The Office Character That Got Worse Every Season

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Fans don't understand what went wrong with Andy Bernard

Though he can be a tad arrogant and has allowed his temper to get the best of him, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) became a widely-appreciated regular on "The Office." For the most part, his flaws couldn't overshadow his genuine kindness toward his Dunder Mifflin co-workers, and fans found it easy to root for him. Then again, according to Reddit user u/shrike3000, he took on a more bitter, petty personality in Season 9 that rendered him an unentertaining shell of his former self. Many in the "Office" Reddit community agreed wholeheartedly, with a now-deleted Redditor even claiming that the conclusion of Andy's arc was easily Season 9's biggest misstep.

Clearly, a good portion of the "Office" fandom isn't happy with Andy's character degradation in Season 9, and there are legitimate reasons for such complaints. While Ed Helms hasn't expressed any thoughts on how the personality of his small screen alter-ego shifted in the last season, he has touched on what Andy means to him more broadly. In an interview with Daily Actor back in 2011, Helms revealed, "Andy Bernard is, in a lot of ways, an opportunity for me to exercise some of my own demons of insecurity and social awkwardness." He adds that, like most of his characters, Andy isn't too dissimilar from who he is in real life.

Even though Andy Bernard didn't get the swan song "Office" fans hoped for, at least Ed Helms got a lot out of his time in the part.