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Gafemage posted...

green butter posted...

the first 4 seasons are 10/10. IMO best 4 seasons in TV comedy history, there's not a single bad episode.

5 is just ok, and the show is absolute trash after that and just tries to see how horribly low it can possibly go

With the exception of S8, which deserves every bit of hate & then some, I think seasons 6-9 are better than people give them credit for. S7 is actually one of my favorites because of Threat Level Midnight, Goodbye Michael & the Michael/Holly arc, and while S9 was pretty lukewarm I think the last three episodes did a wonderful job wrapping up the series. I'd also consider S5 to be more than "just ok", if for no other reason than Stress Relief being arguably the best episode of the series imo.

there are a few random decent episodes but i could not get into those seasons. the plots become super contrived and i felt like the show lost almost all of the charm of the first four seasons.

the whole office part becomes kind of minimized to the point where the place because more or less a daycare/hangout spot for the adults. the people in the office all become best friends, there are never any personnel changes, and the characters become flanderized to the point where they aren't even human (dwight peeing in jars, kevin becoming mentally handicapped, etc).

basically it goes from being kind of a relateable slice of life to another stupid sitcom where the setting happens to be an office building. steve carrell is strong throughout but there is also a great supporting cast (Jan, for example) and once that's gone and the plotlines are outlandish (how many times is Dunder Mifflin saved from closing?) the show loses all its nuance.

there are a few decent points - holly was a good character, i loved will ferrell / idris elba as the bosses, and Scott's Tots is a top tier episode
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