That could be a really cool idea. There are some characters on this show that are so pointless now. I say fire Dwight, too. And don't hire him back. Ever. He can still be around as a vengeful building owner.

I don't know about date-raping, but I thought something creepy was bound to happen.

Yeah, the Office Christmas episodes used to be pretty great. This has to be the most pointless, sketchy, half-baked episode of the show I've seen yet. So random, no stakes, only an occasionally funny joke.

Yeah, the fact that it's the same writers is perplexing to me.

Such a dumb "scenario." I still don't get why Jim/Dwight pranking themselves as each other is supposed to a) be funny or b) make any sense whatsoever, in the context of their bonuses.

Such a cheap, stupid joke.

Really? Last week's episode felt like it had a lot more structure and set-up, to me.

Yep… Jim and Pam have another kid. Boring. Seems like all of the Office workers lost their humanity. At this point, I mostly only laugh at Robert California and, to a lesser extent, Darryl. Erin, once in awhile.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I don't want to see a will-they-or-won't-they with Erin and Andy. They've already pushed that to the brink too many times, and lost my interest. This episode felt particularly episodic and pointless.

A little funny, but mostly terribly, terribly stupid.

That's kind of how many people feel about watching the Office, no? We started watching it, had some laughs… and now we can't stop, even though it's kind of terrible and lackluster now.

It was dreadful. (I say this as a former fan of this show.)

If you got rid of all of the dead-ended, dead-eyed characters on the Office, circa season 8, who would be left?

Yeah, I mean, is it really that much of a travesty that there needs to be a campaign against it?

Yep. So pointless. So stale. So blah.

"Can't Hardly Wait"? (says Waitress in the Sky.)

Haha yeah — you can tell they really thought the "underground" line was clever. As if police officers often say someone who no one has seen in awhile has been "underground."

I don't buy it.

Don't you mean "OH NOES DRINK CRY SCREW UGLY STRIPPER/WAITRESS DRINK"?

Hahahaha. Yeah, nary a mention of Doakes. I hated that dude — so annoying — but at least he provided some narrative tension.