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Yet I wouldn't recommend anyone skipping it
Yeah, it's peak The Office cringe, but it's not bad exactly, just that Carell was doing that bit much better. If one skips anything, it's the last two seasons when everybody is flanderized all to hell, they're out of things to do in Pawnee, and some of the new additions don't work as well. I'd say skip any episode in S6 that feels off, and then just ignore s7. Feels like Babylon 5 where thy're like, "We got another season, WTF do we do now?"
Hey I love The Office, but Parks & Rec just hits a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I live in a small town so we end up knowing everything that happens in the local government (and everything that happens in the town, really, there isn't much to keep track of). The Office is funny to me because it feels absurd and exaggerated, but P&R is funnier because it's just as ridiculous but feels way too realistic for comfort.
I'd say The (US) Office's highs might be a little higher than P&R's, but P&R had an optimism that kept it better for longer, or at least for a longer percentage of its run. IMHO The Office already had the check-fuel light on by the time Jim and Pam got married, and by the end it was just some strangers physically pushing the thing a couple miles farther down the road. P&R for me didn't start declining until they got back from London, and S6 still had a lot of good stuff. I'd have to look into it, but I really do feel like they thought that was the end, but somehow got renewed for S7 and had to do the entire weird coda of a season with a three year time skip that, I guess, made it technically Sci Fi, LOL
The Office started taking itself too seriously imo. I mean it was still often hilarious, but it also often felt too serious in a way P&R never did.
That seems pretty common for super popular shows. Like there are only so many seasons needed, and instead of keeping things tidy and ending the show, they extend with seasons that don't fit and really ruin the overall show. Both Parks and Rec and Office did it.
The Good Place went the other way. NBC and the fans wanted more but Mike Schur and Greg Daniels (The Office, P&R) kept it short and sweet. Didn’t overstay its welcome and went out when and how they intended.