The Office, “After Hours”
Why didn’t they just end The Office after Michael Scott left? While NBC probably made some extra duckets for letting Dunder Mifflin stay open a couple more seasons, they also subjected fans to increasingly contrived plots. In “After Hours”, the post-Carrell era reached its nadir as Jim was tempted to commit infidelity inorganically by Cathy Simms, a character who was forgotton almost as soon as she was introduced. Thank goodness the series finale stuck the landing.