You know that little urge that we had that kept us from dropping the show after Michael Scott left ? I am grateful for it, at least for Season 8 which wasn't totally a mess because I really had great laughs throughout many episodes and scenes, Robert California and Nellie Bertram were extremely great additions to the show. Although Season 8 doesn't stand above the rest it does the trick.
However, this Season premiere episode fell ludicrously flat. Nothing about is funny, nothing happens is interesting, the only scene that made me chuckle is when Dwight wanted to do the calibration-on-rope thing.
What went wrong? It is Andy turning into this giant butt*ole who accepted Nellie just to take revenge from her although he was a total idiot when he left work for his "romantic endeavor". Nellie is a great character and she was designed to be hated but many people ended up liking her for her eccentric personality. Yet, they just ruined Andy for us, great. It is Andy taking it out on Toby for absolutely no reason, no reason at all. Michael Scott hating on Toby had its reasons and it was hilarious because Michael loved many people and hated many people for unknown weirdo reasons. But Andy just hating Toby made no sense. It is when Kevin killed a turtle, an attempt of the writers to achieve "Dark Humor" but what the hell ? It sure is dark but it is not funny.
This doesn't look so good for the rest of the season. Dropping it already might sound rational after you see this episode. But the finale is only so close.
However, this Season premiere episode fell ludicrously flat. Nothing about is funny, nothing happens is interesting, the only scene that made me chuckle is when Dwight wanted to do the calibration-on-rope thing.
What went wrong? It is Andy turning into this giant butt*ole who accepted Nellie just to take revenge from her although he was a total idiot when he left work for his "romantic endeavor". Nellie is a great character and she was designed to be hated but many people ended up liking her for her eccentric personality. Yet, they just ruined Andy for us, great. It is Andy taking it out on Toby for absolutely no reason, no reason at all. Michael Scott hating on Toby had its reasons and it was hilarious because Michael loved many people and hated many people for unknown weirdo reasons. But Andy just hating Toby made no sense. It is when Kevin killed a turtle, an attempt of the writers to achieve "Dark Humor" but what the hell ? It sure is dark but it is not funny.
This doesn't look so good for the rest of the season. Dropping it already might sound rational after you see this episode. But the finale is only so close.