10 Ways The Office Went From Great To Terrible

The phrase 'don't s**t where you eat' was obviously one that the employees of Dunder Mifflin were unfamiliar with. By the end of The Office's nine season run most of the main characters had been in a relationship with one of their co-workers whether it was Jim and Pam's long lasting relationship, the Andy/Dwight/Angela love triangle or the tempestuous coupling of Ryan and Kelly.

However, by the end it was difficult to care for any of these office relationships such as Andy and Erin's 'will they won't they' dynamic which even at its best felt like a carbon copy of Jim and Pam's early dynamic. Why the writers of the show felt the need to pair almost every character within the office with another co-worker is a mystery particularly when considering the impracticalities and messiness of this.

In the later seasons couplings like Erin and Pete or Darryl and Val felt unearned and also incredibly forced compared to the early days of the show. While the office romances were arguably always a part of the show - let us not forget Jim dated Katy, Karen and Pam all through Dunder Mifflin - by the final few seasons it felt like there was little thought going into developing these relationships.