acting manager dwight acting manager 24th episode seventh season american comedy television series office episode overall episode written directed originally aired united_states nbc episode features guest appearances series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode dwight rainn_wilson interim regional manager typically heavy handed management style tries win erin ellie andy ed_helms gets way episode received positive reviews critics commenting proved series survive lead actor steve_carell calling best episode series years according nielsen_media_research acting manager drew estimated million viewers earned rating share aged making second lowest rated episode season synopsis ends coma life support guest star makes dwight rainn_wilson interim regional manager find proper replacement jim office actually functioned smoothly manager hiatus jim john_krasinski notes showed worked day reasonable breaks highly productive appointed dwight establishes strict management style stark contrast previously relaxed style making employees pledge allegiance setting long use office machines installing antique punch jim turned temporary manager position believing assigned especially unhappy changes begins dwight suggesting leading uprising called fist order impress dwight buys gun excited receives gift relative uses gun pam jenna_fischer insists away dwight accidentally fires gun right andy ed_helms causing temporary hearing loss dwight attempts bribe office workers silence favors jim insists dwight things saying baby certain continues attempts win erin ellie invites andy conference room speak private breaks andy promises won date erin confronts andy promise sees hanging andy stands describing crying fit erin asked wants date erin refuses straight answer comes visit branch dwight admits gun incident attempts divert blame employees saying blackmail bigger crime firing gun accidentally takes position away later puts creed office charge committee composed jim toby find replacement jim tells dwight right thing dwight noting office got single company order time production dwight acting manager ninth episode series written supervising producer directed original working title episode interim manager considered bland office writer writing episode originally titled dwight decided title descriptive renamed dwight interim manager realizing acting manager fits dwight role better changed dwight acting manager decided dwight acting position renamed episode current title dwight acting manager episode features return screen appearance long absence starring nbc series harry law episode marks second appearance executive assistant new roles departure role originally said recurring chance series regular eighth season eventually return eighth season episode features voice guest appearance producer writer appearance counseling runner nbc sitcom official website office included cut scenes dwight acting manager week episode release second clip dwight shows documentary crew new office including desk modeled desk second second clip jim dwight putting fake results jordan surveillance office later talking head hinted jordan crush jim second clip staff realize stuck dwight boss attempts remember movie fourth second clip attempts erin love films ultimately fails reception ratings original american broadcast acting manager viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast marked percent drop ratings previous episode making second lowest rated episode season demographic dwight acting manager sixth watched scripted week broadcast adults aged reviews dwight acting manager received positive reviews critics ign reviewer commented episode proved funny steve_carell praised rainn_wilson john_krasinski performance episode calling favorite dynamics criticized andy erin love triangle storyline commenting worse way turned sic guy ultimately gave episode alan_sepinwall hitfix called episode fun drastic improvement inner circle mainly praised return dwight jim dynamic writing briefly idea dwight long term boss went praise writers featuring dwight manager episode ultimately concluded real impression michael strong squad writer positive episode commenting story gave faith company actually credible job exploring folks office dominant force michael gone stated dwight acting manager demonstrated perfectly capable funny criticized episode featuring subtle humor ultimately gave episode called episode fairly decent episode commenting concept episode similar 10th episode seventh season china positively commented ellie performance writing came series sketch actor time think finally started actor commentators praised scene featuring dwight kevin acting manager voted fourth highest rated episode seventh season according episode poll episode rated poll episode voted second highest rated seventh season according survivor 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