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The Office (U.S. season 3)
Starring
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 21, 2006 – May 17, 2007
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The third season of the American sitcomThe Office premiered in the United States on NBC on September 21, 2006, and concluded on May 17, 2007. The season had a total of 25 half-hours of material, divided into 16 half-hour episodes, five 40-minute 'super-sized' episodes, and two one-hour episodes. The Office is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name as a mockumentary portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The season stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak, with supporting performances from Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Paul Lieberstein, Oscar Nunez, and Phyllis Smith.

The season marked the move of main character Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) from Scranton to Stamford, and also introduced Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli, and Ed Helms as Andy Bernard—both members of Dunder Mifflin Stamford—as recurring characters. Helms would later be promoted to series regular. The main plot for the early episodes of the season deals with a recurring problem in seasons one and two—the problem of company downsizing—while in the last half of the season, intra-office relationships (specifically those among Pam, Jim, and Karen; Dwight and Angela; and Michael and Jan Levinson) also become major plot points.

The third season of The Office aired on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. (ET). The season saw its ratings increase from the previous. In addition, it continued the critical praise that had started during the show's second season. The season was released on DVD in a box set containing four discs. While the DVD features all 25 episodes, the episodes 'Traveling Salesmen' and 'The Return' were condensed into one episode. The set contained commentaries from creators, writers, actors, and directors on some of the episodes, while also containing deleted scenes from all of the episodes. It was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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Production[edit]

The third season of the show was produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle-Dee Productions, both in association with NBC Universal Television Studios. The show is based on the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who are executive producers on the show and wrote the third-season episode 'The Convict'.^[1]The Office is produced by Greg Daniels,^[1] who is also executive producer and show runner. Returning writers from last season include Daniels, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg, Jennifer Celotta, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, and B. J. Novak. Joining the writing staff for the second season are Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer, and Caroline Williams.^[2]

Season three featured episodes directed by twelve different directors. Ken Kwapis, Ken Whittingham, Daniels, Randall Einhorn, Tucker Gates, Jeffrey Blitz, and Harold Ramis all directed multiple episodes. The remained only directed one episode for the season. Gordon, Kwapis, Whittingham, and Daniels had all previously directed episodes during season one and two.^[2] The season also featured guest directing courtesy of Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams.^[2]^[3] While The Office was mainly filmed on a studio set at Valley Center Studios in Van Nuys, California,^[4] the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set, was also used for shots of the opening theme.^[5]

The series was renewed before the airing of the second season episode 'The Carpet'. Series star Jenna Fischer noted that 'It is rare in this business to hear news of a pickup so early', but that NBC was very pleased with how well the show was doing.^[6] It had previously, and erroneously, been advertised that the show would finish its run at the end of March 2006. Fischer later explained that while the season would end – actually in May – the show would continue.^[6]

Cast[edit]

Rashida Jones had a recurring role this season as Karen Filippelli.

The Office employs an ensemble cast. All of the main characters, and some minor ones, are based on characters from the British version of The Office. While these characters normally have the same attitudes and perceptions as their British counterparts, the roles have been redesigned to better fit the American show. The show is known for its large cast size, many of whom are known particularly for their improvisational work. Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch. Loosely based on David Brent, Gervais' character in the British version,^[7] Scott is a dim-witted and lonely man, who attempts to win friends as the office comedian, usually making himself look bad in the process. Rainn Wilson portrays Dwight Schrute, who, based upon Gareth Keenan, is the Assistant to the Regional Manager, although the character frequently fails to include 'to the' in his title.^[8]John Krasinski portrays Jim Halpert, a sales representative and prankster, who is based upon Tim Canterbury, and is in love with Pam Beesly, the receptionist.^[9] Pam, who is based on Dawn Tinsley, is shy, but is often a cohort with Jim in his pranks on Dwight.^[10] B. J. Novak portrays Ryan Howard, who for the first two seasons is a temporary worker, but is promoted to sales representative in this season.^[10]

Sql server database comparison. The show includes many supporting characters playing roles of office workers, working in various positions around the office. Angela Martin, Oscar Martinez, and Kevin Malone are the office's accountants, and are portrayed by Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, and Brian Baumgartner, respectively. Schrute, Halpert, Phyllis Lapin, portrayed by Phyllis Smith, and Stanley Hudson, portrayed by Leslie David Baker, compose the sales division of Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Midway through the season Karen Filippelli, portrayed by Rashida Jones; and Andy Bernard, portrayed by Ed Helms, both join the sales division as transfers from the Stamford branch. Kate Flannery portrays Meredith Palmer, the promiscuous Supplier Relations Representative, writer-actress Mindy Kaling portrays Kelly Kapoor, the pop culture obsessed Customer Service Representative, writer-actor Paul Lieberstein portrays Toby Flenderson, the sad eyed Human Resources Representative, and Creed Bratton plays a fictionalized version of himself as the office's Quality Assurance Officer. Other characters include Roy Anderson, Pam's former fiance played by David Denman, Warehouse Supervisor Darryl Philbin, played by Craig Robinson, and Jan Levinson, Michael's main love interest, who is portrayed by Melora Hardin.^[11]

Reception[edit]

Ratings[edit]

The ratings for season three of The Office.

The third-season premiere 'Gay Witch Hunt' received a 5.7/9 in the Nielsen ratings, meaning that on average 5.7 percent of households were tuned in at any given moment and 9 percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into the program.^[12] The premiere was watched by 9.1 million viewers, and marked a slight increase from the second season premiere 'The Dundies'.^[12]^[13] At the onset of the season, the show began to eclipse the viewership of its lead-in program, My Name Is Earl.^[14] The season hit a low with the nineteenth episode 'The Negotiation', which was viewed by 6.74 million viewers.^[13] The season finale, 'The Job' was viewed by 7.88 million viewers, also an increase from the second-season finale 'Casino Night'.^[13] By the end of the 2006–07 season, it placed 68th, a one-place slip from the previous season. Despite this, the show's third season was slightly more watched than the previous: it averaged 8.3 million viewers, and scored a 4.1/11 in the Nielsen ratings, meaning that on average 4.1 percent of households 18–49 years old were tuned in at any given moment and 11 percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into the program. The series also ranked as the 28th most-watched series in the 18-49 demographic.^[15]

Reviews[edit]

The third season of The Office was met with critical acclaim. Review aggregator website Metacritic gave the third season of the show an 85 out of 100 rating, which translates to the status of 'universal acclaim'.^[16] Travis Fickett of IGN felt that 'In its third season The Office continued to be one of the smartest, funniest and most likable shows on television.'^[17]Entertainment Weekly writer Meeta Agrawal praised the show for separating the action between Jim in Stamford and the rest of the characters in Scranton, a feat that he notes 'could have been disastrous' to other shows.^[18] Furthermore, he argued that the effort made the audience 'appreciate [the characters] even more'.^[18] Ultimately, he gave the season an 'A–'.^[18] Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk called the season 'an outstanding year for the Scranton crew' and praised the 'unbelievably funny 21 episodes in between' the opener and the finale as reasons as to why it was 'a great stand-alone season from easily one of the funniest shows on TV.'^[19]

The third season was the first season to feature hour-long episodes, with 'A Benihana Christmas' and 'The Job'.^[20] While the following season would be criticized for its overuse of hour-long episodes, both of season three's longer episodes received favorable reception.^[21]^[22]^[23] While season three did indeed feature mainstream songs in its soundtrack, many of the songs were decades old. Daniels later explained that 'our songs are not about the show's identity as a whole. Each song reflects personal elements of a character, or the emotions of the character at the time.'^[24]

Awards[edit]

The third season of The Office received seven nominations for Primetime Emmys at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the episode 'Gay Witch Hunt', as well as the award for Outstanding Single-camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series for the episode 'The Job'.^[25]The Office was also nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, with the award going to 30 Rock.^[26] Other nominations included Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Steve Carell for his portrayal of Michael Scott, Outstanding Supporting Actor for Rainn Wilson for his portrayal of Dwight Schrute, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Jenna Fischer for her portrayal of Pam Beesly, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Ken Kwapis for directing the episode 'Gay Witch Hunt', and another nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Michael Schur for the episode 'The Negotiation'.^[25]

Episodes[edit]

In the following table, 'U.S. viewers (million)' refers to the number of Americans who viewed the episode on the night of broadcast. Episodes are listed by the order in which they aired, and may not necessarily correspond to their production codes.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code ^[27]	U.S. viewers (millions)
29	1	'Gay Witch Hunt'	Ken Kwapis	Greg Daniels	September 21, 2006	3001	9.11^[12]
Months have passed since the end of season two. Jim has transferred to a different branch, and Pam has broken off her engagement with Roy. Michael learns that Oscar is gay, and accidentally outs him to everyone. Feeling bad, Michael hosts a meeting about homosexuality, where he attempts to present himself as open-minded and progressive. Meanwhile, Jim attempts to adjust to life at the Stamford branch, with his new co-workers Andy and Karen. Elsewhere, Jim's attempts to make Andy the new 'Dwight' fail when Andy reacts violently to Jim's Jell-O prank.
30	2	'The Convention'	Ken Whittingham	Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg	September 28, 2006	3006	7.78^[28]
Michael and Dwight leave for a convention in Philadelphia, where they meet Josh, the manager of Dunder-Mifflin Stamford, and Jim. Michael feels threatened by Josh, and attempts to one-up him by throwing a party in his hotel room. When no one shows up, Jim takes pity on Michael and reassures him that he left Scranton for different reasons. Meanwhile, Kelly sets Pam up on a blind date that goes poorly.
31	3	'The Coup'	Greg Daniels	Paul Lieberstein	October 5, 2006	3002	8.89^[29]
Michael's managerial tactics lead Angela and Dwight to conspire to take Michael's job. Dwight meets with Jan, who, after listening to Dwight's propositions, later calls to inform Michael that his own employees are conspiring against him. Michael informs Dwight that Jan has promoted him to regional manager in an attempt to make Dwight confess. However, Dwight immediately takes over the office and begins making sweeping changes. Michael, unable to control his anger, reveals to Dwight that he knows everything, and forces Dwight to do his laundry to make it up to him. Meanwhile, at Dunder Mifflin Stamford, Josh's managerial tactics include playing Call of Duty as a team-building exercise. Unfortunately, Jim is less than competent at the game.
32	4	'Grief Counseling'	Roger Nygard	Jennifer Celotta	October 12, 2006	3003	8.83^[30]
Michael learns that his former boss Ed Truck has died. Seeing that his employees are not shaken by the news, Michael begins to ponder his own mortality. While mourning, Michael learns that a bird was killed by flying into a window earlier that morning, and he decides to have a funeral later in the day for the bird. Meanwhile, at Dunder-Mifflin Stamford, Jim and Karen embark on a quest for potato chips.
33	5	'Initiation'	Randall Einhorn	B. J. Novak	October 19, 2006	3005	8.46^[31]
Dwight takes Ryan out to the Schrute Family Beet Farm for an initiation session before his first sales call. The initiation, involving odd styles of hazing and bizarre parables, angers Ryan, who does not make the sale. Back at the office, Jan asks Pam to document Michael's activities for a day. Michael, oblivious, spends most of the day waiting in line for a free pretzel in the lobby.
34	6	'Diwali'	Miguel Arteta	Mindy Kaling	November 2, 2006	3004	8.81^[32]
Kelly invites the entire staff to a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light. At the festival, Michael is inspired by his conversation with Kelly's parents over Hindu marriage customs, and makes an impromptu proposal to his girlfriend Carol. Carol says no, and leaves. In Stamford, Jim, Andy, and Karen stay late to do sales figures. Andy and Jim do shots to pass the time, which leads Karen to have to drive a drunk Jim home.
35	7	'Branch Closing'^†	Tucker Gates	Michael Schur	November 9, 2006	3007	8.05^[33]
Jan informs Michael that the Dunder-Mifflin board has voted to close the Scranton branch, and for the Stamford branch to absorb the remnants of Scranton. Michael announces this to the office, leading the employees to plan for their futures. Michael, in a last-ditch effort to save his branch, leaves with Dwight to surprise CFO David Wallace at his home. They wait outside all day, but David never shows up, and they resign themselves to defeat. However, Josh, the regional manager of the Stamford branch, announces that he is leaving the company to take another job. A decision is made for the Scranton branch to absorb the Stamford branch. Michael and Dwight celebrate, believing that they were the ones who brought about the change.
36	8	'The Merger'^†	Ken Whittingham	Brent Forrester	November 16, 2006	3008	8.63^[34]
Due to Dunder Mifflin Stamford's closing, six members of the staff; Jim, Karen, Andy, Martin, Tony, and Hannah, move and take jobs in Scranton. Michael attempts to welcome his new employees, but naturally ends up alienating and offending them. Andy begins sucking up to Michael, causing Dwight to become jealous. Pam asks Jim out for coffee to catch up, but he turns her down, revealing that he has begun dating Karen. Michael accidentally humiliates Tony, who announces that he is quitting. Michael becomes defensive, and fires him instead.
37	9	'The Convict'	Jeffrey Blitz	Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant	November 30, 2006	3010	9.07^[35]
Michael learns that Martin, one of the former Stamford employees, is a former criminal. The staff learns that his time was spent in a white-collar prison, and begins to wonder if Martin's prison is better than Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Michael then gives a presentation on the miseries of prison, with most of his ideas fueled from television prisons. Bitter that he is not being taken seriously, he then locks his employees in the conference room. At the end of the day, Martin decides to quit rather than continue working with Michael.
3839	1011	'A Benihana Christmas'^‡	Harold Ramis	Jennifer Celotta	December 14, 2006	30093014	8.44^[36]
Michael plans to invite Carol to Jamaica with him for Christmas, but she breaks up with him before he has a chance. Andy takes Michael to a local Benihana to cheer him up, and they both convince waitresses to come back to the Christmas party with them. Back at the office, a disagreement within the Party Planning Committee leads Karen and Pam to create their own Christmas party, separate from Angela's. When the majority of the office decide to go to Karen and Pam's party, Angela becomes upset, and seeing this, Karen and Pam decide to combine the parties. Soon after, Michael and Andy's dates leave them, but Michael nevertheless finds someone to go to Jamaica with him.
40	12	'Back from Vacation'	Julian Farino	Justin Spitzer	January 4, 2007	3011	8.80^[37]
Michael returns from Jamaica, and accidentally lets slip that he went with Jan. When he tries to send a revealing picture of Jan to Todd Packer, he inadvertently sends it to the packaging department, and soon the picture is spread throughout the entire company. Jim and Karen have an argument over Karen moving into an apartment close to where Jim lives, until Pam mediates a solution between them. Although she appears happy to have helped, she later cries at the day's end. Jan appears at the office and tells Michael that she wants a relationship. She has yet to find out about the picture.
41	13	'Traveling Salesmen'	Greg Daniels	Michael Schur & Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky	January 11, 2007	3012	10.12^[13]
Dwight arrives late for an early morning meeting, where Michael announces that the members of the sales staff are teaming up for sales calls, in an Amazing Race-esque challenge. Andy spends the day trying to convince Michael that Dwight is untrustworthy. Meanwhile, Kevin announces to Angela that their sales reports weren't mailed to New York, but Angela assures him that the problem was handled. When the teams return, Andy discovers that Dwight's morning tardiness was due to delivering the reports to New York for Angela. Dwight, instead of revealing their relationship, resigns his position.
42	14	'The Return'^†	Greg Daniels	Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky & Michael Schur	January 18, 2007	3013	10.20^[38]
Oscar's return from his vacation prompts Michael to host a Mexican-themed party. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam steal Andy's phone, and repeatedly call it, playing his homemade ring tone over and over. Andy becomes more angry each time the phone rings, and eventually punches a hole in the wall out of frustration. Michael, distraught over Dwight's resignation in the previous episode, leaves and confronts him at Staples, inviting him back to Dunder Mifflin. After being confronted by Karen, Jim reveals to her that he still has feelings for Pam. Andy is sent to anger management training.
43	15	'Ben Franklin'	Randall Einhorn	Mindy Kaling	February 1, 2007	3015	10.11^[13]
The women of the office hold a bridal shower for Phyllis, while the men hold a bachelor's party for her groom-to-be, Bob Vance. After being convinced to hire a stripper for both the men and the women's parties by Todd Packer, Michael orders Jim and Dwight to choose the strippers. For the men's party, Dwight hires a stripper, while for the women's party, Jim hires a Ben Franklin impersonator.
44	16	'Phyllis' Wedding'	Ken Whittingham	Caroline Williams	February 8, 2007	3016	8.84^[39]
Phyllis lets Michael be a part of her wedding in return for allowing her to take extra time off work for her honeymoon. Michael attempts to dominate the festivities, and acts as the host of their reception. Pam is incredulous to see Phyllis has used most of the plans for her and Roy's wedding. Feeling lonely, she strikes up conversation with Roy, and they leave the wedding together.
45	17	'Business School'	Joss Whedon	Brent Forrester	February 15, 2007	3017	8.84^[40]
For extra credit, Ryan invites Michael to his business school as a guest speaker. Michael attempts to make a motivational speech, unaware that Ryan has introduced him as an ineffectual manager of an out of touch company. Meanwhile, a bat is discovered in the office, leading Dwight to lead an attempt to capture it. That night, Pam displays her artwork at an art show, and is disappointed when few of her co-workers attend. Michael soon arrives after giving his speech and, in a moment of genuine kindness, compliments her work and buys her painting of their office building.
46	18	'Cocktails'	J. J. Abrams	Paul Lieberstein	February 22, 2007	3018	8.30^[41]
The Dunder-Mifflin CFO David Wallace holds a cocktail party at his house, which Jan, Michael, Jim, Karen and Dwight attend. Michael's antics around their 'coming out' appear to annoy Jan, but she later attempts to have sex with him in a bathroom. Michael feels uncomfortable and turns her down, angering her. Meanwhile Dwight assesses the structural soundness of the house. While at a bar, Pam reveals to Roy that Jim came on to her. Roy is infuriated and proceeds to trash the bar, assisted by his brother. Pam immediately breaks up with Roy, who then says he's going to kill Jim.
47	19	'The Negotiation'^†	Jeffrey Blitz	Michael Schur	April 5, 2007	3019	6.74^[13]
Roy enters the office and attempts to attack Jim, but Dwight's timely intervention with pepper spray saves the day. Jim attempts to thank Dwight for saving him, but is frustrated when Dwight refuses to accept his thanks. Meanwhile, Michael and Darryl attempt to get a pay raise from Jan in New York.
48	20	'Safety Training'	Harold Ramis	B. J. Novak	April 12, 2007	3020	7.71^[42]
Michael feels ashamed when, during a safety training course, the warehouse employees make fun of him for having a safer work environment. Determined to show that office life can be dangerous, he decides to fake a suicide attempt. His plan to jump off of the roof and onto a bouncy castle go awry when the employees discover what he is doing and are forced to talk him down. Meanwhile, Andy attempts to endear himself to his co-workers after returning from anger management.
49	21	'Product Recall'	Randall Einhorn	Justin Spitzer & Brent Forrester	April 26, 2007	3025	7.56^[43]
Paper from Dunder-Mifflin Scranton with an obscene cartoon watermark left by a disgruntled papermill ex-employee are accidentally sent out, throwing the business into damage control. The accountants attempt to provide service for angry customers, while Michael contacts the media in a misguided attempt to avoid scandal. Meanwhile, Jim and Andy go to a local high school to apologize personally to the principal, and they bump into Andy's girlfriend, who turns out to be a student there.
50	22	'Women's Appreciation'^†	Tucker Gates	Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg	May 3, 2007	3021	7.00^[44]
After Phyllis is the victim of a flashing in the parking lot, Michael attempts to host a seminar on women's issues. When it doesn't go as expected, he takes the women of the office on a trip to the mall, while Dwight and Andy search for the flasher and distribute flyers. At the mall, Michael discusses his discomfort in his relationship with Jan, and the women advise him to break up with her. As Michael breaks up with Jan via voicemail, she suddenly arrives at the office.
51	23	'Beach Games'^†	Harold Ramis	Jennifer Celotta & Greg Daniels	May 10, 2007	3022	7.20^[45]
David Wallace calls and informs Michael that he is a candidate for an opening position in the corporate office in New York. Believing himself the obvious choice for the job, Michael goes about the task of choosing a successor. He takes his employees to the beach and compells them to compete in challenges to determine which of them will take over his position, not realizing that Jim and Karen are also contenders for the job. Pam, on a high after a firewalk, confesses that she is tired of being ignored, and tells Jim that he was the reason she called off her wedding.
5253	2425	'The Job'^‡	Ken Kwapis	Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur	May 17, 2007	30233024	7.88^[13]
Michael decides to repel any advances that Jan makes towards him, but instantly changes his mind and gives her a second chance once he sees her with enhanced breasts. Michael, Jim, and Karen then all travel to New York to interview for the position that is opening in the corporate office. Before he leaves, Michael names Dwight as his successor in Scranton, and Dwight, with Andy as his new number two, immediately goes about changing the appearance and structure of the office. In New York, Michael's interview ends as he learns that the new position is linked to Jan's upcoming dismissal. Jan learns of the move, and confronts David, with Michael following her. Jan, now unemployed, decides to move in with a hesitant Michael, who now returns to his position as Scranton manager. Jim's interview goes well, until he finds a good-luck memento left for him by Pam. Realizing he cannot leave her again, he returns to the office alone, where he asks her on a date. The corporate job is given to Ryan, who then immediately breaks up with Kelly.

^† denotes a 'super-sized' 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).
^‡ denotes an hour-long episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 42 minutes).

DVD release[edit]

The Office: The Complete Third Season
Set details^[46]				Special features^[46]
25 episodes 4-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Subtitles: English, Spanish English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)				Commentary on 8 episodes by the actors, writers, and producers Deleted scenes from every episode Blooper Reel 'Kevin Cooks Stuff in the Office' Excerpts from the 2006 NBC Primetime Preview hosted by The Office Excerpts from the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Toby Wraparounds Dwight Schrute music video 'Lazy Scranton' music video Joss Whedon interview 'Make Your Own Promo' contest videos
Release dates
Region 1				Region 2
September 4, 2007				July 21, 2008

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External links[edit]

List of The Office episodes on IMDb
List of The Office season 3 episodes at TV.com

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The Office (U.S. season 7)
Starring
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 23, 2010 – May 19, 2011
Season chronology
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List of The Office (U.S. TV series) episodes

The seventh season of the American television comedy The Office premiered on September 23, 2010 and concluded on May 19, 2011 on NBC. The season consisted of 26 half-hours of material, divided into 22 half-hour episodes and two hour-long episodes. The seventh season aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (ET) as part of Comedy Night Done Right.^[1] It stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, and Ed Helms, with supporting performances from Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, Paul Lieberstein, Oscar Nunez, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Zach Woods, and Amy Ryan. This was the last season to feature Michael Scott, played by Carell, as the lead character. The seventh season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on September 7, 2011.^[2]

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Production[edit]

The seventh season of the show is produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle-Dee Productions, both in association with Universal Media Studios. The show is based upon the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom are executive producers on both the U.S. and UK versions.^[3]The Office is produced by Greg Daniels,^[3] who is also an executive producer. Returning writers from the previous season include Mindy Kaling, B. J. Novak, Paul Lieberstein, Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy, Daniel Chun, Warren Lieberstein, and Halsted Sullivan. New writers in the seventh season include Peter Ocko, Jon Vitti, Steve Hely, Carrie Kemper (sister of Ellie Kemper), Robert Padnick, and Amelie Gillette. Paul Lieberstein serves as executive producer and showrunner, and Novak was promoted from co-executive producer to executive producer midseason. Kaling, Shure, Chun and Ocko are co-executive producers; Forrester and Vitti are consulting producers; Spitzer and Grandy are supervising producers; and Warren Lieberstein, Halsted Sullivan and Steve Hely are producers.

The Office was filmed on a studio set at Valley Center Studios in Van Nuys, California,^[4] Only establishing shots for the opening theme of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set, were made on location there.^[5]

Casting[edit]

On June 28, 2010, it was confirmed that the seventh season would be Steve Carell's last on the show, as his contract expires.^[6] NBC confirmed that the series would continue after his departure, and would welcome any return appearances by Carell.^[7] Actor and writer/co-executive producer B. J. Novak renewed his contract with Universal Media Studios through an eighth season and was promoted to full executive producer halfway through the seventh season.^[8] As of this season, Zach Woods, who plays Gabe Lewis on the show, has been promoted to a series regular.^[9] Executive producer/writer/actor Paul Lieberstein confirmed that Amy Ryan, who portrays Holly Flax, would appear in eight episodes of the season. He also confirmed Kathy Bates would return as Jo Bennett in the season premiere.^[10]Melora Hardin returns as Jan Levinson. Timothy Olyphant guest starred in two episodes as rival salesman, Danny Cordray, who previously went on two dates with Pam.^[11]Jack Coleman appears in a new recurring role as Senator Robert Lipton, who is dating Angela. Amy Ryan made her first return appearance as Holly in a voice-only role in 'Sex Ed', and finally returned to Dunder Mifflin in the hour-long Christmas episode; and she is now billed among the rest of the starring cast.^[12] The episode titled 'Threat Level Midnight', which aired February 17, 2011, revolved around the screening of Michael's film where all the office employees portray the characters in the film. The episode featured Melora Hardin as Jan, and the return of Rashida Jones as Karen and David Denman as Roy.^[13] During NBC's TCA press tour, it was confirmed that Steve Carell would depart with three episodes left to go in the season, with the remaining episodes focusing on the search for (and selection of) his replacement as office manager. Executive producer Greg Daniels, who wrote Carell's farewell, stated the top candidates are Andy, Dwight, and Darryl, or possibly a newcomer. He also stated that whoever becomes the new manager would not become the main focus of the show like Michael was, and that two new regular cast members would join the cast during the eighth season.^[14]^[15]Ricky Gervais reprised his role as David Brent from the original British series in a cameo appearance in the episode 'The Seminar' that aired January 27, 2011.^[16]Will Ferrell appeared in four episodes as Deangelo Vickers, Michael Scott's temporary replacement. Ferrell's character proved to be just as inept as Michael when it came to managing a business.^[17] Steve Carell finished filming his final scenes for the show on March 4, 2011.^[18] Ricky Gervais returned as David Brent in the season finale, along with Will Arnett who played a new character.^[19] Gervais also contributed to the script for the season finale.^[20]Ray Romano, James Spader, Catherine Tate, Warren Buffett and Jim Carrey also appeared in the season finale.^[21]^[22]

Reception[edit]

Ratings[edit]

The ratings for season seven of The Office

The series aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. as part of Comedy Night Done Right television block.^[23] The season premiere, 'Nepotism' received a 4.4/11 percent share in the Nielsen ratings among viewers aged 18 to 49, meaning that 4.4 percent of viewers aged 18 to 49 watched the episode, and 11 percent of viewers watching television at the time watched the episode.^[24] It was viewed by 8.4 million viewers, marking a slight increase in viewers from the sixth season premiere 'Gossip'.^[24]^[25] The season hit a low with the 16th episode, 'Todd Packer', which was viewed by only 6.12 million viewers.^[26] Conversely, the season's 22nd episode, 'Goodbye, Michael', was the highest-rated episode of the season, being watched by 8.42 million viewers.^[27] The finale, 'Search Committee' was viewed by 7.29 million viewers, a marked increase from the sixth-season finale 'Whistleblower' which garnered only 6.6 million viewers.^[28]^[29]

For the 2010–2011 season, The Office ranked as the 53rd-most watched program, averaging a total of 7.731 million viewers.^[30] In the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, the show was the 11th-most watched television program of the broadcasting year.^[30]

Critical reception[edit]

This season received mostly positive reviews from television critics, with many claiming that it was an improvement over the sixth season. Cindy White of IGN gave the season an 8 out of 10, calling it 'great.' She felt that the departure of Steve Carell helped reinvigorate the series, as well to see the character of Michael evolve and mature over the course of the season naturally. She also noted that the show proved it could survive without Carell. She highlighted the episodes 'Threat Level Midnight', 'Garage Sale' and 'Goodbye, Michael' as the best episodes of the season.^[31] Randy Miller III of DVD Talk felt that the majority of the season was 'better than the sixth by a country mile' and that it was a 'year that's still worth watching'.^[32] He applauded the way the show was able to write-out Carell's character, noting that 'Goodbye, Michael' combined 'nostalgia, comedy and a little drama to get its point across'.^[32] However, he was critical of several of the episodes that follow Carell's departure, and he called Ferrell's character a 'full-blown psycho'.^[32]

Phillip Maciak of Slant Magazine awarded the season three stars out of four, and felt that the season showcased the skills of the ensembles cast. He wrote that it 'has made a convincing argument, not that Michael Scott can be replaced, but that he doesn't need to be.'^[33] Myles McNutt of The A.V. Club commented that, while he felt that the season was uneven, it was a 'distinct improvement over season six,' claiming Carell's exit gave the show a 'sense of focus that was absent last year.'^[34]James Poniewozik of Time called the season 'mixed at best' and that the best episodes of the season 'played almost like a series of vignettes and set pieces that allowed the characters to just be.'^[35] He ended with saying it was an improvement over the sixth season and that he generally enjoyed the season overall.^[35]

Awards[edit]

During the seventh season, The Office received two award nominations at the 2011 Writers Guild of America Awards. Aaron Shure was nominated in Episodic Comedy category for writing the episode, 'WUPHF.com', and the series was nominated for Best Comedy Series.^[36] The series was also nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards.^[37]Steve Carell was nominated for four comedic acting awards, at the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 68th Golden Globe Awards, 37th People's Choice Awards and the 2010 Satellite Awards.^[38]^[39]^[40] At the 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series was nominated for Best Comedy Series, while Steve Carell was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.^[41] For the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received four nominations—for Outstanding Comedy series, Steve Carell for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Greg Daniels for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 'Goodbye, Michael', and for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation for 'Andy's Play'.^[42]^[43]

Episodes[edit]

In the following table, 'U.S. viewers (million)' refers to the number of Americans who viewed the episode on the night of broadcast. Old indian songs free play. Episodes are listed by the order in which they aired, and may not necessarily correspond to their production codes.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code ^[44]	U.S. viewers (millions)
127	1	'Nepotism'	Jeffrey Blitz	Daniel Chun	September 23, 2010	7001	8.40^[24]
Michael upsets the office when he ignores their pleas to fire office assistant Luke, Michael's immature nephew. Pam's attempt to prank Dwight backfires when Kevin's faulty rewiring of an elevator strands the two together. Andy grows even more upset with Gabe and Erin's relationship.
128	2	'Counseling'	Jeffrey Blitz	B. J. Novak	September 30, 2010	7002	7.36^[45]
Michael is forced to have six hours of counseling with Toby after he physically reprimanded Luke, but Michael refuses to make Toby's job easy. Pam attempts to finagle a promotion to office administrator. Dwight seeks revenge after a shop owner at the Steamtown Mall refuses to serve him.
129	3	'Andy's Play'	John Stuart Scott	Charlie Grandy	October 7, 2010	7003	6.95^[46]
Andy lands a role in a local production of Sweeney Todd and invites the entire office to the performance, hoping to impress Erin. While Michael struggles to put his jealousy aside, Jim and Pam have trouble with their less-than-stellar babysitter.
130	4	'Sex Ed'	Paul Lieberstein	Paul Lieberstein	October 14, 2010	7004	7.36^[47]
Michael comes to work thinking he has a pimple, but it turns out to actually be a cold sore. When he is told that it is a form of herpes, Michael contacts all his ex-girlfriends—Jan (Melora Hardin), Holly (Amy Ryan), Helene (Linda Purl), Donna (Amy Pietz) and Carol (Nancy Carell). Andy holds a sex education meeting in the office hoping to appeal to Erin's passionate side.
131	5	'The Sting'	Randall Einhorn	Mindy Kaling	October 21, 2010	7005	6.87^[48]
When a Dunder Mifflin client is stolen by a rival salesman named Danny (Timothy Olyphant), Michael, Dwight and Jim decide to set up a sting in order to uncover his sales secret. Andy starts a band with Darryl when he learns that one of his old college friends has a successful music career.
132	6	'Costume Contest'	Dean Holland	Justin Spitzer	October 28, 2010	7006	8.07^[49]
Michael freaks out when Darryl goes over his head by taking an idea to corporate. The employees partake in a Halloween costume contest in the office. Meanwhile, Pam tries to get the truth from Danny about their dating history.
133	7	'Christening'	Alex Hardcastle	Peter Ocko	November 4, 2010	7007	7.65^[50]
Pam and Jim's baby, Cece, gets christened and Michael invites the entire office to celebrate. Michael joins a church group of high school graduates on a mission to Mexico, with Andy following along to impress Erin.
134	8	'Viewing Party'	Ken Whittingham	Jon Vitti	November 11, 2010	7008	7.15^[51]
Erin and Gabe invite the office over to Gabe's house for a Glee viewing party. Michael can't handle the fact that the office workers think of Gabe as their boss instead of him. Growing more jealous of Gabe and Erin's relationship, Andy goes to extremes in order to impress her. Dwight helps Pam with Cece, much to Jim's chagrin.
135	9	'WUPHF.com'	Danny Leiner	Aaron Shure	November 18, 2010	7009	7.28^[52]
Michael helps Ryan by charming people to invest in his internet company, WUPHF.com. Dwight creates a hay festival in the parking lot for the Thanksgiving holiday. Jim learns of a new Sabre capping policy that prevents him from earning too much commission.
136	10	'China'	Charles McDougall	Halsted Sullivan & Warren Lieberstein	December 2, 2010	7010	7.31^[53]
When Michael reads an article about China growing as a global power, he decides they must be stopped before they take over the United States. Pam threatens to move Dunder Mifflin to a new building after everyone in the office complains about Dwight's building standards. Darryl is sick of Andy's annoying text messages.
137138	1112	'Classy Christmas'^‡	Rainn Wilson	Mindy Kaling	December 9, 2010	70117012	7.18^[54]
Michael couldn't be happier when Toby takes a leave of absence, leaving corporate to send Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) to cover for him. Michael forces Pam to plan a second Christmas party on the day Holly returns to Scranton. Jim agrees to a snowball fight with Dwight, which he later regrets.
139	13	'Ultimatum'	David Rogers	Carrie Kemper	January 20, 2011	7013	8.26^[55]
Michael anticipates the news regarding the status of Holly and A.J.'s relationship. In the office, Pam puts up a New Year's resolution board so everyone can post their resolutions. Meanwhile, Andy, Dwight and Darryl go out in hope of picking up women.
140	14	'The Seminar'	B. J. Novak	Steve Hely	January 27, 2011	7014	7.93^[56]
Andy holds a small business seminar in the office with some special guests after he finds out that his sales are at his lowest. Michael and Holly use the seminar as an improv challenge, posing as a Greek couple. Erin and Gabe have a game of Scrabble, and Oscar and Pam help Erin out when she turns out to be a very bad Scrabble player.
141	15	'The Search'	Michael Spiller	Brent Forrester	February 3, 2011	7015	7.29^[57]
Jim gets an emergency phone call from Helene (Linda Purl), forcing him to leave Michael at a gas station bathroom. This leads Holly, Erin, and Dwight on a search for the whereabouts of Michael. A captioning contest starts in the office over Pam's artwork, which seems to offend Gabe.
142	16	'PDA'	Greg Daniels	Robert Padnick	February 10, 2011	7017	6.90^[58]
Michael and Holly's public displays of affection start to make everyone in the office uncomfortable. Jim and Pam have too much champagne during lunch, causing complications when they have to return to work. Andy tags along on a romantic treasure hunt Gabe has made for Erin.
143	17	'Threat Level Midnight'	Tucker Gates	B. J. Novak	February 17, 2011	7016	6.41^[59]
Michael screens his action film Threat Level Midnight to the office after eleven years of writing, shooting, re-shooting, and editing. The film features Michael as Agent Michael Scarn, Dwight as Scarn's sidekick, and Jim as archnemesis 'Goldenface,' as well as several people from Michael's past including Jan (Melora Hardin), Karen (Rashida Jones), Roy (David Denman), Helene (Linda Purl), Todd Packer (David Koechner), Tony Gardner (Mike Bruner), and Troy Underbridge (Noel Petok).
144	18	'Todd Packer'	Randall Einhorn	Amelie Gillette	February 24, 2011	7018	6.12^[26]
Traveling salesman Todd Packer (David Koechner) comes to Dunder Mifflin looking for a desk job in the office. However, the office is unsure if they want him to work there due to his previous behavior. After dealing with computer problems, Andy confronts office administrator Pam to get a new computer.
145	19	'Garage Sale'	Steve Carell	Jon Vitti	March 24, 2011	7019	7.07^[60]
Michael decides to propose to Holly, and runs into trouble thinking of how to do it well with his expensive diamond ring. He consults Oscar, Ryan, Jim, and Pam for advice, and their opinions on his ideas. Meanwhile, Dunder Mifflin Scranton's warehouse and crew hosts a public garage sale.
146	20	'Training Day'	Paul Lieberstein	Daniel Chun	April 14, 2011	7020	7.87^[61]
Michael's replacement appears in the office, to start receiving training from Michael. The new manager, Deangelo Vickers (Will Ferrell), has everyone hoping to make good first impressions: Andy finds himself awkwardly typecast while Jim and Pam worry that they've come on too strong. Only Dwight is apathetic about the new leader.
147	21	'Michael's Last Dundies'	Mindy Kaling	Mindy Kaling	April 21, 2011	7021	6.85^[62]
Michael trains his office replacement, Deangelo (Will Ferrell), for hosting the Dundie Awards. Meanwhile, Erin deals with her dislike of her boyfriend, Gabe.
148	22	'Goodbye, Michael'^†	Paul Feig	Greg Daniels	April 28, 2011	7022	8.42^[27]
Michael prepares to leave for Colorado with Holly, and spends his last day in the office saying goodbye to everyone individually, wanting no drama to ensue. Meanwhile, new manager Deangelo and Andy try to keep Michael's biggest clients.
149	23	'The Inner Circle'	Matt Sohn	Charlie Grandy	May 5, 2011	7023	6.90^[63]
New office manager Deangelo picks favorites among the staff, revealing his true management style.
150	24	'Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager'	Troy Miller	Justin Spitzer	May 12, 2011	7024	6.45^[64]
Dwight becomes the interim regional manager, instituting a typically heavy-handed management style. Meanwhile, Gabe tries to win back Erin.
151152	2526	'Search Committee'^‡	Jeffrey Blitz	Paul Lieberstein	May 19, 2011	70257026	7.29^[28]
Deangelo's new replacement is sought out through a search committee process led by Jim.

^† denotes a 'super-sized' 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).
^‡ denotes an hour-long episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 42 minutes).

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External links[edit]

List of The Office episodes on IMDb
List of The Office season 7 episodes at TV.com

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