I hate american tv so much

So I finally got around to watching the second season opener of the american "the office". Boy. Unbelievable. Apparently Steve Carell still has no idea what his role is. It also appears as though they're trying to copy the slow downslide of David Brent that worked so well in the british version. It's not working at all. Even worse is their attempt to not leave us feeling that he's as pathetic as we should. Are american's really that sad that we need protection from something so trivial?

Point is, they broke continuity by dropping the new girl from the end of the last season and they're still missing what made the british version so funny. Excellent.