In the final episode of “The Office,” Meredith’s son shows up as a bachelorette-party stripper. The surprise occurs during Angela Martin’s bachelorette party, where the attendees expect routine entertainment but are horrified to recognize the stripper as Jake Palmer, Meredith’s teenage son.
Jake was first introduced earlier in the series in “Take Your Daughter to Work Day,” when Meredith brings him to the Dunder Mifflin office. His later appearance creates a deliberately awkward callback to Meredith’s famously uninhibited personality and the show’s recurring workplace embarrassment.
The episode, titled “Finale,” aired in two parts on NBC on May 16, 2013. It also includes Dwight and Angela’s wedding, the documentary crew’s return, and appearances by several former characters. A common mix-up is identifying the stripper as Elizabeth, who appears at Dwight’s bachelor party; Elizabeth is a different stripper and not Meredith’s son.