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.
16 Reviews
Most touching Ending in the show
siefsiso3 January 2020
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Actually I can't say if I like this better than the ending of "good bye micheal" but it certainely is one of the best endings of all episodes
The last scene starts with Jim ( as always ) trying really hard to save the relationship .. and we feel the loss of electricity between Jim and Pam .. but the scene ends with a hold your breathe moment that ends with the most touching moment .. I would cry every time I see that .
Paper Airplane (#9.20)
ComedyFan201015 February 2019
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There is a paper airplane competition happening.
The competition is fun but the best was Dwight wanting to help Angela. You can see he loves her!
In Pam and Jim story Clark was very funny when "speaking his truth", but I loved the ending. Pam and Jim made me cry! What a wonderful couple.
Andy's story is also pretty good. Loved Roseanne in it!
The competition is fun but the best was Dwight wanting to help Angela. You can see he loves her!
In Pam and Jim story Clark was very funny when "speaking his truth", but I loved the ending. Pam and Jim made me cry! What a wonderful couple.
Andy's story is also pretty good. Loved Roseanne in it!
That ending was perfect
dresmiles6 August 2020
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The tension with Pam and Jim was sad and hard to think about how they could get back to each other like before. But that ending was done so well just cementing that every seemingly perfect couple has hardships but love is enduring and it's not a feeling but a choice and yeah it was really great.
Perfect blend of love and laughter
samratsingraur7 November 2020
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.
Good Episode, Great Ending
kobedawson26 January 2022
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The ending was incredible and truly showed what the relationship between Pam and Jim truly meant. And the flashback to their wedding scene was wonderful.
Again, I'm not a huge fan nowadays of the Dwight and Angela relationship but it was interesting nonetheless.
Andy doing his thing was kinda boring but at least he acted like a decent human being.
Again, I'm not a huge fan nowadays of the Dwight and Angela relationship but it was interesting nonetheless.
Andy doing his thing was kinda boring but at least he acted like a decent human being.
To speak my truth
tdaniels1727 November 2021
Show nearing its end
smcgillivray21 February 2022
Sad to see such a wonderful show nearing the end. It is in the death throes here. Characters are written like fan fiction, just becoming goofy shells of their former selves. Where it used to have excellent writing, it is now just barely hanging on. I would have loved this show to have many more seasons, but episodes like this make me thankful they ended it before it totally ruined the great memories of its golden years.
Acting and Airplane Contest
vivianla1 March 2021
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Andy goes on his first gig shooting for a health and safer video.
Nellie forgot to tell the office there is a two thousand dollars prize for the airplane throwing contest. The office gets competitive.
Angela is no longer with the senator and is in a small apartment with Phillip and her numerous cats. The baby is adorable and the cats all go to the crib. Angela picks up the baby as it cries.
Erin said growing up in an orphanage you had to be competitive for everything - for snacks, pillows, parents. She hates losing.
Esther roots for Dwight. I love her hair. She has two clips holding back two strands.
Jim and Pam have done counselling. Pam sees that Jim forgot his umbrella and runs out to give it to him. Jim gives Pam a long big hug.
Nellie forgot to tell the office there is a two thousand dollars prize for the airplane throwing contest. The office gets competitive.
Angela is no longer with the senator and is in a small apartment with Phillip and her numerous cats. The baby is adorable and the cats all go to the crib. Angela picks up the baby as it cries.
Erin said growing up in an orphanage you had to be competitive for everything - for snacks, pillows, parents. She hates losing.
Esther roots for Dwight. I love her hair. She has two clips holding back two strands.
Jim and Pam have done counselling. Pam sees that Jim forgot his umbrella and runs out to give it to him. Jim gives Pam a long big hug.
True Acknowledgement and Appreciation
spasek19 October 2023
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It's true that love can, indeed, overcome all odds. In the case of relationships, this can only occur when one or both people are able to put aside their egos and surrender. One of the things that trips people up the most in relationships is the egotistical need to be right.
Jim has always had the need to be in control of things. He doesn't necessarily do this in a bad way, but the need is there. By not sharing all of the pertinent information with Pam regarding his new job, he's made the mistake of hoping and assuming that she will simply capitulate.
Pam has always been passive and too afraid of speaking up when she isn't happy or disagrees about something. And by the time she begins to voice her concerns to Jim, the horse has already left the barn, and she's put both of them in a precarious position.
The segment between Dwight and Angela in the paper plane contest is fun and, at times, hilarious, but the true heart of the episode is in the very last scene. Jim and Pam are going through a silly exercise provided to them by their marriage counselor to acknowledge and appreciate each other. Nearly everything they say is, "I acknowledge" or "I appreciate" and so on. However, if you don't feel it-feel sincere about what you're saying to the other person-then they are just empty words that don't mean a thing. And we can already tell that, despite the effort, neither one of them is really embracing the point of the exercise.
By the end of the episode, the communication exercise has fallen by the wayside, and sarcastic and bitter statements are being traded between the two of them because the wounds and hurts are still there, no matter what is actually being said. The tender moment is when Jim exits the car and rushes to hold Pam in his arms. No words are necessary. It takes her a moment to feel it and understand that Jim loves her and has always loved her, and has never meant her any harm, even though he's inadvertently done so. She finally breaks down and the heartfelt moment is fully realized which is the only way that true healing can begin on their road to recovery.
Jim has always had the need to be in control of things. He doesn't necessarily do this in a bad way, but the need is there. By not sharing all of the pertinent information with Pam regarding his new job, he's made the mistake of hoping and assuming that she will simply capitulate.
Pam has always been passive and too afraid of speaking up when she isn't happy or disagrees about something. And by the time she begins to voice her concerns to Jim, the horse has already left the barn, and she's put both of them in a precarious position.
The segment between Dwight and Angela in the paper plane contest is fun and, at times, hilarious, but the true heart of the episode is in the very last scene. Jim and Pam are going through a silly exercise provided to them by their marriage counselor to acknowledge and appreciate each other. Nearly everything they say is, "I acknowledge" or "I appreciate" and so on. However, if you don't feel it-feel sincere about what you're saying to the other person-then they are just empty words that don't mean a thing. And we can already tell that, despite the effort, neither one of them is really embracing the point of the exercise.
By the end of the episode, the communication exercise has fallen by the wayside, and sarcastic and bitter statements are being traded between the two of them because the wounds and hurts are still there, no matter what is actually being said. The tender moment is when Jim exits the car and rushes to hold Pam in his arms. No words are necessary. It takes her a moment to feel it and understand that Jim loves her and has always loved her, and has never meant her any harm, even though he's inadvertently done so. She finally breaks down and the heartfelt moment is fully realized which is the only way that true healing can begin on their road to recovery.
Not a great way to try new things, producers...
tclark_568 February 2020
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.
What happened to the show?
chris_rowe-881-16882013 August 2020
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
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
Ok storyline, poorly developed.
getbacks1 October 2021
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The paper airplane competition was a good idea but for some reason it just didn't come to fruition. It seemed like this story needed someone like Ryan and Kelly to hold it up.
The only thing that helps this area of the story is that your heart goes out to Angela.
The Pam/Jim trying hard to understand each other thru a marriage counselor but yet try hard to grow farther apart is truly cringy at best and nauseating. Jim answering a phone call was almost reason for Pam to pack up the kids and move in with her mom. Weirdly contrived.
However leave it to Andy come through and irritate you even like he started to do by the end of season 8. The audition storyline was good but Andy's character just left you wanting to hate him even more if that were possible.
The only thing that helps this area of the story is that your heart goes out to Angela.
The Pam/Jim trying hard to understand each other thru a marriage counselor but yet try hard to grow farther apart is truly cringy at best and nauseating. Jim answering a phone call was almost reason for Pam to pack up the kids and move in with her mom. Weirdly contrived.
However leave it to Andy come through and irritate you even like he started to do by the end of season 8. The audition storyline was good but Andy's character just left you wanting to hate him even more if that were possible.
On Life Support
jmc39418 March 2024
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.
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