The Shows Mostly Formerly Affiliated with NBC's Thursday Night Comedy Block Thread **SPOILERS**

[GoGo Yubari]

Also Ann trying to tell a joke was delightful. Any time Ann tries and fails to be cool or funny makes me laugh hard.

[LittleDaniel]

That wedding episode was perfect. Holy shit. Holy shit you guys. What an amazing episode.

I also liked Community. I've given up on Anne having any character progression at this point.

[Your Mom]

So we are planning on just kicking back with a couple drinks tonight and watching a good show. Would Parks and Rec be a good one or does it take a while to build?

[LL!]

As soon as you hit season 2 it hits you in the face with awesome.

[Your Mom]

Can we skip Season 1 then? I mean is it actively bad?

[TKz]

It's just horribly average. I honestly think it'd be worth watching Season 2 and then just going back to Season 1 when you feel like it. Maybe watch the first episode for introductions then skip to Season 2. The difference is just incredible though, you'd never guess it gets so good.

[GoGo Yubari]

I would say watch the season one pilot and the season one finale and then on to season two.

[Lint]

Following GoGo's suggestion, I think I shall do that with Parks and Rec on Netflix now. Its a show I've been meaning to watch, but for the longest time it was up against 2 other shows I DVR'd..then when it wasn't against them, it was season 2 or 3 or something so I didn't bother, figuring I wouldn't know what was going on. Its on Netflix now though, so I'll check it out

[Josh]

I'm not necessarily worried about Community at this point, in terms of achieving a modicum of quality. This week's episode was better than the season premiere, but not as good as last week, which I'll take. It was on par with several episodes from past seasons. The only truly notable drawback was the presence of a few "Ha ha, NERDS" moments that Community otherwise tends to avoid. It wasn't quite Big Band Theory dumb, but I could have done without it.

Parks and Rec was just predictably phenomenal.

[Your Mom]

We watched the first season of Parks and Rec last night. It had funny parts but yeah it wasnt great. I'll take your word for it and keep watching though

[LittleDaniel]

You've gone through EASILY the worst bit. Like, even the season two opener is streets ahead of anything from season one.

[Jimmy]

I'd say it's similar to the first season of the US office wherein it's not very good, but I'd say it's necessary to watch in order to get the most out of the following seasons.

[TKz]

I'd say it's similar to the first season of the US office wherein it's not very good, but I'd say it's necessary to watch in order to get the most out of the following seasons.

First season and like, half the second season of The Office is awful. I kind of love it, because so many idiotic people are like LOL US STEAL ALL THE GOOD SHOWS AND MAKE THEM SHIT. When in reality, the US Office is actually a better show when it's not a carbon copy of the UK one. Which I never really enjoyed. Much preferred Extras.

[GoGo Yubari]

Wrong. Basically all of season two of The Office is great. I will rewatch it once the series finale looms to prove my point!

[LittleDaniel]

It's also unlike the Office because Parks gone past three seasons and it's still good.

[Jimmy]

I've only watched up to about season five or so of the US Office but I thought it was pretty good once it got to the second season up until that point. Parks is much better, though.

[TKz]

I honestly can't remember the first half before Booze Cruise. For some reason I haven't watched that in a long time, I always skip to that episode. I remember not enjoying it the first time though. Maybe I was still just soured on the really meh first season. But I actually think The Office is pretty great right up until Scott leaves. And there's plenty of good episodes in the seasons after that.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Can we skip Season 1 then? I mean is it actively bad?

It's just about a different show. There's a point early in Season 2 where they figure out that Leslie Knope didn't need to be the female Michael Scott and the show really took off. April, Andy and Tom are pretty different characters for the better too. Plus, trading out Paul Schneider for Rob Lowe and Adam Scott is just about the best casting trade in TV history. You also get Louis CK in Season 2.

I honestly can't remember the first half before Booze Cruise. For some reason I haven't watched that in a long time, I always skip to that episode. I remember not enjoying it the first time though. Maybe I was still just soured on the really meh first season. But I actually think The Office is pretty great right up until Scott leaves. And there's plenty of good episodes in the seasons after that.

I just re-watched Seasons 3 through 7 and they all hold up. Season 2 starts off with "The Dundies" and the quality doesn't stop all season. To me, the first time The Office started to show the slightest hint of any drop off in quality was the beginning of Season 4 when they started the season with 4 straight hour long episodes but the show was very consistently strong until Steve Carrell left.

[GoGo Yubari]

I think season five was the where it started falling off for me. But it did have Idris Elba and the Michael Scott Paper Company arc, which was fantastic.

[Josh]

God, Idris Elba, that's right. Having watched The Wire long after that, the significance of that casting is only now hitting me.