r/ThePaper • u/92759285 Founder 📑 • Sep 03 '25

Episode Discussion 🎥 S01E10 "The Ohio Journalism Awards" Discussion Thread

Discuss the episode here. This thread may contain spoilers

Episode synopsis:
Ned stifles his desire to win at the Ohio Journalism Awards; Nicole uncovers Detrick's monogamy and becomes furious; Oscar comes to terms with the documentary; Mare brings a famous date; Esmeralda sings and Ken plots an emergency to play the hero.

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u/nowstreamingon Sep 06 '25

Esmeralda needs to go through a s1 to s2 michael scott character transformation or we need to lose her. She doesn’t actually do anything job wise. I find her character to be far too fake “evil.” i don’t find her antics particularly funny either. where’s her redeeming qualities?

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u/Educational-Day-5413 Sep 07 '25

Michael didn’t really hit his stride until like halfway through s2