mattgorman:

I know I’m behind, but what happened to The Office? It used to not be a boring cliche sitcom and it seems like that’s where it’s been heading for a while. Looking back, it seems like it’s been happening for a while. Using weddings and pregnancies to drive the plot is a hallmark of bad TV. It’s going to be painful watching them drag this on for another season (or three).

Maybe it’s just that I’m tired of the characters, but it seems the writers are too. It’s not even that they’ve become caricatures of themselves, but rather the opposite: boring, unfunny versions of themselves. Half of the jokes and story arches seem like they were pulled straight from a mediocre 90s sitcom. The dance scene at the end of “Cafe Disco” and the “…also, this song is fantastic” line nearly made me vomit. And the volleyball tournament thing? Seriously?! “Oh, Pam’s actually really good at volleyball, who would’ve guessed it?!” Probably everyone that’s seen a TV show before.

I could go on and point out all the nauseating lines, but I won’t because it’ll only make me more angry. Catching up on The Office used to cheer me up after a bad day, now it’s just the perfectly crappy ending to a crappy day.