With
only three and a half hours of airtime left before it disappears and
gives people like me one less reason to watch NBC - I think I'm just
down to one now - The
Office
would like us to believe that its endgame is finally kicking into
overdrive. With its increasingly choppy editing, the show practically
seems to be SCREAMING at me to appreciate everything that's going on.
Hey,
Jess! Look at the sheer number of SATISFYING and DRAMATIC story arcs
we've got going on now! THE MORE THE MERRIER!!!
Like that.
On one hand, it's a
fairly promising sign that the writers are back to writing episodes
that have too much material for TV, instead of too little, like
season eight. (Must ALWAYS hate on season eight.) On the other hand,
having a large amount of story arcs doesn't matter at this point
unless they're actually interesting, setting these characters up for
interesting conclusions to their individual stories. Y'know.
SATISFYING. And DRAMATIC.
As the world's most
important sort of person - an amateur internet critic - I feel as
though I am entitled to judge this show's progress on setting up each
piece of their big exciting endgame I've heard so much about, and
then state my opinions for all to hear, as fact.
