The stakes on "The Office" have always come from the fact that the likable, believable characters rely upon this poorly-managed company in this obsolete industry for their livelihoods.  Behind the conference room meltdowns and the party-planning shenanigans and the sales-call disasters have always been the real stakes…

The stakes on "The Office" have always come from the fact that the likable, believable characters rely upon this poorly-managed company in this obsolete industry for their livelihoods.  Behind the conference room meltdowns and the party-planning shenanigans and the sales-call disasters have always been the real stakes…

That was more of a runner than the subplot, to introduce what's-his-name the video-game hooker guy.  That wasn't a strong Dexter plot, but it was a Dexter plot.

That was more of a runner than the subplot, to introduce what's-his-name the video-game hooker guy.  That wasn't a strong Dexter plot, but it was a Dexter plot.

Commercial success remains more important than critical acclaim, and Hall comes out of this looking better than anyone else involved in the show, since he's almost singlehandedly carrying the whole enterprise with little help from his ensemble cast or his writers.

Commercial success remains more important than critical acclaim, and Hall comes out of this looking better than anyone else involved in the show, since he's almost singlehandedly carrying the whole enterprise with little help from his ensemble cast or his writers.

Dawesterity, it was a Boardwalk Empire spoiler, so people who watched Dexter and recorded Boardwalk Empire got spoiled.

Dawesterity, it was a Boardwalk Empire spoiler, so people who watched Dexter and recorded Boardwalk Empire got spoiled.

Actually, I really like the first two Dexter books, especially the second one.

Actually, I really like the first two Dexter books, especially the second one.

Actually, I really like the first two Dexter books, especially the second one.

He posted a major spoiler about another show that was on tonight.

He posted a major spoiler about another show that was on tonight.

1.) “When I was 15, my parents thought I was retarded.” A rare glimpse into the backstory of Vince, the one secondary character who has never really had a boring subplot on this show, because he is the one secondary character who has never had a subplot at all. If only Quinn, Angel and Laguerta could follow his fine…

1.) “When I was 15, my parents thought I was retarded.” A rare glimpse into the backstory of Vince, the one secondary character who has never really had a boring subplot on this show, because he is the one secondary character who has never had a subplot at all. If only Quinn, Angel and Laguerta could follow his fine…

1.) The payoff of the Oscar/Angela/Senator love triangle is something "The Office" has been building toward for more than a year, so it's not clear that the episode finally bringing that to a head needed a B and a C plot as well as a zany new character. For an episode that dealt with such a prominent storyline for…

1.) The payoff of the Oscar/Angela/Senator love triangle is something "The Office" has been building toward for more than a year, so it's not clear that the episode finally bringing that to a head needed a B and a C plot as well as a zany new character. For an episode that dealt with such a prominent storyline for…

I would like to see Glenn Howerton cast as the lead in the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey."  I feel he could redeem that shit.

I would like to see Glenn Howerton cast as the lead in the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey."  I feel he could redeem that shit.

A lot of people really liked John Lithgow and Julia Stiles. I personally thought the evil motivational speaker in s5 was at least as bad as Colin Hanks in s6, but s5 has fans.  Almost everyone thinks S7 has been the best since S4.  I am picky because I am a crime writer.