One year later, Dunder Mifflin employees past and present reunite for a panel discussion about the documentary and to attend Dwight and Angela's wedding.
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“Finale” ranks #9 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 94.2 — Elite. The episode packs 114 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.5 on impact, with Dwight landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight · Michael: I can't believe you came! / That's what she said.
Dwight: Angela Schrute, my former accountant, is now my wife. / My top salesman, Jim Halpert, was best man at my wedding, / and office administrator Pamela Beesly-Halpert is my best friend.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch New employee · Jim: That's the reason Kevin got fired. It's his magic number. He used to call it a 'keleven.' He told Dwight, 'A mistake plus keleven gets you home by 7:00.' He was home by 4:45 that day.
Dwight: This stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing job.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: Turns out Creed was in the band The Grass Roots, in the 1960s. During that time, the police say he sold drugs. And trafficked in endangered species meat. And stole weapons-grade LSD from the military.
Dwight Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
New employee · Jim: That's the reason Kevin got fired. It's his magic number. He used to call it a 'keleven.' He told Dwight, 'A mistake plus keleven gets you home by 7:00.' He was home by 4:45 that day.
Dwight · Michael: I can't believe you came! / That's what she said.
Dwight: Angela Schrute, my former accountant, is now my wife. / My top salesman, Jim Halpert, was best man at my wedding, / and office administrator Pamela Beesly-Halpert is my best friend.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 114 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight: Nobody buys DVDs anymore. / It'll be a pledge gift.
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Observational Dwight: PBS. The propaganda wing of Bill and Melinda Gates, and viewers like you.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight · Kevin · Pam: Dwight fires Kevin via cake frosting that reads 'Get out'
Kevin · Dwight: 'Get out'? What does that mean? / It's a colloquial way of saying you're fired, Kevin. Which you are.
Kevin Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Dwight: The cake has spoken, Pam. Sorry.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Office staff: Well, if anyone here can make a case for Kevin staying... Based on his merit. Oh. Um... I'm good.
Pam · Toby · Dwight: Well, Toby will stop it. Any time anyone's ever been fired, Toby's blocked it, so... Yeah. Yeah, I don't think... Toby, wait, wait. Hold that thought. Here's your cake.
Toby · Office staff: Bye, bye, Toby — Toby walking out with his 'get out' cake
Toby: At least I got chocolate.
Toby Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ryan: I bike to work now. It saves on gas, it's cheaper than a vasectomy, and, oh, yeah, it's good for the environment, too.
Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist Jim: Dwight is imitating Japanese business practices, for reasons he explained to us in Japanese.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Angela: Ugh. Look at Meredith. She's disgusting. Those feet. They're like the paws of an orangutan.
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Phyllis: I think she looks good. Now that she's wearing sports bras, we don't see her boobs as much.
Phyllis Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dwight: Oh, and the old man to feed us the cheese that he's been fermenting since the day of my birth. You keep forgetting about him. I don't know why.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: I always liked Devon. I hired him back after Creed faked his own death in the baler the day after the doc aired.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight: Turns out Creed was in the band The Grass Roots, in the 1960s. During that time, the police say he sold drugs. And trafficked in endangered species meat. And stole weapons-grade LSD from the military.
Dwight Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Andy: Party time, whorehouse.
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist Jim: Dwight has made me his bestisch Mensch, which is Schrute for 'best man.' He is putting himself entirely in my hands tonight, and I know, for over 12 years, I've done nothing but trick and prank him. But tonight? Only good surprises.
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: Often times in Hollywood portrayals of bachelor parties, there are accidental murders. That won't be necessary tonight.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Jim: Great, now we've got three hours to fill.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback Jim: Mose has been weird? That's so unlike him.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Andy: America's Next A Cappella Sensation aired my audition, and when I started sobbing uncontrollably, apparently, that struck a chord with quite a lot of people. Not a very compassionate chord.
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: One from the Philippines got 12 million hits.
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Late Night Host: Aw, come on, Baby Wawa. Don't be such a baby.
Seth Meyers: For Weekend Update, I'm Seth Meyers! That's Baby Wawa! Good night!
Andy: After my clip blew up, I actually got a call from the Double Rainbow guy and the fat Star Wars kid. Turns out they have a support group. Not really my scene.
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Nellie: Oh, I live in Poland now. The Scranton of the EU.
Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Observational Ryan: After Dwight fired me, I moved to New York to write the Great American Novel. I have six roommates, which are better than friends, you know, because they have to give you one month's notice before they leave.
Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Andy Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Andy · Darryl: Hey, man. How you doing? I didn't call 'cause I figured you changed your number. No, I didn't change the number. All good, though. Phone never rings.
Pam · Jim: You remember my two Lap-Band surgeries, right? Neither do I. Guten prank number one.
Pam Jim Setup/Punchline Misdirection Oscar Character Comedy Misdirection Dwight · Jim: Hey, why are we stopping? Jim, this isn't on the itinerary. Jim? Get out! Come on!
Dwight Jim Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Dwight: A bazooka. You remembered.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Bar patron · Andy: Hey, I know you. You going to sit here and cry?
Andy: I spoke at Cornell during Commencement week. Well, I mean, the seniors invited me as a joke, but it was a huge success.
Andy Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Andy · Jim: That's how I got my new job in the Admissions Office. Is that a volunteer program, or... No, it's a job. Things are going great!
Andy Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Angela · Rachael: This is my big sister, Rachael. No, this is my big sister, Angela. We're very close. We even have our own special language.
Meredith · Jakey · Dwight · Jim · Oscar: Meredith's son arriving as the bachelor party stripper
Meredith · Angela · Jakey: Angela, special repairman is here! / What is this? / Shut up! Jakey? / Mom?
Meredith: Stripper's only as good as his song. / Yeah! Good song choice, Jakey!
Meredith Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Meredith · others: Be gentle, Jakey, gentle! / Stop it, Meredith! / Sorry! My bad. Go ahead, Jakey.
Dwight · Jim: For the last time, I'd like a side salad with balsamic. / Dwight, for the last time, she's not a waitress. / You're telling me! / If you want her to leave, just tip her. / What for? We haven't even gotten bread yet!
Darryl: Oh, man! I never thought I'd say this but I think I ate too much bone marrow.
Darryl Deadpan/Understatement Observational Jim · Dwight: Good old Mose! They think it was Mose. Oh, great! He's getting into the spirit of the festivities. Fantastic! He just pulled off a Braut entführt.
Kevin · Dwight: Well, well, well, well, well. That's six 'wells'. Did I get that number right, Dwight?
Dwight: Waste of a good hatchet.
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dwight · Kevin: Well... / I heard you say 'well' the first time.
Dwight · Kevin: It was nothing personal. It's just that you were terrible at your job. / You're just saying that to make me feel better. / No, really. You were terrible at math, and organization, time management, personal hygiene.
Dwight: Your Internet searches were so filthy we had to throw out your computer.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Kevin · Dwight: Is that all it was? / That's it.
Jim · Mose: Guten prank. / Yes, Mose. / Guten prank number three.
Jim Mose Callback Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: And her legs are still numb from being in the trunk.
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Callback Stanley: The man who delivered my divorce papers came by fan boat, which was kind of fun.
Stanley Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Jim · Pam: I guess this was worth being filmed nonstop for nine years.
Jim Pam Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm Andy: I'm sorry, guys. This is probably on me. I got hated on pretty hard when that auto-tune went viral.
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Darryl · Jim: Yeah, people hate you. / I'll go talk to the manager.
Darryl Jim Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Callback Panel audience member · Creed: How did it feel to see your lives played out on TV? / It's like seeing a documentary about how your food is made. / It's kind of disgusting. / You learn a lot, but I didn't want to know any of it.
Dwight: With today's modern surveillance technology, we are in a constant state of being watched, whether it's our government or the government of other countries, a.k.a. Google. You guys are being filmed way more than we ever were.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational Dwight: With today's modern surveillance technology, we are in a constant state of being watched, whether it's our government or the government of other countries, a.k.a. Google. You guys are being filmed way more than we ever were.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational Pete: Uh, no one recognizes me, but now all my friends call me Plop. So, thanks, PBS.
Pete Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Audience member · Pam · Jim: Jim, that DVD in the last episode was so romantic. And I think we'd all love to know, Pam, what romantic thing did you do to pay Jim back for leaving Athlead?
Audience woman · Moderator: All I can say is, if I had Jim, he'd have a free pass to do anything. I mean if I lucked into that, he could do anything. Anything. / I'm sorry, is there a question? / Uh... No.
Audience member · Pam · Moderator: Pam, what was in the teapot letter? / I think I would rather keep that private. / If you've been filmed for nine years of your life, there'd be some things that you just want to keep to yourself. / I hear you. What did it say?
Audience member · Toby: Do you find that your life feels pointless now that nobody's actually filming you anymore? / Yes.
Meredith: I've got a beef with that. For the first seven years I was getting my PhD in school psychology and they didn't show it. Yes, I was getting hammered, but, hey, it was college.
Meredith Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Audience member · Pam: Like Harry Potter? / Yeah. Like Harry Potter.
Audience member · Erin: So, my question is, um, don't you hate her? I mean, I would just imagine that you are so angry at her that you would hate her.
Erin: Maybe sometimes. But not like hate-hate. More just like, 'Mom, I hate you,' and then she would say, 'Go to your room, young lady,' and I'd stamp my foot and run upstairs. And I have a room, which is really cool.
Erin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Moderator · Erin: Erin, same question, but about your dad? / [Erin's birth mother has just been revealed in the audience]
Moderator: Well, this feels like a good place to stop. Let's thank all our wonderful panelists for being here on this wonderful panel today.
Dwight · Jeff: Hi. I'm Dakota. / Jeff Bomondo. / I sell ceramic tile out of Newark. / My wife's name is Kathryn. / I can show you my social security card if it helps.
Angela: Can you imagine if I'd worn my Jimmy Choos? I just saved you 600 bucks, mister.
Angela Character Comedy Observational Kelly · Ryan: Whose baby is this? Oh, are you, like, a manny now? / No, this little guy is mine. / So, I was dating this girl, and one day she went out to get a new charger for her e-cigarette. Never came back. / Oldest story in the book.
Kelly Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Ryan: No, Kelly, he is not named after a hip-hop artist from 2011. It's Drake, like a mix of Drew and Blake.
Ryan Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Kelly · Ravi: Ravi's a pediatrician, and some of his patients are total uggos. / Uh, they're called premature, sweetie.
Others · Angela: Oh, boy. Maybe your heels are too high. / No, my heels aren't too high. / It's because I spent three hours in a car trunk.
Jim · Dwight: The minister just told me that it's tradition for the bestisch Mensch to be older than the groom. Oh, come on. I've never heard of such a thing. I haven't heard of it, obviously.
Officiant · Jim: As is traditional to the Schrutes, the lovers are standing in their own graves, as a reminder that this is the only escape from what they are about to do. / See, I get what they're trying to do, but why are the graves so shallow?
Dwight: Release the doves! [Vultures fly out]
Dwight Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Announcer/Dwight: Now, please take your hay bales to the reception. They'll be used for seating. Complimentary hay hooks are placed along the aisles. Just stab them on in there.
Jim: Michael has so many pictures of his kids, he had to get two phones with two numbers, and he pays two bills. / He's just so happy to have a family plan.
Jim Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Ryan: Rules and stuff? [Said in the context of Kelly and Ryan's romantic reunion and departure]
Ryan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Oscar: Ooh. Yes. Uh, they left together a little while ago. Kelly was hoping that you would keep the baby so they can start a new life together.
Oscar Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Nellie: If Ryan wants his baby back, please tell him where to find me. We'll be somewhere in Europe.
Nellie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Phyllis: I feel like all my kids grew up and then they married each other. / It's every parent's dream!
Phyllis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Meredith: Yeah, I heard. It sounds kind of lame. No offense.
Meredith Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Angela · Pam: I need to get out of this dress. / I got to get out of this dress.
Pam: Well, you bought the house without telling me, so I thought I could sell it without telling you.
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: I mean, you were going to do this without me? / Well, you bought the house without telling me, so I thought I could sell it without telling you.
Jim Pam Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: That's why it's so clean.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Creed: Oh, that's for PBS executives only. I had to pledge $50 to my local PBS station just to get this.
Creed Character Comedy Absurdist Pam: Oh, um, I kind of meant just everybody from the office. [Crowd rushes to be in the photo]
Pam Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick Photographer/Director: Very nice. Just a couple dozen more. / Smiles, everybody, smiles!
Office staff: What the... There's only dandelion tea and raisins in here. / Hey, bottom drawer.
Pam: Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam. Oh, I'm sorry. Jim Halpert doesn't work here anymore.
Pam Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim: I didn't watch the whole documentary. After a few episodes, it was too painful. I kept wanting to scream at Pam.
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: If there is one thing that I've learned through this whole experience, it's that if you film anybody long enough, they're going to do something stupid. / It's only human natural.
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim · Pam: Hey, what do you say when I get back from our honeymoon, the three of us have a conference room meeting just for fun? / What is that meaningful look?
Dwight: No, don't say it. You're fired. You're both fired.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Jim · Dwight: And, hey, if you're ever in Austin... / Oh, right, for what? The art? The music? The incredible night life? / No, thank you. / But if you're ever in the area, you'll always have a place to stay, in my barn.
Jim Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: Do I get along with my co-workers? Well, first of all, I don't have co-workers anymore. I have subordinates. So, have I gotten along with my subordinates?
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: My supplier relations rep, Meredith Palmer, is the only person I know who knows how to properly head bang to Motörhead.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: You might feel sorry for me, but I actually feel sorry for you, because you're about to leave Cornell! So say it with me. Oh, I can so just sit here and cry!
Andy Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Darryl · Andy: You did good. Real good. / Thanks, Dad. Darryl.
Darryl Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy: I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. / Someone should write a song about that.
Andy Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Creed: But seriously, you made a nine-year documentary and you couldn't once show me doing my origami?
Creed Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Kevin · Oscar: Oscar? Oscar? / I think I'm gay. / Why do you say that? / It's just that I'm so emotional. / You're not gay. You're not gay.
Kevin Oscar Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Darryl · Creed: How did you capture what it was really like? How we felt, and how we made each other laugh, and how we got through the day. How did you do it? / Also how do cameras work?
Darryl Creed Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Pam: I worked for a paper company all these years, and I never wrote anything down.
Pam Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Dwight: This stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing job.
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