The Office - 2/8 SPOILERS

You must have gone for a few snack and bathroom breaks if that was the only time you saw her.

 

I'm a little worried about the show after tonight's episode. There's a thin line between Michael being uncomfortably funny and being unbelievable. They crossed the unbelievable line way too often tonight.

We all know a person who does incredibly idiotic things because of their desire to fit in. That's who the Michael Scott character should be. What was on display tonight was a guy none of us know. I'm sorry, I love the show and I love Steve Carrell's work on it, but that was just too much tonight. I really hope it doesn't start a downward trend in that direction. There are plenty of laughs to be found among that cast. There's absolutely no need to go over the top in an effort to get cheap smiles and completely disregard the entire premise of this show.

 

Precisely my point. Ricky Gervais was subtle and sympathetic as the asshole boss. Carrell is too often too far over the top to be believed. He is the show's only weak link.

 

She was on the phone for his confession about getting 10 seconds worth of a lap dance from a mostly-clothed stripper.

He was worried about what his girlfriend would think about that instead of worrying about telling his boss that he authorized a bachelor party on company time in the building.

I'm starting to think you blacked out for portions of the show.

 

It's not the UK show, never has been. If you start catering to the audience that wants that, you might as well put the show on Versus with the NHL All-Star game for all the viewers it will draw.

 

No, but the premise of the show has always been that this is a documentary of an average office. Certainly, character traits and flaws are magnified for comedy, but you can't completely disregard the premise when doing that. And that's what they did with Michael tonight.

 

Shows evolve. When Seinfeld started, Jason Alexander was playing George Costanza as a Woody Allen type.

There will probably be less and less of the documentary thing as the characters evolve on The Office.

 

I'm the King of the World.

 

Smasher, that was in last week's show.