whale office whale seventh episode ninth season american comedy television series office episode originally aired nbc november episode guest stars marks return actress series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode dwight_schrute rainn_wilson tasked selling paper woman later revealed jan scranton white pages jenna_fischer women office teach interact women angela_kinsey husband robert secretly having relationship oscar cheating oscar helps spy husband class convinces men office grow whale received mixed reviews television critics commenting appearance episode viewed million viewers received percent rating adults ages ranking fourth timeslot episode ultimately ranked highest rated nbc series night plot andy_bernard ed_helms office boat severely loses supply fresh water ocean going mad lack human contact despite boat days dwight_schrute rainn_wilson tasked winning account ceo woman dwight trouble selling women jenna_fischer women office teach interact women lesson taught ellie goes pam goes dwight find buyer jan expecting meet ceo assistant confusion pam quickly realizes meeting ruse revenge david firing years ago dwight remains determined sale pam stall gets clark jan attraction men rumored affair year old assistant hunter introduces clark jan says think tells leave office clark pam dwight leave dwight offers sympathetic comment jan assistant woman pam pleased seeing lessons gave dwight women sunk angela_kinsey suspects husband robert secretly having relationship oscar cheating oscar thinks robert seeing man convinces angela spy robert class hide outside class watch robert spends time younger woman later turns boyfriend oscar notices robert spending practice young man finds suspicious class robert phones oscar phone goes oscar phone angela immediately realizes jim_halpert john_krasinski business investors members business venture background difficult end day jim apologizes hears person phone saying working convinces men office grow says support cure cancer actually chance office avail pete later shows erin finds shortly production whale written executive story editor younger sister cast member making writing credit series directed directing credit series episode sees return character series left early fifth season short appearances seventh season episodes sex threat level midnight ed_helms appears episode cold open written episodes season order film iii official website office included cut scenes whale week episode release second clip toby admits camera amusement men dunder mifflin second second clip women dunder mifflin inform dwight knowledge women severely lacking long way final second clip dwight pam car prepare biggest sales cultural references title episode whale reference popular novel main antagonist great white whale white pages sale dwight attempting listing telephone subscribers geographical area subscribers services provided organization publishes toby celebration annual month long event involving growing month november raise awareness cancer male cancer associated charities broadcast reception ratings whale originally scheduled air nbc november previous episode delayed week replaced voice eventually aired week later november original broadcast whale viewed estimated million viewers received percent share rating adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast marked decrease ratings previous episode boat received rating percent episode ranked fourth timeslot beaten fox series glee received percent rating entry cbs drama received percent rating episode abc series grey anatomy received percent rating despite office highest rated nbc television program night reviews equals pleased episode wrote rainn_wilson clearly element felt entry rushed resulted characters getting minute storylines cases joke line called better episodes season noted going end bang ign awarded episode denoting good episode white complimented dwight pam situation angela oscar development noted wasn hard imagine michael dwight situation furthermore compared episode season episode women appreciation club awarded episode critical episode focus series noting episode heavily set jim dwight departure fanatic awarded episode half stars enjoying story main plots specifically citing angela oscar sneak dwight endeavor critical jim subplot writing couldn care issues facing return garnered critical attention wrote jan definitely welcome appearance furthermore praised singing wrote return final solution business pretty good adams hand critical return noting little reason justify presence whale obligation office final season victory lap white noted nice role time wrote shame sticking crazy version character bit performance later submitted producers comedy series emmy consideration
The Whale (The Office)