The office post Michael Scott is underrated. Don’t get me wrong I love Steve carell and think his rendition of Michael Scott is among the top tv performances of all time.
But, the office’s single greatest strength is it’s character development. Without that, it’s just another generic sitcom.
You get to see Pam and Jim along with Dwight and Angela go through their full arc.
Robert California is also an excellent character with a lot of quotable lines
The one mistake they made with the ending is not bringing carell back for the panel moment, that didn’t make any sense not to have essentially the main character come back to do it too. Especially since he was in town around the same time for Dwight’s wedding.
Looking back on the office it’s a really interesting study on different archetypes of people in daily life, it’s also interesting to look back and see how much of a petty little shite Jim was, how controlling and toxic Pam could be, how utterly awful Phyllis is (she’s the true villain of the show along with Andy even though he has a redemption ending)
If anyone has Netflix I highly recommend Painkiller. Just started watching it yesterday and was hooked right away both my wife and I
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