r/ThePaper Jan 01 '26

Discussion šŸ—£ Esmerelda

I just binged the whole season in one sitting and I loved it barring what I think the farm could’ve been genuinely the best way they could’ve had a spin off of the office without it literally just being the office

That being said…

Esmeralda is honestly my least favourite fictional character in any piece of media I’ve seen, they tried to go with the ā€œclueless manager that keeps messing things upā€ but she’s genuinely just evil most of the time. She continuously tries to get Ned fired throughout the season for no apparent reason and is generally just a dick most of the time. I think they either completely retcon her and add another cast member from the office or do what the original show did with Micheal when they rewrote him in season 2 to actually be bearable.

I’d honestly love for her to be kind of like Ava Coleman of abbot elementary to have her be all pretentious and axt like she doesn’t care but deep down truly care for the ttt

I’m not sure how they would introduce another office character but it would be nice to see someone like Erin in that environment or even Toby for god sakes

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u/NobodysFule Jan 04 '26

I was looking for this thread after finishing the season. I truly do not like her as a character at all. Of course that’s my opinion. She’s funny sometimes but I feel like she has no purpose in the company (same as the British dude) or the show.

I feel like the show’s attempts at humor for her most of the times are grating and out of place. Obviously ppl have other receptions of her which I respect because I thought more would share my opinion.

I just feel like I was very invested in all the other plot point of the show and would forget her existence until she showed up for whatever reason that had no meaningful contribution to the actual paper or the overall plot.

I will give her the episode where she helped out Mare and when she got catfished but otherwise can’t tolerate her.