"A wounded, isolated man’s transformation into a sincere, warm citizen of the world"? HE'S A FREAKING DILDO! Season 1, Season 7 and all seasons in between! I'll never get this "redemption" riff.

From the Pilot to the day he jetted off, Michael Scott was a monumental asshole; ignorant, cruel, selfish, pathetic. I hated that they gave him a happy ending, to be truthful. Of course life with Holly Flax talking like E.T. and Yoda might be a version of hell, but not to ol' Mike. It's not injustice on the scope…

Rep. Joe Barton.

Okay here's the thing: Show is laugh-free. I can accept that. Leonard is a HUGE d-bag; always was and will be. The 'chemistry' between him and Peter Pan … er, Penny .. is too low to be measured.But there is one thing the show could do: have Amy meet a credible intelligent man she is attracted to, who shares the…

How so if it's the same script? What Anglophile nonsense. And my god — the British Dwight looks like stage 4 terminal disease.

Oh my God, no. Pam is fabulously cute and vulnerable and sweet; Karen was just … just nothing … and she had the chemistry with Jim of motor oil and water. Just MHO of course. Plus I just didn't like her looks and I'm pretty shallow that way.

And oh yeah, this: "Rainn Wilson’s blocked for cocky confidence, wearing a shit-eating grin and sitting at a jaunty angle. When the Sebring bomb is dropped, Carell becomes incrementally smaller in the frame. When he can finally take no more, he occupies the whole shot." As Welles wryly noted when commenting on…

Jim's "poor choices of weaponry—sniper rifle, smoke grenade—make for quick laughs, but they’re thematically rich, too. These are the tools and tactics that a veteran of Dunder Mifflin Scranton would employ. They’re geared toward covert operations …" I love TV critics.

Yes … like later when that moron banged Pam's MOTHER then dumped her IN FRONT OF PAM for BEING TOO OLD. Oh that Michael — he's so endearing!

No, he's not. He's a huge tool, a clueless idiot who hurts people constantly then has an accidental 'redemption.' I think I really hate him.

I arrive at this late date to say: Hey Erik … quit defending Michael Scott. He's a freaking idiot of monumental proportion. He can never 'redeem himself' nor 'learn' anything from 'the field.'

Thank you Dot Dot Dot! I know you posted four years ago but thank you!!!

I've been watching reruns again. Michael Scott is a MONUMENTAL d-bag who does not deserve happiness. The world is full of "lonely guys" who aren't cruel, clueless, selfish, childish, semi-racist nincompoops. Ugh. My God. I wanted to puke at that Yoda-proposal. Love the show (most times); hate Scott.

Really? You like mousy doormats?