By far the worst thing about The Office

The Office is one of my favorite shows of all time. I watch it almost daily and can quote most of it. But for all of the great things about it, there is one thing that was so overly stupid and terrible that it’s painful to watch.

Brian the sound guy. That whole little side storyline was so stupid. They got the point across well enough by showing Jim and Pam fighting about Philly, never in a million years did they need to a) introduce Brian at all, and b) have him crush on Pam and them tease Pam having an affair with him.

Those episodes are on CC right now and man, it’s just so unnecessary. For all of Pam’s bad traits and all the dumb things they had her do, this was by far the most unbelievable. I mean shite, they even had her go to his fricking apartment alone to be his shoulder to cry on and teased an affair. Sure, she didn’t do anything, but there was just no need for it at all. And the absolute worst part of it was how incredibly forced it felt. Like one day she randomly looks off camera and starts talking to him (by name, weirdly). And then he inserts himself several times and has his hands on her and whatnot). While Pam sucks a lot of times, it just felt like a weird left turn for her character and completely out of place, especially coupled with her and Jim fighting about Philly.

Nelly, Andy as manager, Deangelo Vickers, Michael driving into the lake, Andy/Erin on and off, etc. All of those are bad parts of the show, but pale in comparison to the Pam/Brian thing.

Anyway, just saw some of those episodes and had to vent.