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This certainly explains why great shows get canceled. If people can't follow a simple 22 minute sitcom is it any wonder Veronica Mars, Firefly and Freaks n Geeks couldn't find audiences?

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Yea... were people really confused by this?

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Unfortunately, the masses want "Married With Children" and not "Arrested Development." That's why one was on the air way too long and the other wasn't on the air long enough...

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Why does he always have a deer in the headlights look?

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People were confused about this? It was clear as day! In other news, the Yankees wear pinstripes...

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FWIW, his bit in Knocked Up was hilarious.

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I think people were confused by the fact that he was never even mentioned as a candidate, you never saw him making plans to interview, etc. Plus, he still hasn't made a sale. So people were expecting the answer to be "A" "B" or "C", and instead, the answer was "Pineapple".

And technically, since he is getting Jan's old job, he will be the boss of the office.

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I think the confusion was as to whether Ryan recieved Jan's old job, or if he was replacing Hunter, Jan's assistant.

It makes more sense to me that Ryan would be replacing Hunter rather than Jan.

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I think the idea is a riff off the corporate culture tendency to reward "fresh ideas" over proven experience; ie Ryan the hot, young MBA is a better bet to shake things up with the revolutionary new ideas only young people can come up with. Bullshit, yes, but pretty spot-on satire I have to say.

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For anyone who watches/watched "The Loop" it's the same thing. Hotshot MBA right out of college goes to the executive boardroom, hilarity ensues. Well, maybe not so much on the the "The Loop," but I liked it. Glad to see FOX burning off the episodes this summer instead of just canning it all together.

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it was obvious that ryan got jan's old job.

there was loose foreshadowing & just certain common sense that helps this move make sense...

-ryan's constant talk of business classes & the fact he was just finishing his mba
-he was never concerned with what it took to make a sale...was always more concerned with promotion
-at some point i believe he mentioned he was looking into another job
-as previously stated by dave, this is perfect satire of the business world...hire the young guy fresh out of college=alleged fresh ideas and lower administrative salary despite a lack of proven worth
-they could never move michael
-you get rid of karen or jim and you releave the tension which was just created by the new "open" pam ruining one of the best plot lines to propel your fourth season

you have to actually follow a good show if you want understand it

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I guess there are people who can't understand the show even if they follow it.

Melissa, you're probably the only one who would think that a move from a junior sales associate to an administrative assistant would qualify as a promotion. Very astute.

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schrute to kill,

Wasn't there something about Karen leaving the show anyway? Thought I read spin-off...

You're right though, Michael couldn't be moved anymore than Dwight, Jim, or Pam.

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The actress who plays Karen has her own show, non-Office-related, on I think FOX next year. So she's gone.

I remember someone thinking that Ryan got Jan's assistant's job before. That just doesn't make sense. And having Ryan become Michael's superior will be awesome in terms of creating awkward situations.

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SpaceCase,

Does it feel good to put me down for stating my opinion and trying to be part of the conversation? I bet it does.

I don't work in a corporate office, but it occured to me that Ryan might take a demotion (yes, I knew it would have been a demotion), because he's so desperate to get out of Scranton.

You know what else? Every morning I wake up, I LOVE going to my job.

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Is anybody else incredibly disappointed with what they did with Jan's character? And it just seems so weird making Ryan the big corporate boss of Michael. It makes no sense whatsoever.

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