inner circle office inner circle episode seventh season american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc episode marked final appearance having signed episodes makes guest appearance series series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode new office manager begins picking favorites staff revealing true management style picks men join inner circle female begin believe episode written directed episode marks episode steve_carell left series series regular inner circle received mixed reviews critics commenting performance opinions ranging positive negative according nielsen_media_research episode viewed estimated million households received nielsen rating share adults ages marking drop ratings previous episode goodbye michael synopsis new office manager picks favorites staff including kevin jim john_krasinski attending business school thanks favorable ryan believes head customer service department kelly direct supervisor kelly initially situation ryan agrees boyfriend exchange kelly keeping andy ed_helms desperately join inner circle repeatedly attempts win dwight rainn_wilson new boss angela angela_kinsey sees style member inner circle male pam jenna fischer agrees repeatedly acting prove staff hires woman named turns business experience having previously worked qualified candidates including friend pam kelly later attempts tell truth ryan actual position worker simply ryan department head truth jim kicked inner circle pointing women office said enthusiastic andy having previously denounced admitting replaces pam mock basketball session inner circle having office order quiet annoyed jim circle jim instead challenges try real claims warehouse basketball brings warehouse including dwight finally loses temper directly orders fired attempts free throw line severely crashing basketball stand quickly taken hospital leaving dunder manager end episode makes office hospital gown tube trailing arm attempts tell bar joke come random jim lead office erin ellie calls ambulance production episode written supervising producer sixth writing credit series directed series cinematographer second directing credit series episode office lead actor steve_carell michael_scott feeling filming initially weird mood eventually changed hopeful excited feeling according office showrunner episode marked final appearance episode arc series appearing training day episode appearance executive assistant new roles departure role originally said recurring chance series regular eventually return eighth season final scene seen breaking character putting head official website office included cut scenes inner circle week release second clip invites dwight weekend trip concert dwight declines learns drive bus talking head dwight reveals makes skin crawl second second clip andy tries new executive assistant talking head pam decides trying impress revealed talking head michael named new dog pam second clip jim attempts inner circle reception ratings original american broadcast inner circle viewed estimated million households received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast marked drop ratings previous episode goodbye marked rise regular episode michael episode tied timeslot beating bones received rating share demographic csi crime scene investigation received rating share received rating share episode tied timeslot grey anatomy inner circle fifth watched scripted week broadcast adults aged reviews episode received mixed reviews critics writer compared episode training day commenting inner circle successful episode training day levels episodes suffer problem simply funny meaningful argue problematic inner circle given position season ultimately gave episode squad writer wrote episode funny moments overall feel changed fundamental way alan_sepinwall hitfix criticized writers finding character commenting fact writers clearly idea doesn fill confidence guest stars turn final episodes feel especially great right idea outside character coming permanent new regional manager ign reviewer praised writing character saying better carrying second banana like having fun role episode ultimately gave episode new_york reilly wrote nice staff responding new didn feel like audience come long summer entertainment_weekly gave episode mediocre review commenting judging tonight episode transition era post era going inner circle voted fourth lowest rated episode seventh season according episode poll poll episode voted lowest rated episode episode seventh season rated
The Inner Circle (The Office)