The BIGGEST Missed Opportunity in The Office History

The Office had a lot of great story lines through the years, but perhaps none were better than the Michael Scott Paper Company. Still, that story may have had some seriously untapped potential.

[captainmidnight]

What's your favorite episode of The Office?

[fluffee_b]

Michael negotiating for their buy out price is one of the best moments he's been

[xinbin]

This isnt the biggest missed opportunity, the biggest was a whole episode called "Tube City"

[narwolf]

6:10 “Watching the same characters go through nearly identical BEETS” I’m DEAD 😂

[shipking]

Best episode we never got Michaels Wedding it could have been a barn burner

[JTMitchell]

I've always thought a fun episode would have been one featuring the other tenants of the Scranton Business Park. Instead of the clip show of "The Banker", I'd have loved seeing things from the point of view from businesses above and below Dunder Mifflin. Dwight firing the gun into the floor? Let's see the reaction from whoever was a floor down. The fire drill including Oscar climbing into the ceiling? What did that sound like from above?

I just feel like it was a huge missed opportunity and I'll never get over it.

[loomlarge]

While I admire the idea of splitting the office in two rival units for the latter seasons, the producers were working on an exit strategy for Steve Carell for a while. Perhaps that factored into some of their thinking, to keep the office unified for a heart-warming goodbye.

[appleid]

Loved the video! But.. imagine this. Jim pranks Dwight telling him everyone in the office was acting. this wasn’t a documentary but Dwight was more like Truman from the Truman show. Now that, in my opinion, was the biggest missed opportunity.

[nms]

Season 1 - meh
Season 2 -5 - the golden years
6 -7 - still good but quality drop is clear
8 and 9 - still a good sitcom but definitely not like before

[connorgoosen]

The audio sync on “beats” / “beets” was such an amazing attention to detail!

[chuckp]

I love how Pam acts more free and out there after the end of mspc arc. It made her character less bland. She was funny, but bland.

[Ari_A]

6:12 I love that you said Beats at the exact moment Jim’s lips say Beets 😂

[jaysway]

Why watch many show, when one show do trick?

[drewgarces]

Was the “Beets” edit intentional? That was great.

[YeeYee-sjjw]

It was really cool when he lined up with jim saying ‘beats’

[firstnamelastname]

Michael was a genius in these episodes “I don’t think I have to wait out dundermifflin , I think I have to wait out you .”

[amandacasey]

the biggest missed opportunity was that the office didn’t make an episode centered around a day in the life of creed

[nealkriesterer]

It wouldn't work.

Michael Scott is not some secret genius. He does have some sales skill and intuition, but there is absolutely no way he could have handled running his own company in a market as competitive as paper. He was very poor with finances, terrible with time management, and had no source of upfront capital. The end. Company dead. Going on for even a full season would not have been believable AT ALL, and the storyline would have killed the show even faster.

The Office was at it's best when it was relatable and realistic. Like you said, in the later seasons they became cartoons and it died.

The idea of Michael Scott actually running a successful paper company for more than a few weeks is cartoonish.

[timeandspace_.]

"Courage. It's the food of the wise man but the liquor of the fool" great quote, Vikram (Ranjit Chowdhry) sadly passed away last year. But I'll always remember his face when I think of that quote.

[marcoscordova]

I thought I was the only one who loved the M.S.P.C. It really was the best thing in the whole show and I was kinda bummed when it stop