It didn’t help that the show’s writers devoted three or four episodes to having everyone in the Office basically spend half an hour tellings us that Andy was a great manager and we really should love him.Īt the end of last night’s finale, Andy - after being unemployed for the last few episodes - got his job back in the least plausible way imaginable. As needy as Andy was as a character, Ed Helms was just as needy as a performer and every time he showed up on-screen, I felt like he was begging me to love him as opposed to giving me a reason to do so. It was impossible to root for Andy because so many of his problems were of his own creation. Whether he was weakly pursuing Erin or cruelly dumping his previous girlfriend twice in one day or failing to sue Robert California for giving his job away to Nellie, Andy proved himself to be just as stupid as Michael Scott but also a hundred times more pathetic. So, I knew from the start of the season that I wouldn’t be totally happy with Andy Bernard as manager but I had no way of guessing just how much I would eventually come to despise the character. It didn’t help that Ed Helms - who is a great character actor - has a tendency to go overboard whenever cast in a lead role. Andy, who started out as such a perfectly annoying villain in season 3, had developed into a rather pathetic and needy character and Andy-centric episodes were usually the weakest of their respective seasons. Even before Steve Carell left the show, I always dreaded any episode that revolved around Andy. I have to admit that my heart sank a little bit when, during the Season 8 premiere, it was revealed that the show would now center around the character of Andy Bernard. (And, believe me, it wasn’t easy to narrow it down to just ten…) But before I write that post up, I want to take a few moments to highlight 10 reasons why I hated season 8 of the Office. In the future, I’m going to write a post detailing how I would have handled the first post-Carell season of The Office. Instead, most of my memories center around being annoyed that the show that I loved could have possibly become so …. Looking back over season 8, it’s a struggle to remember one memorable line or moment that made me laugh out loud. However, nothing could have prepared me for just how bad season 8 would become. I knew that this season of The Office (the first without Steve Carell’s iconic Michael Scott) would be a rough one. Why? Because season 8 was not only the worst season of the Office so far but it was also one of the worst seasons of television that I’ve ever sat through.ĭon’t get me wrong. And yet, as I watched the finale of eighth season of The Office last night, I breathed a sigh of relief once it was finally over. Even when it wasn’t at it best, it was still the show that I based my Thursday nights around. This has been a truly depressing television season for me and it all comes down to one show. (Note: This post originally appeared on my new TV-related blog, What Is Lisa Marie Watching Tonight?)
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