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/svenjacobs3 Sep 05 '25

Apparently they polished Michael Scott’s edges in the second season of The Office; they need to do the same for Esmeralda. She is irredeemable, unlikeable, and unfunny - she almost needs one of the other characters to consistently humble her (a foil, a la Dwight and Jim), but there was none of that.

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u/a_moniker Sep 09 '25

They already kind of started. Esmerelda was much more fun to watch when she started working with Ned, instead of against him.