Travis, maybe.

It’s a common problem in comedy series that relationships and characters gradually have their funniest qualities exaggerated to the point where, ironically, they’re no longer funny. There was always a strong element of bizarro mentoring in Jack’s relationship with Liz — a twisted version of Lou Grant and Mary Richards. It led to some of the show’s strongest moments. But as they stand now, Liz is as clueless and lost as Tracy and Jenna, and her once-grounded friendship with Pete (Scott Adsit), who was her one nominally sane ally, is essentially gone.

This is, as a friend of mine recently noted, the opposite of whatParks And Recreation did with Leslie Knope. She’s been fleshed out from a cartoonishly goofy boss to a warmly devoted — but still funny and skewed — public servant. Her relationship with Ron Swanson has become more equal, more respectful, with more give-and-take, and that’s all made the show funnier and better.