Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The Office Season Finale

It was refreshing to see that they could keep the momentum going for an entire hour after I complained last week about how flabby their super-sized episodes seem. Every minute was enjoyable this time around, though. If you're not watching this, you're definitely missing out on one of the better shows to hit American airwaves in a while. Luckily, it's not too late to catch up through the magic and wonder of DVDs or iTunes.

If you haven't seen this episode yet, you'll probably not want to read any more of this. Spoilers ho!

So it looks like our musings and predictions from last week's posting weren't exactly correct. If the short scene at the end is to be believed, Ryan has gone from being a temp to upper management in less than two years. You have to wonder how long Michael can hold out as branch manager if his direct superior is someone who knows how lousy he is at his job.

Karen was either dumped off camera by Jim or has disappeared into a mass of her old friends in NYC never to be seen again. I'm not sure how either of those scenarios gets her off of The Office and on to her new show for next fall. Perhaps she'll be back for an episode or two at the beginning of next year to resolve this stuff.

And of course, Jam fans should be happy as long as they ignore the fact that Jenna Fischer (Pam) broke four bones in her back at a party last week. She'll allegedly be ready for the start of next season, but I hope she wasn't planning on doing anything during her hiatus.

1 comment:

bjkail said...

Indeed, the musings were off. In fact, just reading them tainted my viewing. Oh well, expecting the wrong thing made the actual ending better anyway :-).