This has been a problem since S5, but has gotten significantly worse since S6. The "Andy as manager" arc is similar to the "Jim as manager" arc from S6 in that it doesn't seem like they had any idea where they wanted it to go. Now that it hasn't turned out to be as compelling as they imagined, they are flailing around…

While Jim was portrayed (poorly) as a terrible co-manager, it didn't seem to have any effect on how the office operated. That might have made that story interesting as opposed to what we actually got.

Your enthusiastic gibberish is inspiring.

God, I hope you're right about ditching Nellie. It's so obvious that she was destined for the manager slot since last year's finale and their desperate efforts to make that happen have been an insult to hamfisted.

It must be lonely on that island of yours. You managed to get almost everything wrong.

There hasn't been any consistency to how the characters feel about either Nellie or Andy. If the joke requires that they support Andy then that is what they will do. If five minutes later they need to switch that up, well you'll just have to forget that earlier scene.

I wish I could dispute a single word you wrote, but I can't. As one of those who liked Spader's cameo last year, I sort of feel I have no one to blame but myself. Still, the writers and Lieberstein have a lot to answer for.

I thought kidnapping the pizza boy was a far more ridiculous idea than the lake, but those coming back-to-back in early S4 was a bit jarring.

Actually, looking back, those early S4 episodes were signs of what was to come. The ratio of good to bad was higher, but the need to make all the characters ridiculous was starting to show.

S2-3 of this show had more depth than either Community or HIMYM ever had.

The character of Ryan has skated along for years with no real purpose except to sit around making snarky hipster comments. Pam's treatment of him was years overdue.

We also know that he can voluntarily retract it into his body.

Then why didn't he just leave? Tell Jessica he needs to get back to work and he'll talk to her tomorrow. Or do you enjoy dumping women in front of their friends so you can get busy with the new squeeze?

How is Dwight oblivious? He's been portrayed as an egotistical monster from day one. How many times has he tried to get Jim fired?

Yeah, S1-3 of The Office is really quality television and nothing like what you are watching today. Of course if you do watch the old seasons you will probably be horrified at what you see now. I know I am.

It required a real effort to be this dickish though. If they had come across Jessica at Poor Richards I might buy it, but to drive out of your way while traveling with the new girlfriend is just plain irredeemable. Frankly it came off as a sitcom setup and maybe that is all the show is these days, but I'd like to…

Frankly, the real problem is that there are way too many relationships taking place on the show. Don't any of these people meet anyone outside of work? It's ridiculous to think that they all find there soul mate in an office of 16 people. The Ryan/Kelly thing was played out after he dumped her at the end of S3. That…

I hated that scene for the same reason I hated the school scene in Scott's Tots. It was just straight up cruelty to people who had done nothing to deserve it.It's one thing to waste your employees time with pointless meetings or lame after hours stunts, quite another to cause actual damage.  Ruining kids lives or…

She's 38 and had a kid 6 months or so back. Every one of you studs would wet your pants if she spoke to you.

Seeing her alone involves not bringing the woman you're tossing her aside for along or leaving when you realize you are intruding on someone's party or having even a shred of human decency. The only tight schedule was Andy wanting to nail Erin.