Hey guys,

I've been watching old episodes and came across an interesting tidbit: in the infamous "Casino Night" (Season 2 finale) episode, Michael and Darrell were arguing over who owned the warehouse (Darrell didn't want fire-eaters ) and they get interrupted by Dwight who tells them that Dunder Mifflin is owned by Beekman Properties and is 4 years into a 7 year lease. I find it interesting that we're 3 years later now and that lease should be coming up this season!

AND since that was mentioned in the finale for season 2, it would probably be the finale in season 5?
Of course, Bob Vance bought out the warehouse when DM Scranton was being closed down, so I'm not sure what became of the original lease with Beekman Properties.

Any other speculation?

Wait, what? They would just renew the lease, which isn't an epic, season-closing event. And they probably lease from Bob Vance now, not Beekman properties. And that's about all she wrote.

Honestly, I'm wondering more about what happened to Ryan's job. I mean, I know they couldn't do The Job again, but someone has to fill that role. I always kind of envisioned Jim getting that job at corporate after Ryan was fired and then Pam having access to all her art connections in New York. The whole house thing kind of screws up that theory though. I just really don't want Jim working in Scranton by the time the show ends. That would depress me more than anything.

You really think they'd just renew the lease and that would be the end of that?
I'm thinking they'll make more of a big deal out of it, perhaps moving the office or creating some sort of tension about continuing at all. Maybe it will also include Jim's move to Corporate. There's a lot of time before the end of season though.

I don't see that as a big finale event either. The lease will probably just be renewed. I don't see why it wouldn't. It doesn't seem like they're having any problems, so. . . why would there be an issue? I doubt it'll even be mentioned again, to be honest.

I think the season finale will probably be Pam and Jim's wedding. Or maybe some conflict with their wedding, where something gets in the way, and it can't happen when they wanted it to or something.

If they do get married though, it will make for some boring upcoming seasons in the PB&J area. Maybe that's just me, because I'm the type who likes will-they-won't-they types of scenarios and tends to get bored once the couple becomes all lovey dovey like those two have become.

I really see a pregency storyline approaching involving angela and dwight and andy.

I can totally see Lease Renewal as an episode, though maybe not a finale. Remember, these are the writers who have the uncanny skill of taking the most mundane office-life incident (Health Care, The Client, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Conflict Resolution, Traveling Salesmen, Local Ad) and elevating it to hysterical extremes.

I doubt we'll see Jim and Pam's wedding as a finale. I learned my lesson last year -- never will I expect the obvious from this group!

My predictions:
1. There will be intrigue, romance and conflict
2. Jim and Pam are in it
3. There will be a cliffhanger.

Don't rule out Jan returning to the mix and somehow becoming part of a cliffhanger storyline with Michael.

I think an Angela pregnancy could have all kinds of hilarious (as well as dramatic) angles.

And, given the current economy, is it possible that DM has to downsize at some point? How can they be so immune to the realities most other companies are facing? I know this was already covered in Seasons 1-2, but it would make so much more sense now.

Considering the season 2, 3, and 4 finales, there will be a pretty big Jim/Pam event. They're not going to go into a pregnancy story until they're married, I'm sure. Wedding seems like the most likely possibility. A Jim/Pam wedding is definitely season finale material, and waiting until a season 6 finale is too long. Also, is there even a guarantee of a 6th season yet? I'd imagine they wouldn't want to risk it, and will spend the second half of the season focusing on wedding preparations, with the finale being the wedding.

Apparantly in one of the upcoming episodes, Michael will walk out on the new vice president (Idris Elba) and leave Dunder-Mifflin. Also, another main character will walk out with Michael. I have a feeling that Jim might be the one who will end up leaving Dunder-Mifflin with Michael. Jim has always insisted that his "job" at Dunder-Mifflin was only that, however, it's slowly become his career over the course of the show. Additionally, Jim is similiar to Michael in more ways than he'd like to admit. Perhaps Michael leaving Dunder-Mifflin will give Jim the initiative to figure out what he wants (Career wise), since he's made it obvious that he doesn't want to sell paper until his retirement.

I wonder if that will play into the Season Finale in any way; I read an Ausiello Files which said that Jim and Pam's relationship would be tested. I wonder if any tension would come into Jim and Pam's relationship if he were to impulsively quit his job.

Pam could potentially be the one who leaves with Michael; it'd be redundant, since she was absent from Dunder-Mifflin for a good part of Season 5, but throughout the show, it's been revealed that Pam cares for Michael to a certain degree despite the fact that Michael's annoying. Either way, it could possibly bring tension into the JAM relationship if either one of them were to leave, espescially if Michael and Pam left, and Jim got Michael's job.

As for a wedding, I think it's a definite possibility. I think the wedding will either be in the Season Finale, or it'll be the Season 6 premiere. I think Jim and Pam will set a date for their wedding very soon; they've made it clear that they don't want to spend 3+ years engaged.

I don't think Jim will walk out with Michael. He just bought a house, and is saving for a wedding. Pam and his future are the reasons that Jim stood up for his job and against Ryan at the end of season 4. I can't see him a mere year later throwing everything away in some kind of weird power struggle where he supports Michael over his own future.

I can stand behind JAM struggles. Every relationship has its ups and downs. JAM was fluffy this year and things got a little stagnant. I see some foreshadowing in Pam's dropping out of art school and having male friends that threaten Jim a little bit. I think that we can see something happening to sabotage their perfect little world at the season close.

I also think that Michael walking out leaves in in (perhaps) for a Holly storyline. That letter from Holly's desktop is still floating around somewhere, so who knows when it will reemerge.

I agree with you on that. We already know that Michael and Holly will be reuniting and that they aren't over each other.

According to an Ausiello Files I read, it said that Kelly is going to try to ruin Jim and Pam's wedding. If Jim and Pam get married in the finale, I wonder what Kelly will have up her sleeve, and why she wants to ruin their wedding so much.

As for the employee who walks out on Michael, I thought it'd be Dwight at first, but that just seems too obvious, and plus he resigned from Dunder-Mifflin in Season 3 already. Pam walking out with Michael seems obvious too. Could it be Ryan, possibly, who returns to Dunder-Mifflin for his old temp job, and then walks out on Michael later on?

Do you have a link to this source?

I would find it beyond believable that the writers would yet again end a season (except Season 3) on a less than wonderful note for JAM....even the most faithful TO and JAM fan would find this incomprehensible and cruel.

And Kelly? She lacks the mature capacity to be truly happy for anyone else and needs/thrives on finding herself at the center of everyone's universe...

The Ausiello Files I read concerning that was in a copy of Entertainment Weekly magazine, but I was able to find the actual scoop online:

Here's a fun little note regarding Jim and Pam's eagerly-anticipated, incredibly romantic wedding on The Office - whenever that takes place - from Michael Ausiello of EW ...

Q: How 'bout some scoop on The Office?

A: Done. Producer-co-star Mindy Kaling (who plays Kelly, below) plans to ruin Jim and Pam's wedding. "America just loves [them] so much," she notes, "and since we are one of the only shows that doesn't [score episodes], the worst thing we could ever do is, like, score [their big nuptial kiss] with some Edwin McCain song. So I am going to probably pitch that we do that."

What a little troublemaker!

The Link is Here

I seem to have misread it - it appears that MINDY KALING, not Kelly, wants to ruin Jim and Pam's wedding... could this possibly mean that Mindy will be writing the finale, or will Kelly really be the one to ruin Jim and Pam's wedding, but to not give anything away, Mindy just said that she plans on doing it, as opposed to her character?

Interesting find, Lightning_Swing. I'm anxious to see how this all plays out.

To TPTB at NBC / Reveille: Please do not allow this to happen. IMO, Mindy Kaling is not the person to write such an episode. Let it be written by any of: Paul Lieberstein, Justin Spitzer, and/or Jennifer Celotta.

I like the idea of Paul Lieberstien writing the season finale. His episodes have always been some of the strongest. So far, we know that Amy Ryan is returning. I can't wait to see how that will play out. Also, the writers have always thrown in some sort of curveball and the season finale has always ended with a cliffhanger.

How do you think this season's will play out? Thoughts?

I hope it's an intense ending. But I also hope Jimbo stays at DM Scranton. I feel like something wild is going to happen though. We have so long to go until then!

I'm getting the feeling that Michael will propose to Holly. I'm not sure why I'm thinking this, except that if Holly goes to the company picnic with her boyfriend, Michael will get jealous and do something drastic.

On another front, I wonder if Dunder-Mifflin, given the state of the economy, will undergo an upheaval (maybe a merger) that could carry into next season.

The writers have been on a hot streak, IMO, ever since the Charles/MSPC arc. I hope it lasts and carries over into season 6.

I still wonder if we will learn that "Asturd" really is Michael's child.

According to Melora Hardin, she's not coming back for the rest of season 5. I suppose we'll have to wait until season 6 to find out the answer to that one.

Poor "Asturd". She's too cute to be saddled with that nickname.

my theories

jim and pam call it off
toby making a move on pam
kevin finally has a girlfriend
dwight getting back together with Angela
andy sleeping with kelly
Michael and holly maybe
maybe karen returning saying thats jims baby
maybe ryan showing up trying to get pam back

what do you think do anyone agree?

You're joking...right??? Sorry but I can't tell.

I would really want that to happen

I read someone is pregnant. Hopefully not Pam! I don't know what's going to happen really. Some kind of stand of between Micheal and Charles...I can't wait.

If they do get married though, it will make for some boring upcoming seasons in the PB&J area. Maybe that's just me, because I'm the type who likes will-they-won't-they types of scenarios and tends to get bored once the couple becomes all lovey dovey like those two have become.
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