However, starting with the seventeenth episode "The Farm", ratings began to drop below this threshold. This episode features the return of Andy's brother Walter Jr. (, Dwight is tasked with selling paper to an unknown woman—revealed to be. [15], The episode received mixed reviews from critics. [80] Many critics argued that the season was an improvement, in both writing and humor, over the previous season. He was also complimentary towards the "little tidbits", such as Dwight's subplot. Others were more complimentary of the episode's subplots. [59] The episode "A.A.R.M." 25 episodes 42 songs. The episode originally aired on NBC on October 25, 2012. 80. The episode, however, ranked as the highest-rated NBC series of the night. [14] Ken Kwapis directed the series finale; he also directed the show's pilot episode. After her daycare turns away her child, Angela is forced to bring her kid to work. [58] Michael Imperioli guest starred in the episode "Livin' the Dream" as Sensei Billy, acting as a foil for Dwight. Steve Carell Again Denies Possibility", "Exclusive: Steve Carell Back for The Office Finale", "Series finale review: 'The Office' – 'Finale': That's What We All Said", "Steve Carell On 'The Office' Finale: 'I Lied For Months, "Last Season of 'The Office' Starts Thursday", "The Office Exclusive: Josh Groban to Return as Andy's Brother", "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Grey's, Glee, Smash, Once, Revenge, Dexter, Revolution and More! [34] TVLine later reported on May 6, that Carell would appear in a cameo, although NBC declined to comment and Carell's representatives continued to deny the reports. [8] With the filming of "Here Comes Treble", the cast began realizing that the show was truly approaching its end. The Office • Season 2 Soundtrack 22 Episodes. In order to play a Halloween prank on his coworkers, Dwight wears a jack-o'-lantern on his head and succeeds in scaring Erin. She wrote that, "Each thread provided some interesting character development or set up future storylines, but, crammed together in the same 21 minutes, they made for a slightly disjointed-feeling episode. Explore exclusive The Office season 9 Music photo galleries only on NBC.com. Information taken from the citations under the "U.S. viewers (million)" column of the "Episodes" table. [12] Pam and Jim later get in an argument about the 1962 novelty song "The Monster Mash". "Here Comes Treble" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series The Office. 3. 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Additionally, Wilson was initially slated to appear in only 13 episodes before leaving for a planned Dwight-centric spin-off,[5] but the spin-off was not picked up by NBC. Angela goes to Dwight for help when she learns that her husband is having an affair with Oscar. Ask questions and download or stream the entire soundtrack on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, & Amazon. [31] However, NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt later admitted during an interview that while he is "hopeful", he does not think Carell will return; he noted that Carell was satisfied with his character's exit and did not want to tarnish it. [13] Daniels directed the first episode, which he also wrote. ", received a glowing response from many critics. After inviting his former college a cappella group, Here Comes Treble, to perform for the office during Halloween, Andy gets angry when he hears that his college friend Broccoli Rob (, Andy must help his family when his dad loses all of their money. One year later, Dunder Mifflin employees past and present reunite for a panel discussion about the documentary and to attend Dwight and Angela's wedding. [73] NBC increased their usual ad-price by 200 percent for the finale, asking for $400,000 per commercial. [33] Three months later, however, the producers for The Office mounted "an 11th-hour effort last month" to get Carell to make a cameo in the show's final episode, according to TVLine. The episode was written by B. J. Novak, who also acts in the show as Ryan Howard, and directed by Jason Reitman. This meant that, on average, the season was viewed by 2.6 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds. VIEWS. Someone vandalizes Pam's warehouse mural. However, Adams enjoyed the episode's subplots and wrote that the episode really "gave me a better picture of what makes Andy's girlfriend tick." 10K. [10] During their Skype-argument Broccoli Rob mentions that he collaborated with Trey Anastasio, the frontman for the jam band Phish. 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"[9] Daniels consulted with Kemper and asked for her input, as he felt she had the best understanding of Erin's characterization. Dwight and Angela participate in a paper airplane contest and compete against each other. Roseanne Barr guest stars in this episode as well. \"Foggy Mountain Breakdown\" by Earl Scruggs - performed by Andy in the end of the episode, on banjo. Download & listen to the ost soundtrack, list of songs & score music. [104][105][106] Rogers and Scanlon also won an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television. [19], Michael Tedder of New York felt that the main story was weak and that the "plot line might have made more sense last year, with Andy trying to take his mind off troubles with Erin or Robert California by trying to regress to his college days without it working, but these days Andy is the boss and has the girl." Wilson said, "it's getting real. E! 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