When it comes to my shows, I’m an all or nothing viewer. I will watch Every. Single. Episode., or I won’t watch at all. And no matter how many times a formerly fresh and clever show has jumped the proverbial shark, I will watch loyally until the very end of the series.
Usually.
But every once in a while, I get so frustrated or disappointed with a show that I quit. I erase it from my DVR schedule and try to forget it even exists.
- It worked with Grey’s Anatomy. [As long as I avoid those commercials!]
- It worked with Big Bang Theory. [We’ll always have reruns.]
- It worked with Bones. [As if I’d come back after that surprise pregnancy stunt?]
And it almost worked with The Office.
Once I began watching The Office (after co-workers convinced me I was The Only Person not watching it back in 2005), I never missed an episode. I stayed through the Stanford years and the Angry Andy episodes and the Michael and Jan insanity. I watched – and loved – it all.
But when Steve Carell left, the lights went out for me. I came back the next season, but not every week. And eventually, I stopped watching at all.
This is The Office’s final season, though. And if there’s one thing that will woo me back, it is a final season.
As I checked back in with the show I used to love so much, I saw major drama unfolding between Pam and Jim. Jim had started a new company in Philadelphia and was spending lots of time away from home while Pam quietly grew more and more resentful of the situation.
Was it possible our beloved PB&J weren’t going to make it?
As I’ve once again become a regular viewer, I’ve also started reading recaps and reviews of The Office again, too. And I have been so surprised by what I’ve found.
(despite what other fans have had to say about it),
join me at my friend Amy’s blog today!
PB&J! I loved your post…I too am still rooting for Jim & Pam. I will also have my box of Kleenex handy as I tearfully say goodbye to my beloved office later tonight.
I love, love, loved the finale – what about you?
I gave up on The Office and Grey’s Anatomy and binge-watched all that Netflix could provide of Bones. :) I do love Jim and Pam, though!
I still kind of miss Bones. It was one of my favorites for a long time. But I really couldn’t get past the strange developments the writers sprang on us a few seasons ago…and I just never went back!
I hate divorce. Really. Hate it. I feel the lack of committed marriages is a big cause of the downturn of society. Yes, when there is abuse, separate for safety sake, but so often people use divorce as the easy way out rather than fighting for the person they made a vow to be with for better and for worse. So, yes, I love any good story line (or post) that encourages a couple to stick it out. To make the choice to see the good and forgive the not so desirable. To compromise and work together. I have always loved Jim and Pam (except I only watch on Netflix so I didn’t know they were having problems…). I am thankful that it looks like the writers love them too.
I loved it…I loved how they handled having Michael be a part of it…I started tearing up when Jim started talking about how he couldn’t be Dwight’s best man, and then full on tears when they panned to the door and MS was standing there. I thought they wrapped everything up nicely for us loyal fans…I was worried that I would be disappointed, but thankfully I wasn’t.
(Especially loved when Creed said “I still have that medal.
The others: “Do you even have a mattress?”
Creed: “No. But I still have that medal.”)