The Farm

The Farm was originally a pilot for a spin off based on Dwight. But I think NBC were right to pass on it. It's just not very good.

I love Dwight as a character, and I love his Pennsylvania Dutch farming past, but this episode was weak. The additional cast playing Dwight's family were not very good, and could not have been compelling over multiple episodes.

There is a possibility that this could have worked with a better more engaging cast, but even then, the script was poor and didn't have anywhere to go. The Packer side story was better than everything involving Dwight's family.

It's a shame really, because I suspect that Michael Schur, when given multiple seasons to work with, could have created something with interesting characters who develop over time and culminate in heart-warming finales, as is his way. But this pilot showed no promise in isolation.

I know many people have claimed this before but I think they were pushing it. Some might not have hit as hard but it was still watchable. This episode shouldn't even be played in the background while you do something. I've never fast forwarded scenes in the office before but I did in this episode...just to get to the other storyline which was also disgusting. Just tryna understand how they wanted us to feel after viewing this. It's not funny in any way it's just extremely tasteless. What kind of state of mind does a person have to be in to write something like this? I'm thinking of how either storyline was supposed to be funny and it's just impossible to laugh at. I don't like Dwight, but whether I like him or not any sensible person can agree what he did was something I cannot even describe in words. If you don't like Dwight either, skip this episode. If you don't like Todd; skip this episode. Unnecessary and adds nothing.

Edit: not yet finished with the show but I know that there's no way an episode can be worse than this. I also can't shake the feeling this one gave me off too.

Don't get the few sour reviews. This was hilarious, a classic. The aunt's send off is a clip on youtube with over 8,000,000 views. This episode should be a 10 for everyone. Paul Liberstein episode are always outrageously funny. We just may watch this series yet again.

This episode is very weird. Packer is back, being worse than ever and Dwights Family is introduced alongside with neighbors. The expose freaks me out because of the society the Schrutes symbolize(they are definitely trump supporters).

A good chance to revisit Packer, bit the episode makes me uncomfortable by how different it is than the meaty bulk of the series. Dwight's corny affect seems normal to the other characters. It doesn't go over well. It seeems like a pilot for a new show based on Dwight, or a character based on Dwight.