(S06E26) 'The Office' has been known for big-time season finales that bring out the best of the writers and actors, where major events happen that send the series in interesting new directions. Think back to season two's 'Casino Night,' or even last season's 'Company Picnic,' and how much happened during these episodes.

'Whistleblower' was no 'Casino Night.' It wasn't even close. In fact, it sent the season out on a lame note, indicative of how up and down this season has been.

Think about it: nothing really happened. Oh, we got hints as to what might happen. But, essentially it was another day at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Which would have been fine if it was a funny episode. So it failed the season finale litmus test on both counts.

What was really resolved in this episode? After his initial denials and all the shenanigans of Kelly, Darryl and Pam worrying that they leaked word about the fire-prone printers, Andy is found to be the snitch. And Nick, the forgotten IT guy, is the one who rats him out as he flips off the office that never even bothered to learn his name. Besides perhaps a resparking of his relationship with Erin, what's the consequence? The office hates him?

Gotta be honest with you; I can understand his fellow salespeople hating him for costing them sales. But why would the rest of the office care? The only thing I could think of was that the company will take their losses from the recall out on personnel. But who knows?

As for Michael, we know from the last scene that Jo Bennett might fulfill his wish and transfer Holly back to Scranton. My guess is that he didn't have to rat out Darryl, Pam, or Kelly, because Jo was just happy that he volunteered to read the printer recall statement to the press. It's an indication of how lousy Michael's year has been that he jumped at the chance. But it would have been nice to see a little bit of resolution to the Darryl/Kelly/Pam thing. I almost wonder if Pam wanted to admit to it just so she could go home and be with Cece (of course, Jim wouldn't be happy with that... "Great! Let's get all those bad ideas out right now!").

I will say one thing: I'm glad that Darryl wasn't the ultimate whistleblower. They need him in that office, just to be the guy to help keep everyone in line. Pam and Jim used to do that, but they're too busy being parents to worry about everyone else.

Anyway, this episode was just a big disappointment, but it wasn't without its interesting moments:

-- Dwight is going to use his commissions to buy the building they're in. Does he think being the landlord is going to change the balance of power there? Besides making the guard stand, what will change?

-- The building is on Slough Ave. (or was it Slough Rd.?). Nice tip of the hat to the original 'Office,' which took place in the town of Slough.

-- I loved Kelly's admission that her being the leak was inevitable because she's always talking, tweeting, facebooking, etc. At least she knows that she can't shut up.

-- Michael got offended when Kelly said the office was more boring than working at the morgue. He seemed ok when she changed it to "as boring."

-- So now we know what Ryan was doing as he was holed up in that closet office. But I'm pretty sure "Woof" is something Google has either developed or is developing. Though hearing Erin go, "Ryan, you have a Woof on line two," was pretty funny.

-- Even David Wallace could have been the leak. Seems interesting that he's still investing his time in the "Suck It!" Too bad the documentary crew didn't care enough to leave it in the final cut.

-- Darryl was ashamed he leaked the printer fires to a woman at a bar, but not as ashamed as he was that the woman wasn't even hot.

-- For some reason, Meredith has a wheel boot in her van. Did she somehow tear that off herself?



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