
My emphasis, but you can see it plainly in Andy’s eyes. There will be friends, booze, and a $1000 first place cash prize. He has to leave work early for trivia in Philly. When that fails, he begs Oscar to cook the accounting books, but Oscar declines. First, Andy flat-out asks the employees to buy $800 worth of paper (he bought $2,200). He’s beginning to feel like the rightful center of the show, in part because Robert California is fading into the background where he belongs.Ībout the $800. Andy’s desperate, stumble-upon-a-solution style of problem solving is beginning to click. Remember a couple of months ago when he promised Robert California to double the branch’s profits? He’s only $800 short, and he is determined from the get-go to get that money by day’s end. Start thinking of season eight like a reboot - and not just because its ratings are eerily similar to those of season one.

If you plan to continue watching The Office, here’s my advice - unsolicited, sure, but I think it will help: You need to forget the negative energy this show attracts.
