I think the show took a turn for the worse when the following things happened:1) They took the humanity out of Michael Scott, and turned him into Homer Simpson. Funny thing is, the same thing happened to Homer.2) They turned Dwight Schrute into a super villain3) They changed Andy from the "Nard Dog" (an annoying, frat-ish Ivy-leaguer) into...a huge <rhymes with wussy>.at first it was a subtle slide downhill, but it's fallen off a cliff over the last few years. Too bad, the first 3 seasons were great.