Paper Airplane

As much as I disliked him on screen when bj Novak and Mindy left the writing went to the pits, I've said before it wasn't Michael leaving that ruined it, was terrible writing. Something the office appeared to do well was character work, I actually disagree if you compare this to parks and rec even a non entity like Gary you know his daughters friends family etc and same with a large percentage.

This show when it tried to force a huge rift in with jim and Pam there were no family friends or anything which could've atleast made this believable, even a phone call to portray emotions would've helped, it felt so forced solely for this kinda ending which did feel good.

However both characters lost a lot of what made them special when Michael left, their communication, almost synchronicity died, it's hard to empathise with Pam as technically she's in a job she's bad at, is a failed artist, the mural wasn't even really sorted and didn't have many friends or close family except her mum, I'm sure she did but the only close moments with Pam were really Dwight and the camera guy, I can't understand why she wouldn't move. Jim bought a house and wanted a successful career and should've explained it way better and upfront as Pam was portrayed as fair and logical. However her salary plus a desire of being an artist would mean she'd need a lot of money something Jim was busting to get again made her just seem awkward and kinda selfish. I'm sure the ending may change this but I feel this series killed my love of Pam a fair bit

To the point I'm more invested in Dwight and Angela, let's be real Dwight is the MVP, he's the comedy clue, best character arc and the sweet moments with Pam and Jim are too cute.

No coincidence that the sister writer seemed to force Erin down your throats, she's an OTT overbearing moron who's assault on Clarke was so badly acted it summed her up, emotionally childish and just a terrible damn character, had potential but she just is so cartoonish she's unbearable

Andy should've died at see.

Kevin should've had an arc to be semi normal by the end, I soon realised that most characters aren't actually that flushed out or great by the end, the only decent ones are fast loosing charm.

I mean Mose had more funny bits than Kevin,Oscar,two young kids combined

Phylis and Stanley are fine

Tobys delivery is almost indecipherable, awful character

Val and Daryl was wasted

Tate is way better as office member than manager.

Too many cartoon characters.

Awful writing killed this show, I'd say Pam and Jim are the ultimate and Dwight is class but I'd side with Leslie Ben and Ron any day

What an episode. Toby's eye and Erin's triggering anger were insanely funny. Kevin's continued failure with paper airplanes was hilarious. Anyways, this episode has one of the best endings as we witnessed the tension between Jim and Pam resolved and that was touching. I wasn't able to control myself laughing in the scene when Jim and Pam were talking in an intentionally formal way as guides by their therapist and Clark asks whether they were high. The paper airplane race was also super fun to watch tho.

This final season has been slowly losing steam, but this episode as slow and clunky as it is watching Jim and Pam and Dwight and Angela... It has the most profound and touching ending of any episode that I've seen this entire series.

This episode is just a strange transformation for a show that has clearly run out of ideas. Manufacturing a terrible storyline between Jim and Pam by creating friction in a way that is not a part of either of their characters is simply lazy writing. It's as if they decided that once Steve Carell left, and when the Andy is a giant butthole storyline didnt work, they went with whatever else they could find to make people interested in the show. Jim and Pam were always a great love story, but turning Pam into an insufferable nag who finds everything that Jim does to be terrible and selfish, while ignoring any possibility for his and the family's growth and development, is pretty uncharacteristic of the amazing person we've come to know Pam to be. This episode, ending included, was unnessecary and quite frankly, poorly planned.

Just sad to see a great show spiral down the drain. Writing is horrible. This paper airplane plot is dumb, the acting is good enough but struggling for laughs. Erin's character is not funny as she's too dramatic, Nellie's character is just not necessary, in fact she is annoying. It's just not the same without Michael. The subplot with Jim and Pam is overdone, but the ending makes the whole show worth staying with it. The Office at this point, is like a star athlete that is at the end of their career but refuses to retire. Although there are glimpses of past humor, The Office should bow out gracefully.