Retrospective; 8 - 9pm
Finale; 9 - 10:15pm
Removed, because I’m not sure spoilers are allowed here.
If it’s up to me; no spoilers until west coast airs.
I thought it was a great finale episode. Exceeded my expectations.
very satisfying.
Best “that’s what she said” ever.
Didn’t watch the retrospective yet, since I figured there would be some (at least minor) finale spoilers.
As for the finale itself, not a “I’ll remember this always” one, but a decent enough wrap-up.
“I can’t believe you came…”
“That’s what she said.”
Win.
Amazing! I really enjoyed that Finale.
I was wondering if the actress who playedthe stripper at Dwight’s bachelor party
was the same actress who playedthe stripper at Bob Vance’s bachelor party.
Loved it.
The Steve Carell cameo was perfect. It happened just as I was wondering if they were going to work it in and thinking it would be toward the end. Having him have too big a part would have deadened his well-done departure from the series, but this was just right. I love that Michael Scott (and presumably Holly) have lots of kids!
I think it’s done airing everywhere by now, but how about if you haven’t seen it, you don’t read the thread.
Who was played Erin’s mom? I recognized the voice (or at least I think I did) so as soon as she asked if Erin was mad at her mom, I figured it was going to be her, it killed me that it took Erin so long to pick up on it. Of course, when Ed Jr stood up to ask the next question, it was pretty clear where they were going with that, but after watching like 6 episodes of AD for the past two weeks since they’ve been on so often, it’s hard to take him seriously (and see him with hair).
Am I high or did the same actor play both Mose and a Mose-like member of the bachelor party w/ a longer beard?? The actor’s name is Michael Schur.
I enjoyed the finale very much; I laughed, I cried…
The longer beard one is Badger from Breaking Bad. He pops up in various roles all over TV but you can always tell it’s him by his voice.
I was wondering that too, so maybe.
Erin’s mom was Joan Cusack.
Thanks for clarifying! I’ve never seen Breaking Bad but on looking up Matt Jones, he does have distinctive features that are similar to Michael Schur.
Good to see Ed Begley Jr as the dad! 
That’s the part that made me tear up.
The retrospective had a lot of funny clips, as one might imagine.
As for the finale, I’m afraid I have to disagree with the group so far and say that it fell short for me. The year’s jump ahead made for an artificial emotional tone, as the characters are all going on about big changes and missing one another and how great it is to finally get back together, when we the viewers just saw them all together in their usual roles last week. It wasn’t a long-awaited reunion for us.
The panel was just too treacly, with the “you guys are so great” questioners. Similarly, the cast members emotionally thanking the documentary crew rang false to me. Because there isn’t really any documentary crew, it just came off as the writers scripting tributes to their own show. More “aren’t we great” moments, in other words.
I didn’t hate it; it was no Seinfeld finale. Lots of it was funny in bits and pieces. I was pleased that Carell showed, even if only for a moment. I just couldn’t warm up to the overall plot and emotional arc.
I loved it. Far exceeded my expectations, and last week when I said ‘this episode wasn’t very good I wish the week before was the finale’ I clearly didn’t know what I was talking about. This finale hit all the right notes for me. Among my favorite series finales.
I wish there were a way you could know when you were in the good ol’ days before you leave them.
Good show, good finale.
That’s why you’ve always got to live for today.
My wife called that right away. She has a much better memory for these things than I; I don’t even remember the first time.
I thought it was a very good finale.
This is probably one of the best episodes of the last 5 years. And I actually mean that as a compliment. It’s just too bad it couldn’t have aired 5 years ago.