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Michael Scott is the heart and soul of the office!
and that is apparent by the quick aching demise of the show after Steve Carell left the building!!

In the first season, I wondered what an ugly, irritating , annoying, unfunny, egomaniac and self centred this boss is. I decided that may be this show was a mistake in the first place to watch. 
Oh! I didn't watch it when it aired, just recently binge watched all the seasons, I was just searching for an old high rated TV show and this was the remaining one I had on a list after Cheers, Frasier etc.
So I just regretted having all the seasons! Then after finishing season one achingly, I started season two just to test the waters, and thought if it is going the same way, then I will dump the rest of the episodes. Here when I saw the direction they took, they made Michael human!!!
He is irritating and annoying because he can't understand others, he is self centred because he believes he is loved by those around him like a family because he has no family except them, they are not just work buddies, they are family, he is funny now but kind of pathetic because you understand that his greatest fear is being lonely and his greatest dream is to have a family! 
He endures Jane's torture because he thinks that is his only chance to love someone!!Also the way Jane played on his heart by getting a baby somewhere else could show you how destructive she could be to him.
He sacrifices himself for those work-family-buddies, he is that loyal, but his real problem is that he thinks that he is productive while he absolutely is not!! Work is going inspite of him not because of him, but this loyalty and the security he gives his employees is the key they pass all his craziness into thin air!!
A lot of awkward moments, a lot of weird parties and adventures and he is the centre of all. You would think that Jim and Pam are the love story of the show, are they going to marry or not, are they happy or not, but the real adorable story is Michael and Holly, those are soul mates in heaven, and the way they separated them was too painful. 

The Dinner party episode is something to be remembered in drama and dark comedy, I remember Steve said it has a likening to Who is afraid of Virginia Wolf and he wasn't kidding!! It has the same daunting feeling of unmasking the horrors of those most close to you while just talking!!

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