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The Office S08E19 – Get the Girl

I’m just going to come out and say it: beyond the resolution of the Erin/Andy storyline, I honestly didn’t understand the point of this episode. Not only is Nellie Bertram’s presence unnecessary, but the whole character i...
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The Office S08E18 – Last Day in Florida

Time and again this season, a relatively strong episode has been followed-up the next week by a somewhat weaker one. After last week’s surprisingly funny episode “Test the Store”, I probably should have expected Last Day ...
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The Office S08E17 – Test the Store

As I’ve said in the last couple of weeks, I’m coming to terms with the fact that The Office no longer has the same emotional resonance or impact it once did. Test the Store once again reinforced this; sure, Jim and Pam aren...
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The Office S08E16 – After Hours

After Hours is far and away the funniest episode of an admittedly ordinary season of The Office. As I said last week, while the show isn’t what it used to be in terms of character development, but it’s still funny, and I’...
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The Office S08E15 – Tallahassee

Every week, I find it harder to review The Office. It’s not that the show isn’t enjoyable anymore—in fact, this week’s cold open made me laugh harder than anything else on the show in years—but as a whole, The Office ...
by Madeleine Bond
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The Office S08E14 – Special Project

The Office may be the most inconsistent show on television (save for Glee, which, to be fair, I haven’t watched in over eighteen months). While I’m happy that this season now has a few major arcs, I’d be even happier if t...
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