Nostalgia, like the human neck, is one of humanity's greatest weaknesses. Thus spake Dwight K. Schrute, assistant to the regional manager of a paper company lo these many years, and doomed to remain one for untold more. Thankfully, despite NBC's bullheaded dependence on humanity's other great weakness — an inability to let go — those years will be mercifully untelevised. Last night's episode of The Office was a glimpse into what could have been and now will never be: a proposed spin-off called The Farm, in which Dwight and his heretofore unseen siblings till some inherited soil. Instead, the entire idea was buried; the people we met last night will never be seen again. It shouldn't really be a surprise. As any actual farmer could've told network president Bob Greenblatt, you can't expect to reap fresh rewards from such relentlessly overworked land.

Its fifth and final season doesn't even pop off until Sunday, but Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is already contemplating life after death for his beloved creation. Not merely content to kick back in Antigua puffing lye while watching those fat DVD boxed-set residual checks come in, Gilligan is now considering continuing the world of BB by way of a spinoff for Saul Goodman, the loudmouth drug lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk. He tells EW: