The Paper (2025)
7.085%70%7.1
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher trying to revive it.
John Chapel reviewed
September 9, 2025•
You love this if you think The Office was better after Carrell left. The bits are cartoonish and predictable, and everyone seems to be TOO archetypal. The "stupid guy" is just too stupid. The "Lazy guy" is just too lazy. The "old guy" is just too geriatric, and while the whole modern glimpse into the archetypes of a boring office job worked for The Office, it worked because the Dunder Mifflin employees were far more than a two-word description of themselves. They had depth, and character arcs. To be fair, this IS only season 1. But there will only ever be one show in history that is allowed to mimic The Office, and thats Parks n Rec, and that was specifically because America was begging for more of it.
Now? EVERYTHING is a mockumentary. EVERYTHING is a glimpse into the quirks of modern jobs. EVERYTHING is a poorly reconstructed Jim-and-Pam-esque "Will they wont they?". EVERYTHING is the awkward moment followed by somebody mugging the camera. The Office redefined the sitcom, then everything tried to be the office and it just got old. (Basically the same thing that happened to Seinfeld. Which itself was built upon Newhart). So for the OG creators to come along and go "We're BRINGING BACK THE OFFICE", I mean.....it's been 20 years.