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'The Office': Worst episode ever?

Posted May 12th ago via The Watcher 
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It's always been theoretically possible. But until last Thursday I didn't believe there could be a truly terrible episode of The Office.' I was proved wrong. A lot of shows are hitting road bumps in their post-strike returns, but those problems haven't always resulted in bad TV. 30 Rock's' May 8 finale, for example, was a little more surreal and disjointed than normal but I still quite enjoyed it. And Lost' has excised or moved some stories to next season without losing its sense of momentum (in fact, the trimmed-down number of episodes this season may be partly responsible for an increased level of suspense.) And before excoriating The Office's' indefensible episode, I should note that, despite its ups and downs, I look forward to watching the NBC comedy each week. When it's on its game, it's terrific. But it must be said that this season has been uneven at best. And last Thursday was the first time I ever finished watching an episode and thought, That was just awful.' It wasn't just that Michael Scott (Steve Carell, pictured at right) behaved like a reprehensible, sexist jerk. It wasn't just that Pam (Jenna Fischer), who has always had limits to her passivity, let him get away with his jaw-dropping treatment of both her and the potential intern at the job fair. It wasn't just that Jim (John Krasinski) and Andy (Ed Helms) were stuck in a completely sealed-off story line about a golf game that made Jim seem like a stalkerish, borderline-offensive creep. (Brian Baumgartner's fine work as Kevin was enjoyable but it didn't redeem this awkward story line.) It wasn't just that the golf story line ignored the fact that Jim has made efforts in the past to be a good salesman (I don't recall him being portrayed as someone who usually made no effort at all). It wasn't just that absolutely nothi...

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