It did feel weird, but I think it's just a confluence of the Hickey character finding his place and the absence of Troy. Someone on /r/community made the point that one of the best jokes (Chang's reply to "and it rhymes with Not There"... "Times Square?") would have been a Donald Glover line in any other season. I'm still very happy with the season, though. Though admittedly they could probably give me four seconds of Alison Brie smiling coyly and I'd call it a success.