Yes, The Office’s low points are well-documented. Novak), and even-once in a rare blue moon-caught Stanley Hudson ( Leslie David Baker) voluntarily standing up from his chair. The crew followed an unstable beet farmer called Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson), chronicled the descent into douchebaggery of a young temp named Ryan Howard ( B.J. We watched the Regional Manager Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) grow from a childish buffoon to a slightly less childish man, and then to an ever-so-slightly less childish husband to HR representative Holly Flax ( Amy Ryan).
We got to watch a doofy-haired salesman named Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) fall in love with the engaged receptionist Pam Beesly ( Jenna Fischer) five feet away. But man, the things their cameras captured. A documentary crew decides to follow the employees of the Dunder Mifflin paper company (Scranton branch) for eight straight years, for reasons that are never made quite clear. counterpart-is as simple as a blank sheet of paper. Guest stars include: Stephen Collins (as Andy's father), Josh Groban (as Andy's brother) and Maura Tierney (as Robert California's wife).The premise of The Office-borrowed from its original U.K. Also: Unhappy, and unfulfilled, office secretary Erin (Ellie Kemper) decides not to return to Dunder Mifflin Scranton after a special project takes her to Sabre headquarters in Florida, and Andy must head south on a mission to bring her back. Later in the season, Pam (Jenna Fischer) prepares to go on maternity leave when she is expecting her second child, but worries that her temp replacement Cathy Simms (Lindsey Broad) may be too pretty, perhaps causing Jim (John Krasinski) to have a wandering eye. Much of the early season episodes focus on Andy's attempts to motivate and inspire his new reports. James Spader costars as Robert California, the newly appointed CEO of Dunder Mifflin's parent company, Sabre. Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) has assumed the role of regional manager after Deangelo Vickers' (Will Ferrell) quick flame out at the end of the seventh season. Season 8 marks the first season of the post-Michael Scott (Steve Carell) era.