counseling office counseling second episode seventh season american comedy television series office shows episode overall originally aired nbc september episode written directed counseling guest stars store clerk appears archival footage previous episode series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode michael_scott steve_carell forced hours counseling paul physically nephew luke michael refuses toby job easy jenna_fischer attempts promotion office administrator dwight_schrute rainn_wilson shop owner refuses serve counseling received positive reviews television critics episode viewed million viewers received rating adults age marking significant drop ratings compared previous week despite episode highest rated nbc series night aired highest rated non sports nbc broadcast week aired plot michael_scott steve_carell assigned hours counseling paul physically nephew luke michael refuses speak toby hour session toby tells michael fill official assessment form michael talks michael begins telling ridiculous stories toby tries common counseling method playing games client open method works michael opens toby personal history relationships people mentions seeing baseball game stepfather told team manager deserved respect forgot toby makes important discovery michael needs liked michael realizes happening gets angry toby counseling ability toby gives gives michael official form allowing fill wants michael accidentally checks form severely depressed contacts toby confused extreme assessment michael michael initially blames toby turns lewis making toby laugh michael openly offers return break room toby bang end episode talking drawing pictures jenna_fischer realizes dream job salesman cut makes sales little money chance visit gives idea promotion office administrator hopefully added income informs promotion months tells paid accordingly promises missing wages department heads sign busy convincing new administrator catches lying confronts strategy learned watching poker stands ground facto office administrator dwight_schrute rainn_wilson decided boycott shop owner refuses serve going far cancel orders businesses jim_halpert john_krasinski rest office convince dwight revenge shop owner making dwight appear high class having refuse buy shop scheme office references movie tips rest office appear sophisticated dwight jim andy_bernard ed_helms return shop surprise shop owner immediately recognizes dwight new attire explains serve intimidated blood soaked hands actually juice dwight somewhat truth situation revealed words finally saying line came way big mistake huge waving shopping bags group leaves somewhat embarrassed dwight buys came wizard holding crystal ball production counseling written producer screenwriter series portrays character ryan_howard entry directed directed previous episode counseling features guest appearances store respectively appears archival footage previous episode seventh season office writers decided divide season distinct halves half celebrate finale year highlight different actors second half focus departure search new manager counseling episode season specifically highlight characters case character toby season seven dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include stanley discussing dwight putting fancy clothing dwight getting pipe creed kevin giving dwight tissue extended footage michael counseling session michael discussing dogs extended footage dwight mall cultural references dwight poster american hip hop duo hung wall dwight words insane fit episode dwight subplot inspired character film pretty woman dwight attempts use roberts line big mistake instead renders big mistake huge michael counseling session tells toby alien star eponymous television series michael toby later pass time playing connect notes pam saw home office wants similar reception original american broadcast counseling viewed estimated million viewers rating share adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast marked decrease million viewers percent decrease demographic previous episode episode highest rated non sports related nbc program original week aired watched week broadcast adults aged called vast improvement previous episode felt sic scranton acted like called toby michael counseling session great enjoyed way toby able trick michael equals enjoyed episode noted felt like earlier seasons wasn forced humor seat bad writing awkward situations written specifically awkward end called episode decent alan_sepinwall hitfix felt main story employed reliable running jokes furthermore felt michael toby interesting element episode wondered time thing michael treatment toby little sepinwall felt pam story stronger felt office controlled interesting fanatic awarded episode stars called pleasant noted stories weren flat funny wrote enjoyable furthermore positively commented main plot noting michael toby rivalry fun reviews positive awarded episode grade enjoyed main storyline revolving michael toby felt came dramatically end day felt rest episode uneven elements ridiculous pam attained new job largest complaint remainder episode ended logical place felt dwight plot featured character pam story lazy
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