Dude was OK at best on that show. He was in no way prepared to take on the weight of Carrell and the terrible storylines didn't help. I loved this show but when Michael Scott left I could sense the end. Everything that happened involving Andy and Erin last year made me re-think it. There was no direction for basically the whole season. James Spader saved most of it since the supporting actors became worn out. I'll watch season 9 and I'm sure I'll laugh, but the best days are behind us. I mean, that Dundies ep where they were in the Applebees or whatever was hysterical. There were so many great things about this show, but they are nowhere to be found in recent seasons. I'm sad to see it end, but only because of the way they wasted such a good product.



BTW, Erin asking the "bar" for Kirkland soda last season was still one of the funniest things I'd seen on TV all last year.