Not sure how you missed the conclusion unless of course you wanted it to be someone from the office, which would have been awful.

I just don't get folks who don't think that the Strangler saga was concluded. The idea that it was someone associated with the office is the kind of broad, unrealistic plot turn that was the show's downfall in recent years.

*insert obligatory reply that comparing a show that had 14 total episodes to one that had 200 is dumb.*

The Andy/Erin stuff was the prime example of where this show went wrong after S5. Pointless, uninteresting and dragged out for three seasons.

They had to address those questions at some point because every comment section in every review of these last few episodes inevitably degenerated into a "Why is Pam being such a selfish bitch?" marathon.

If they really exhausted all those plotlines, then they need better imaginations.

Yeah, the fan service in those questions to Pam, to the extent that they even used the Office Tally runner to ask one, was pretty obvious. I didn't think Pam was a bitch, but they sure didn't do her any favors this year.

I'm with you on Pam being my favorite character, which is why the way they butchered her character in this last season made me so angry.

"Is somebody making soup?"

@avclub-7ed334513e65f01deefba9e87e53ea94:disqus  There was never any real indication that Athlead was going to fail though. Pam's fears all seemed to hinge on the fact that Jim wouldn't find her enough if he took this great opportunity and even when he reassured her that nothing would get in the way of that, she was…

Yeah, it would have been a better resolution, and not made Pam look so wishy washy, if he had gone on the three month tour in that year gap and returned with their investment secured and then decided to go for it full time. What the hell was Pam waiting for in the intervening 8 months? She already knew he was wasting…

I have worked in many offices and while some folks become friendly outside of the workplace, not nearly to the extent that was portrayed on the show and certainly not to the level of romantic relationships the show descended to after Season 5. The idea that in an office of 15 people we had three marriages, a broken…

Yeah, while major plot arcs might have been borrowed from the U.K. version, the episodes from S1-3 of this show were completely unique from the parent.

Yeah, everyone says that the show derailed when Steve Carell left, but really S6 was almost as bad as S8 if you leave out Niagara. They had lost the thread of the show after S5, when they decided to ignore the office for more relationship stories.

I think that the solution they came up with at the end, Dwight as manager, was the way they should have gone after S7. A year of Jim being tortured by Dwight as his boss leading to him trying to escape would have made far more sense than the Athlead story.

I thought they handled Michael's return just about perfectly. He's been
gone for two years and so couldn't just be placed front and center
again.

I found the resolution to the Jim/Pam story to be way too abrupt to invest in. The idea that Jim just gives up entirely on Athlead, without what appears to be a single moment of regret, when there is a chance to make it a real success to be ridiculous after the entire season was spent showing how dedicated he was to…

The idea that the Senator could get away without paying child support is ludicrous regardless whether it would be a national story. Much like the sitcom resolution to the Jim and Pam story, this seems straight out of the writer's room rather than a realistic beat.

Man, this is some pretentious bullshit. Are you trying for tenure at some third rate state college?

Funny how no one seems to get your humor.