Premieres on September 22, 2011.

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James Spader will reprise his role as Robert California, the new CEO of Sabre-Dunder Mifflin. Pam will be pregnant with the Halperts' second child at the start of the season, to coincide with Jenna Fischer's real life pregnancy.

The List



So, this morning I woke up knowing that I would get to watch the premiere of the new season for The Office and I was excited....for a second. And then the reality hit me that Steve Carell was in fact off the show. I went into The List in a sour mood and it didn't get any better while watching it. James Spader has always just always rubbed me the wrong way, more so now that he is on the show.

The planking gag at the beginning of the episode was funny if I do say so myself. But the rest of the episode felt "off". I kept waiting for Michael Scott to walk in through the door. :::sigh:::

I did like the ending when Andy (the new regional warehouse manager) stood up for the rest of his co-workers. But overall this was just average. I hope they can improve here and getting better for the remainder of the season.

Incentive



From the opening, showing off the new way Kevin wants to talk to Andy's incentive tattoo, this one was one funny episode.

Lotto



This one was weird. Weird funny. It seems they are going more for physical. slapstick comedy this season to make up for the loss of Steve Carrell. Whatever the case may be, this was still a funny episode. Although the "I can't hear" guy was a bit annoying.

Added Season 8 Opening Credits

Spooked



This may have been a Halloween episode and the characters were dressed in different costumes, but it was clear to me that they were all Zombies since they were sleepwalking through this episode. That was painful. Bad. Not funny. This season is turning out to be a bore and looking back on the star ratings I've given, this will be the end of the road for the series. I can't see how they will turn it around. I love the show and the characters but I gotta say it's time to pull the plug. I hope they bring back Steve Carrell for the Series Finale to wrap it up because I know it would be funny....it would be good....it would be fitting.