The Office (US) could have ended when Jim proposed in the rain. It maybe should have ended at the wedding in Niagara. Dear god it definitely should have ended when Michael left. The rest was just a shambling husk with nothing to say and tired gags.

Parks and Recreation also flanderized everybody (on a show that didn’t have much room to spare with how delightfully silly everyone already was as of season 3) and brought on new blood that didn’t work. I still haven’t seen most of the final season.

[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

I strongly believe The Office should have ended when Michael left. His departure was perfect and if they had ended the rest of the show there, they would have finished the show on a high. Instead it dragged on and it became a shell of itself.

If I can advocate for Parks and Rec's end. I will say that they found a way to wrap it up very well giving each character a satisfying ending to their arcs. The new characters are defintely forgettable and sour the later episodes a bit, but it is worth it for the conclusion.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

and brought on new blood that didn’t work

I thought Craig was one of the best characters, they should have done more with him

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 5 days ago

Agreem. Parks and rec characters just turned into cartoon characters and it was such a weird thing to witness.