seventh season premiere american comedy television series office episode overall written directed episode aired nbc united_states september episode guest stars hank series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode office turns michael_scott refuses fire new office assistant luke terrible attitude happens michael nephew accidentally jim_halpert john_krasinski jenna_fischer tries prank dwight_schrute rainn_wilson return received generally positive reviews television critics commented episode opening lip dub noted advance story arcs according nielsen ratings episode watched million viewers slight increase sixth season premiere gossip finished second timeslot synopsis office returns summer new office assistant luke soon clear deliberately food coffee runs poor attitude leads openly michael steve_carell steps defend revealed luke michael nephew michael hired hope end half sister luke mother office demands michael rid luke refuses later day office employees discover trunk luke car filled packages office neglected send michael rejected pants luke costing office customers sends heads situation ceo tells michael deal situation meeting luke continues rebel act michael entire office leaving luke quit run away crying rest satisfied assigns michael hours counseling physical assault fellow employee michael having sit company policies alternative termination rest office tells camera crew summer erin ellie started dating andy ed_helms tries play cool anger management techniques kelly attended corporate training class print colors initiative sabre trying impress dressing sounding dwight rainn_wilson bought industrial park building jim john_krasinski begins lengthy prank dwight key ring fake keys seeing jim adding keys pam jenna fischer laughs dwight jim prank jim tries pam senses mad prank tries prank kevin elevator buttons different things dismay kevin alterations elevator circus board result pam dwight getting trapped elevator end prank impress jim production written directed worked previous episodes office writer director respectively seventh season premiere new episode broadcast steve_carell publicly announced depart office end seventh season time filmed writers producers determined replace michael_scott office manager character primary protagonist features guest appearances hank respectively episode feature regular cast member previously guest starred sixth season episodes featured updated opening credits sequence strongly highlighted entire supporting cast main characters official website office included cut scenes week original release clip toby reveals self published murder mystery novel sold copies sued kevin interviews decided deliberately lie time second clip minute seconds michael attempts luke use final clip dwight buying robot cultural references cold open cast performs lip dub performed intention placing video internet refers internet trend started youtube video released students hundreds students lip song got feeling continuous dwight pam declares simpson scranton reference protagonist animated comedy series simpsons creed indicates follows luke social networking website twitter specifically luke write actress particularly popular time episode aired day broadcast white appeared second season premiere community comedy series nbc michael claims summer caught virus illness commonly transported bite claims watched inception science fiction film critically commercial successful summer michael alludes dreamed watching film reference ambiguity surrounding movie plot information dreams scene explains blew knee playing summer watched great deal cable news network cnn led develop grave concerns ongoing war afghanistan luke declares lover cinema says favorite films classic film crime thriller film jim comments outrageous number keys dwight dwight responds saying bigger powerful man jim recognizes quote trying recall time saw luke michael remembers release year nature calls comedy film starring michael luke pick pants retail store women clothing accessories serves season episode negotiation michael accidentally bought wore women produced clothing brand called reflecting difficult work family wonders aloud brothers managed years claims mixing family business beautiful thing illustrating bad idea open auditions band episode dwight wears drinks water reception aired september original american broadcast viewed estimated million viewers rating share demographic coming second time slot improving rating million viewers season finale atlantic writer praised episode felt opening lip scene highlighted talents entire cast said strong main story involving michael challenge writers maintaining office steve_carell departure writer said critical sixth season said effective main storyline involving michael luke story involving pam pulling prank dwight slightly disappointed episode michael eventual replacement said demonstrated office continue highly praised episode claiming highlighted best traits characters especially praised cold open ending scene michael luke reilly new_york magazine said episode lacked poor points said established season mix high heart zap2it described old school episode strong main story subplot praised kelly new attitude following executive training criticism dwight particularly wielding knife cold open lip dub said good episode especially important failed advance ongoing story lines called scenes like michael luke defense luke meeting classic scott said episode little start establishing proper send character final season time magazine television critic james_poniewozik called fine meat potatoes office michael screw question continue left complimented individual moments called cold open self awkward curtain squad praised cold open felt rest episode extremely disappointing said characters stories spent summers stood said michael luke awkward said episode started strong lip cold open rest episode funny series describing mundane scene michael_scott shouts going learn professional going popular dennis radio production crew makes mistake
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