Episode 205 || Reading Resolutions, Vol. 5

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Happy New Year! For real this time. This week, Annie and Chris talk about what worked and what didn't in 2018 and about setting their reading goals and intentions for the new year. It's just the time for a fresh start. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	So I took Kelsey on her first trip through the office.
0:05.2	Oh, lucky her.
0:06.1	Yeah, right?
0:06.8	And so this is a show that I know you have watched many times.
0:10.5	So many times.
0:11.5	I have also watched many times, but I think I've only seen seasons eight and nine, like, once, maybe twice.
0:16.7	That's the same as us.
0:17.9	Yeah.
0:18.7	And so unpopular opinion about seasons eight and nine, the Nellie Bertram character is totally wasted on only really being in one season.
0:29.2	I don't understand her character.
0:31.1	I love her character.
0:32.9	I know, and this is an unpopular opinion.
0:35.4	I think she's sincerely funny.
0:37.6	Yeah. I think she's sincerely funny. Yeah.
0:37.8	I think she has a lot of depth that some of the other characters in the office don't have. Yeah. And that she has this whole adoption subplot going on. I think they didn't know what to do with that subplot. I think that's what happened. They introduced it in season eight. Yeah. And then in season nine, she's just trying to become friends with people. Yeah.
0:33.9	I think if they had introduced her in like season six, she could have been a really valuable addition to the cast. She could have developed. She could have developed in a way that made sense with the rest of what the show was doing. I feel about her the way I feel about Robert California. Uh-huh. But I have a friend, like, he might even listen to the show. It's a Lindsay from Penn & Payate. It's her husband, Robbie. Robbie and Jordan got in this long talk where Robbie was like, no, Robert California is a genius character. Here's why. I agree. And so we watched it this time with that in mind. And we both were okay we don't like him oh yeah he is a genius
1:28.6	character he's a terrible person but he's so interesting to watch yes the only time that I in
1:35.1	this watch of season 8 the Robert California season that I was like I hate this was his last
1:41.2	scene when David Wallace buys back Dunder Mifflin, spoilers, sorry, the show came
1:45.7	at 10 years ago.
1:47.5	David Wallace buys back Dundermifflin and Robert California essentially takes a bunch of money
1:52.5	to go do terrible things to women in Eastern Europe.
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