The Office has Jumped the Shark

I don't watch TV. The only shows I watch are show's Patty watches. The Office is one of them.

To me, the show had been going down hill throughout all of last season. Dwight had gone from a bumpkin metal geek you pitied and loved to a predictable jerk ass. Ryan had become stale... as a character.

But the full on jump took place when Pam had the baby. First, who has their work life that involved in the birth of their child? Second, why the disclosure of the sex of the baby - it was like they needed to have the look on Jim's face when he found out, but they couldn't depict the delivery too graphically, so they let it out by accident in the parking lot? So lame. And there is nothing that can make Jim mad enough not to melt on cue for the "awwww" moment - no wonder he's not respected as a boss.

The whole show is tedious. Where once Dwight and Angela were a couple you were rooting for, the circle of romances is just tiring - something to take up time while you wait for Steve Carell to make his over extended character funny - a testament to Carell's talent. And if there was any doubt the show is dead, all you had to watch was (a) the lip dub music video intro, and (b) the sweeny todd episode. do i love these characters so much they only have to be cute, not funny? no.

Hopefully Sweeny Todd marks the final point on Andy's journey from an high testosterone tail chasing under achiever to an effeminate buffoon. I mean, its nice that they scan google so they can reference real life things local to scranton - but wouldn't dwight schrute at the PA renaisance fair be alot more fun of an off site episode than Andy in a local play? Sad thing is, the old andy could have been michael scott's replacement - ed helms has the talent and personality - and the ivy league education would have justified the move. but how do you rescue him from being dumped for somebody else in the office twice and still thirsting for sloppy seconds? You can't.