The Office is a show I have been enjoying for a number of years now. Season 1 was okay and a good start to the show. Season two was much better, more enjoyable and introduced a number of interesting relationships in the show. Season 3 introduced two new characters, among others, Karen and Andy. I liked Rashida Jones as Karen, one of the main reasons I started watching Parks & Recreation after she left The Office. Season 4 had its moments; the promotion and and then firing of ‘The Temp’, Ryan Howard, the start of a long-awaited relationship between Jim and Pam and the introduction of Holly, who I will talk about more later. Seasons 5 and 6 also had their moments; Pam trying her dream of being an artist and when that doesn’t work out going from receptionist to sales-person. It had the marrige of Jim and Pam and eventually their new child and possibly my favourite part of season 5, the ‘Michael Scott Paper Co.’ story.

Season 7 had its  moments but as usual was just Michael being Michael and various relationships stirring pots. The more awaited moment was Holly’s return. I feel like using her was a good way to both have Michael leave and end his time there. I did like the way they ended his time there although I would have preferred an actual goodbye instead of him trying to avoid the sad goodbye and leaving a day prior to when he told people he would(even though it is something I can see that character doing). Another episode I liked from his leaving was ‘Michael’s Last Dundies’. In season two, ‘The Dundies’ was a good episode(though not the best from that season) and I enjoyed the call back to that episode.

Post-Michael; After Will Ferrell’s character got sent to hospital, Dwight had an interesting run as a temporary Regional Manager for the branch, during which he almost shot Andy. The ‘Search Committee’ season finale episode which featured a few good guest stars(Ray Romano, Jim Carey and even Ricky Gervais of the UK ‘The Office’) Andy was appointed Regional Manager.

While I feel the show could have ended at season 7 and had a good end, I am watching the new episodes out of curiosity.

With what I have seen so far of season 8, a completely new character, Robert California, talked Jo Bennett out of her job as CEO of the company completely. This is something I find harder to believe than the fact that every female character has slept with at least one guy. But I mean it is a parody show after all and an american sitcom. The one part I did enjoy was the cold-open featuring character Planking, much like their Parkour segment. As for the new boss, he, like Michael Scott, is a bit of a jerk at times. Michael, however, was just socially misunderstood and doesn’t know his limits. Robert California isn’t funny and just doesn’t seem like a good guy.

So with the main character gone, I am interested to see where the show goes from here. It hasn’t disapointed me too much in the past, aside from a few things(such as the Andy/Angela storyline in season 5, though their interactions in season 4 were good) so lets see what happens.