NBC and the producers of The Office announced on Tuesday that the upcoming 9th season would be the show’s last, and hopefully, they can go out with a bang.  Last season, the first without Steve Carell, saw a huge decline in quality as the show tried, and, in my opinion, failed in continuing on without Michael Scott.  Either the story seemed written for Carell’s Scott, which forced Ed Helms’ Andy Bernard to act completely out of character, or they tried to use James Spader to varying degrees of success.  One can only hope that, with the end in sight, they can bounce back some this year and leave on top of their game.