In the limited universe of our Scranton crew, we are always prepared for some sort of shuffling of the deck in the final episode, and we usually get one. So what are we set up for this season? Uh … Pam taking night classes?

It's odd that Michael Scott, the lead of the freaking show, doesn’t have one actual plotline heading into the finale. (Not that he wasn’t funny last night — we would watch three hours of Michael and Darryl in a phone booth.) Jim and Pam are as happy as ever, albeit considering other jobs, and Dwight and Angela are flirting in their silent, frosted way. But what’s actually happening? The finale, staged around Toby’s resignation from the office — to be replaced by the 100 percent double-plus awesome Amy Ryan — lacks all urgency. We're anticipating just another sitcom finish.

Yes, The Office is a sitcom. But this is also a show that inspired swoony YouTube mash-ups and, most amusing, "The Office by Ken Burns." As funny as the program has always been, the emotional attachment fans have to it is based in something else. And that something else, as an entertaining but inconsequential season draws to a close, just isn’t there. —Will Leitch