I had fun recapping some of last season's episodes, but then I also got bored. It's harder than it looks, man. I mean it's harder if you care about accuracy, detail, and incorporating your own commentary (which was kind of the point.
After a certain point I just decided I didn't want to go on with it. So what's a fan of The Office looking for more recaps to do?
Why go here, of course. Finally, finally Television without Pity decided that The Office, though a comedy, was recap-able. Or perhaps their Bravo masters decided for them! I was disappointed that they weren't handled by Jacob---whose strange and poignant insights entrance me and whom I tried (palely) to emulate in my own recapping career---but they are still pretty good, especially M. Giant's and Joe R.'s. They don't have the detail or nuance of, say, M. Giant's Rome recaps, because, in TWoP parlance, they are "weecaps." This too was disappointing----The Office has depths to plumb and M Giant is a pretty astute (and pretty damn witty) commentator. (Where, by the way, IS Jacob Clifton?)
I just feel for a show this nuanced, Jacob or the lamented djb would have provided the spin I was hoping for.... Still, if you're looking for recaps, there you are: TwOP weecaps "The Office." . They started back in Season 1 and have worked their way forward.
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