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I'm still waiting for someone to give me a decent example of why Pam is a "bitch". Mostly it seems like some folks liked her better when she was meek and beaten down by her moronic fiancee.

Actually, Wedge shaved the mustache this weekend after they lost the first 14. They still lost the next four.

Well, they did try and make him manager last season, but they did such a poor job of it they had to abandon the whole idea.

Come on, the gas station guy suddenly remembering about the black sedan and a screaming girl has to take the cake right?

Keep pimping that unread blog. I especially like the "we". Is that your multiple personalities speaking?

You should get a hobby. Or a romantic interest. Or a life.

Hoping for resonant storylines like Jim and Pam or The Michael Scott Paper Company is a fools game at this point.

People keep trying to explain the lame Jim as manager story as something they planned out, but they have admitted that they didn't know how to write a funny story with Jim as the boss without basically giving him a lobotomy. Then they just dropped the whole thing with a thirty second "you can make more money is sales"

Just when I thought they were finally going to end the soul sucking disaster that has been Andy/Erin, they have Andy pull back at the last minute. Do they really think there are people who care about what happens to those two. They've been hitting us in the face with it since late S5 and it just isn't working.

A storyline about Jordan having a secret crush on Jim and how both him and Pam deal with it could be an amusing arc, but I have no confidence that Paul Lieberstein knows how to tell a coherent story. Much like this season was supposed to build to replacing Michael only to bail out at the last minute for a

Did it take you three days to come up with that?

Yeah, having Gabe be the Scranton Strangler would be a terrible idea. How would that story play out? Gabe strangles one of his coworkers? Takes Erin hostage and is shot by a SWAT team? Or he storms into the office with a handgun and shoots Dwight and Andy? How is any of this funny or in character for the show?

Mindy Kaling has been a disaster as a writer for about four seasons. I am happy about the rumors she will be back as Kelly, but not necessarily as a writer. Her love of over the top slapstick has ruined far too many episodes.

Why would an injury keep him from coming back? Do people get fired when they end up in the hospital?

I enjoyed the first half of the juggling bit, but then it went on…and on…and on. Pam's take on it made me laugh.

Ah, thanks Jay S. I had forgotten the party planning scene. That does give her some motivation to be away.

Unclear is being charitable. There was absolutely nothing that hinted at why she was at the movie. Was she sick of the party planning? Did she know it was Michael's last day and couldn't handle saying good bye? Was she just goofing off? And after reestablishing the reality of the camera crews, how did that camera end

Believing Mindy Kaling would reveal spoilers for the show via Twitter is crazy.

I wish the writers were aware enough to make a joke like that, but I am willing to bet we get some more horrific stuff with Andy and Erin in the remaining episodes.

While I'd take exception to including The Surplus on that list, I would include Baby Shower and Employee Transfer as episodes that were much weaker than those on Season 4. If I had to rate the seasons it would be Season 1-2 (I lump them together), Season 3, a tie between 4 and 5, Season 7 and then bringing up the rear