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 #15 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.9 — Elite. The episode packs 98 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.2 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
Andy: I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.
Andy Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Oscar: 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.
Oscar Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Erin Reaction Beat Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Jake · Everyone: Mom? / Wait, Wait. What? / Oh, man.
Pam · Toby · Dwight: 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.
All Jokes — 98 analyzed
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Jim: It will be nice to see everyone again. I haven't seen Kevin since we let him go.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Stanley: I've been looking forward to this day since I was 18 years old.
Stanley Character Comedy Observational Stanley Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Kevin · Dwight: Get out? What does that mean? / It's a colloquial way of saying you're fired, Kevin.
Dwight: The cake has spoken, Pam. Sorry.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam · Toby · Dwight: 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.
Dwight Callback Character Comedy Callback Toby: At least I got chocolate.
Toby Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Jim: I bike to work now. It saves on gas, it's cheaper than a vasectomy
Jim Absurdist Misdirection Callback Angela: My heart is so open. I'm so at peace. / Ugh. Look at Meredith. She's disgusting.
Angela Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Angela: Those feet. They're like the paws of an orangutan.
Angela Character Comedy Observational Angela: Now that she's wearing sports bras, we don't see her boobs as much.
Angela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Oh, and the old man to feed us the cheese that he's been fermenting since the day of my birth.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: I hired him back after Creed faked his own death in the baler the day after the doc aired.
Dwight Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: The only person he fooled was Kevin.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback Callback 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 Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy · Jim: Party time, whorehouse. / No. No whorehouse. This is Dwight's night. Okay?
Andy Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim · Dwight: bestisch Mensch
Jim Dwight Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Jim Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Dwight: often times in Hollywood portrayals of bachelor parties, there are accidental murders. That won't be necessary tonight.
Dwight Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim: Mose has been weird? That's so unlike him.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Callback Andy: when I started sobbing uncontrollably, apparently, that struck a chord with quite a lot of people. Not a very compassionate chord.
Andy: You can't just sit here and cry. / I can so just sit here and cry!
Andy Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: 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 Observational Character Comedy Oscar: 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.
Oscar Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Todd Packer: I live in Poland now. The Scranton of the EU.
Kelly · Ryan: How long have you been stalking me? / No, no, no. My flight just got in from New York. / Are you still with Pyotr? / No, and I thought I unfriended you.
Kelly Ryan Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Kevin: I have six roommates, which are better than friends, you know, because they have to give you one month's notice before they leave.
Kevin Character Comedy Observational Kevin Character Comedy Callback Callback Andy: A bear hug from my favorite mama grizzly.
Andy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Darryl: Must've been another devilishly handsome debonair individual.
Darryl Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Pam: You remember my two Lap-Band surgeries, right? / Neither do I.
Pam Setup/Punchline Observational Jim: Guten prank number one.
Jim Callback Running Gag Callback Oscar: They wanted me to go to the bachelorette party with the girls. Really? Such a cliché. I'm a man.
Oscar Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Oscar Physical/Slapstick Callback Callback Dwight · Jim: What, are you going to whack me, Jim? / No, Dwight. You'll be doing the whacking.
Dwight: A bazooka. You remembered.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback Callback Jim: Guten prank number two.
Jim Callback Running Gag Callback Restaurant patron: Hey, I know you. You going to sit here and cry?
Meredith · Angela: We're very close. We even have our own special language. / People love it. / They do.
Dwight: So we'll have an onion loaf for the table, please. And tell us about your heartiest soups.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight: It tastes like cigarettes. That won't work.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jake · Everyone: Mom? / Wait, Wait. What? / Oh, man.
Meredith: Give them a good show, my little entrepreneur.
Meredith Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Meredith: Stripper's only as good as his song.
Meredith · Angela: Be gentle, Jakey, gentle! / If anything, this is rougher!
Jim · Dwight: You're telling me! If you want her to leave, just tip her. / What for? We haven't even gotten bread yet!
Jim Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Great, which one is that? / Mmm. Hey, driver, why don't you take us to 3030 Adams?
Jim Pam Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Kevin: That's six 'wells'. Did I get that number right, Dwight?
Kevin Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Kevin: I heard you bought a bar, Kevin. / Yes, I did. This one. / Now, get out.
Dwight · Jim: You? You did this as a prank. My own bestisch Mensch. / Nope, not a prank.
Dwight Jim Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Waste of a good hatchet.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: I saw him making his portrait out of a Wooly Willy.
Jim Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Your Internet searches were so filthy we had to throw out your computer.
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Guten prank number three.
Jim Callback Running Gag Callback Dwight: And her legs are still numb from being in the trunk.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Stanley: The man who delivered my divorce papers came by fan boat, which was kind of fun.
Stanley Observational Deadpan/Understatement Andy: I got hated on pretty hard when that auto-tune went viral.
Kevin: Yeah, people hate you.
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Stanley: 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.
Stanley Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Pete: Uh, no one recognizes me, but now all my friends call me Plop. So, thanks, PBS.
Pete Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Callback Kelly: 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.
Kelly Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Panel moderator · Creed: Do you find that your life feels pointless now that nobody's actually filming you anymore? / Yes.
Meredith: 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.
Pam · Andy · Pam: It's like a long book that you never want to end, and you're fine with that because you just never, ever want to leave it. / Like Harry Potter? / Yeah. Like Harry Potter.
Erin: 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 Observational ★ Rewatch Erin Reaction Beat Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Jeff Bomondo: I can show you my social security card if it helps.
Kelly · Ryan: Can you imagine if I'd worn my Jimmy Choos? / I just saved you 600 bucks, mister.
Ryan: Never came back. Oldest story in the book.
Ryan Deadpan/Understatement Observational 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 Misdirection Kelly · Ravi: Ravi's a pediatrician, and some of his patients are total uggos. / Uh, they're called premature, sweetie.
Kelly Ravi Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Angela · Angela: Thanks for not locking the door when I asked you to, Phyllis! / Sorry, Phyllis. You didn't know.
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.
Jim Dwight Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: That's what she said.
Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: See, I get what they're trying to do, but why are the graves so shallow?
Michael Observational Character Comedy Dwight: Complimentary hay hooks are placed along the aisles. Just stab them on in there.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Ryan: I let him suck on a strawberry. He's allergic, but he'll get over it fast.
Ryan Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: 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.
Pam Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Stanley Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Toby: Kelly was hoping that you would keep the baby so they can start a new life together.
Toby Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: I feel like all my kids grew up and then they married each other. It's every parent's dream!
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ryan: It sounds kind of lame. No offense.
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam: Well, you bought the house without telling me, so I thought I could sell it without telling you.
Pam Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Oscar: I had to pledge $50 to my local PBS station just to get this.
Oscar Character Comedy Observational Callback Pam: Oh, um, I kind of meant just everybody from the office.
Pam Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pam: It took me so long to do so many important things. It's just hard to accept that I spent so many years being less happy than I could have been.
Pam Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: if you film anybody long enough, they're going to do something stupid. It's only human natural.
Dwight Observational Wordplay/Pun Dwight: Don't be an idiot. It's for the severance.
Dwight Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dwight: Oh, right, for what? The art? The music? The incredible night life? No, thank you.
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy: Oh, I can so just sit here and cry!
Andy Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.
Andy Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Kevin: But seriously, you made a nine-year documentary and you couldn't once show me doing my origami?
Kevin Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Callback Kevin · 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.
Meredith: I just feel lucky that I got a chance to share my crummy story with anyone out there who thinks they're the only one to take a dump in a paper shredder. You're not alone, sister.
Meredith Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Pam: There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the point?
Pam Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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