playing Alan Shore so he can bang everybody in the office & then sew them all.
You sir, have a bad taste in comedy. Go watch 30 Rock and Parks & Rec. Or, better yet, just stick to Seinfeld reruns until something genuinely, noticeably better comes along. That show is possibly Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
But being "quirky", but not writing jokes, or remotely likeable characters (if Michael Scott doesn't get murdered in his last episode, than there's no justice in The Office's unfunny cartoon world), does not a great a sitcom make. There's a reason only about 4 million people watch the Office, yet something like 52 million showed up for the Friend's finale (and it wasn't even its most watch episode).