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The Office Season 6

Binding : Video On Demand
EpisodeSequence : 6
ProductTypeName : DOWNLOADABLE_TV_SEASON
ReleaseDate : 2010-07-14
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Rating:
Summary: Heading Downhill
Comment: The earlier seasons of The Office were so fresh and funny. By season 3, The Office had become perhaps the funniest show on the air. Seasons 4 and 5 held up to the standard. Season 6 is where it all begins to unravel.

Many of the episodes in the sixth season are just painful to watch. I have never been a fan of clip shows and fans of this show had to sit through one this season. Clip shows are nothing more than giving the writer's time to be less creative. It is funny to see favorite moments from seasons past but that is why DVD sales and Netflix exist.

In other seasons, it was very hard to pick a favorite episode because most of them were so outstanding. Season six offered a few entertaining shows but nothing that made me want to watch an episode again. Yes, this is the season when Jim and Pam get married and have a baby but other than that, this is just a mediocre season.
Rating:
Summary: Stone me...I LIKED Sabre...
Comment: Yes. I liked the introduction of Sabre, I love Kathy Bates in her role and I feel she added a punch to a series that is getting a little sleepy. Does she really 'get' Dwight or does she just know how to talk to employees, keeping them motivated? Does she take Mr. Scott seriously as a level-headed Manager or does she utilize professional reserve while sizing up the real situation and making careful considerations on how to handle the Scranton branch, and the burning copiers? I approve of this infusion of corporate power into a show that was sometimes way too silly. The tension between Andy and Erin I found to be just convenient little fillers and I lost interest in them after waiting a whole season for those two to really get their act together. I do agree with another reviewer that Dwight is not getting enough time in the show, and I too miss Creed's often memorable one-liners. Overall I feel this season did have too mmany sub-plots and loose ends, but I do hope the Sabre story fleshes out and remains with the series.
Rating:
Summary: Still better than most TV out there.
Comment: While the 6th season of The Office isn't its best by any means, i'm still hard pressed to give it a bad rating. There are definitely some lackluster episodes, the season finale, by far, was a big disappointment (however i'll still take a poor Office episode over some crappy reality show, any day). Yet there are still some gems sprinkled throughout, and that's why i keep watching. Because it's safe to say that when The Office is good, absolutely nothing else compares.
Standouts include:
Niagara
Murder
The Promotion
The Delivery
The Lover
Secret Santa
The poorest episodes mainly include all those that focus on the ridiculous Sabre plot line. It adds nothing and i sure hope this is done away with for season 7.
Rating:
Summary: ugh sabre!!
Comment: like many other reviewers, i have to agree that kathy bates is horrible!! she is so unnatural and self-conscious - totally awkward. please get her off - she has no comic timing, no concept of the show, or apparently any idea of comedy in general. don't know what the writers were thinking with season six. the show needs to call it a day - it absolutely cannot survive without steve carell.
Rating:
Summary: Attention season 6 writers: subtle and awkward is funny, cute and obvious is NOT. . .
Comment: the office has definitely lost its "charm" and "magic" in season 6. you can tell by even the dvd boxset cover with jim/michael/pam holding hands. . .just further proves what the show has become. literal, obvious, idiotic, cheesy, and lame. i mean seriously, anyone who says season 6 is "office-worthy" or that is was "great" is not a fan from the beginning. i find that nearly impossible because the show now is far from what it was in previous seasons. any hardcore fan can see that the writers got lazy this season and are trying to appeal to the general public more now than the niche, hardcore fanbase that was there in the first 3 seasons of so. . .

like everyone else is saying, introducing sabre and kathy bates in this season was a TERRIBLE idea. along with weeding out and losing the david wallace character. i loved the david wallace character and thought he really added alot of heart and depth to the show. And who is his replacement as new boss? . . . kathy bates as "Jo". kathy bates literally sucked all the funny out of every episode she was in. her accent was not believable and not one thing she said all season was funny or added anything to the show. while actually the gabe character was funny for the most part, and was a bright spot in the season.

what really irks me is how all the characters have changed drastically this season. . . .what has happened to jim?? he doesn't even act like himself and doesn't bust anyone's chops or is even sarcastic and belittling to anyone anymore. that's what made the jim character so great and comical. . .because he was smarter, more clever, and essentially "above" everyone else in the office intelluctually and humor-wise, except maybe pam who was on his level. now jim is down to everyone else's level in the office and his character is essentially "boring" now. not to mention, WHY is jim doing cheesy voice impressions?!? sure, he did an impression of stanley in season 2 but that was funny. in season 6, the impressions are often and are adorable, cheesy, and idiotic. the old jim halpert would NEVER do these!!

i vote the "who done it" episode, "where they play that "clue-esque" board game to find out who the fictional murdererer was to distract everyone of what's really going on; which was inevidentily dunder mifflins demise, as the worst episode in season 6. in this episode they all used cheesy/lame voice impressions playing different characters in the game including the painfully idiotic and lame standoff at the end of the episode with fake finger-pistols pointed at each other" and even PAM was playing this idiotic, juvenile charade well after the game was over. this was by far the WORST episode in season 6 (and there were alot of these). i almost stopped being a fan after seeing that one, i felt like the episode was insulting my intelligence or something. most of season 6 was like that. . . the writers just totally DUMBED-DOWN the humor to an obvious, lame, idiotic level.

does anyone else get this impression from season 6?

i also dislike how pam is so forward, obnoxious, and outspoken now. she's incredibly blunt and almost cold in season 6. like when she found out michael was dating her mom. . . .the way she acted and how violent she was toward michael, really made me dislike pam for the first time ever on the show. i thought that was not a good move by the writers, since she's always been a loveable, sweet character in previous seasons.

remember when michael use to be so dry, subtle, and awkward?? in season 6 he is so "literal" and "zany" and his character is downright "silly" now. i love how when he use to act childish or inappropiate in past seasons he would blame someone or something for the way he was acting. . . .now, he just accepts his silly actions and behavior and that's it. that's just his character now. . . .and it's not funny at all.

and as for the daryl promotion. . .promoting daryl was obviously a move due to his recent rise in popularity outside the office. it seems forced and nothing interesting came of his promotion. it was done just to basically give craig robinson (daryl) more screen time. another example of how lame and tacky the show has gotten.

dwight's character has also changed. it feels like they are overdoing his character and persona way too much and it doesn't feel natural or authentic like in the past. plus, dwight is now independent of michael and he acts like an evil comic book villian in most of the episodes. he's overly confident and almost barbaric in season 6, and it was NOT FUNNY. i miss the wise, naive, and insecure dwight so much it hurts. . .

season 6 was so lacking and just bad for the most part IMO with only a few great moments and a few solid episodes. since steve carell is leaving after next season i hope the writers can get together and make this last season a worthy one for all the fans and send michael scott (steve carell) off right. i just hope they don't try to go on without steve because we saw what happened when they tried to go on without zach braff with scrubs, the show failed. so if the original writers/creators of the show (daniels and schurr) can come back for season 7 (maybe that's why parks and rec is starting in mid season next year, so they can wrap up and work on the final season of the office, and season 2 of parks and recreation was fantastic btw) and give this show a great ending and finale, myself and all office fans from the beginning would greatly appreciate it.