The Office Finale

"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."

I'll have more notes on The Office finale tonight/tomorrow, but I will say that the absolute sugar-coating/feel-good way they did it was perfect. I know a lot of people are all worked up about it, but fuck it – the thing was on for nine seasons. That’s how it’s even possible that the whole Erin’s parents showing up thing worked. At first I groaned and rolled my eyes, but what made it work is that her coworkers figured out what was happening before she did. This is a testament to how close these characters were to each other, while staying true to Erin’s endearing dimness.

So between it being on for nine years and them nailing the episodes leading up to the finale, this felt like a coach taking the starters out with a few minutes left on the clock so everybody can just soak it in and enjoy it.

Hell, they even saved Andy – just when I thought they were gonna spend the entire goddam thing on him and completely ruin it, he turned back into Andy Cornell guy, and he even had the line of the night.