michael michael episode seventh season american comedy television series office episode overall originally aired nbc april episode written directed executive producer michael guest stars state senator series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode michael_scott steve_carell trains office replacement properly host branch annual michael soon learns terrible problem speaking ellie deals dislike boyfriend lewis episode originally going called goodbye michael installment series written directed portrays series episode marks second appearance originally signed series exit transition easier episode received positive reviews television critics michael viewed million viewers received rating adults age episode highest rated nbc series week aired sixth watched episode demographic week aired plot office michael_scott steve_carell announces employees host annual award program created michael employees idea performance michael insists job michael brings staff conference room help prepared struggles humorous andy_bernard ed_helms tries help saying think performing like conducting meeting michael objects wanting mimic style michael tries number different things help sitting stomach making listen volume hear think effective jim john_krasinski jenna_fischer ellie sitting car eating sandwich explains begun eating lunch car time away lewis starting pam advises erin tell real feelings soon possible jim given pam history leaves order avoid comment irony work employees arrive italian restaurant named celebrate moments introduced disappears bathroom eventually michael able begins continues poorly michael jokes amusing employees dwight wins promising assistant manager mad michael award trash erin wins award gives speech breaks takes stage protest leaves humiliation michael awards award staff urges speech tries ceremony kicked restaurant michael upset award disappointment staff convinces continue event office dwight angry michael insults leaves michael continue event conference room award andy leads employees soon depart michael altered version song seasons love michael touched production michael written directed executive producer time directed written episode series writer second season episode inspired plot michael episode cue card features dwight spelled incorrectly later admitted twitter spelled way script written hot girl episode second episode guest stint series signed appear final episodes episode inner circle transition easier initially called producers offered appear episodes season fan wanted commemorate swan song previously starred alongside film legend ron episode serves sequel second season premiere episode originally titled goodbye michael nbc announced goodbye michael extended minute episode episode retitled michael season seven dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include michael talking metaphors dwight order adequately prepare actual speech clips actual awards people accepting awards cut scene featuring video michael interviewing house andy talking erin loading printer mind cultural references episode michael_scott describes like golden mean referring hosting golden globe awards left critics questioning gone far executive producer american series creator original british series stated blog line inserted intended little joke near beginning episode compares house aftermath hurricane katrina michael notes died didn cancel showing michael unaware deceased later notes got piers morgan come instead final song office sings michael parody seasons love broadway musical rent dwight later reveals talking head knight reference film star wars franchise michael notes wanted celebration like film godfather iii confusing film godfather notes big laughs additionally episode contains references film king speech notably scene gives speech listening played high volume reception original american broadcast michael viewed estimated million households received rating share demographic means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast marked significant drop ratings previous episode training day despite episode highest rated nbc program original week aired sixth watched week broadcast adults aged episode received moderately positive review ign said laughs scarce episode lack humor compensated emotional highlights praised performances supporting cast ultimately gave episode denoting good episode alan_sepinwall hitfix felt episode largely inconsistent writing feel ending song beautiful justify episode fanatic awarded episode half stars called funny sweet perfect penultimate episode steve_carell awarded episode felt appropriate steve_carell time series largely noted episode awards introduced eponymous second season entry served second pilot sorts series idea bring sense time order characters grown felt episode large live source material occasionally funny unfortunately meaningless ending song opinion highlight episode character received criticism episode white criticized noting handle character downright normal practically boring argued problem role actions felt like hanging commemorate departure television playing believable characters felt feels narrative character gets way plot sepinwall felt parts episode fell flat spent time giving stuff noted come good reason
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