tenth episode ninth season american comedy television series office episode written directed originally aired nbc january episode guest stars series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode jenna_fischer accidentally brings office lets fall dwight_schrute rainn_wilson vows destroy parasites jim_halpert john_krasinski spends great day philadelphia potential business associate interfere love life received mixed reviews television critics reviewers enjoyed emphasis episode placed character felt story work episode viewed million viewers received percent rating adults ages ranking timeslot episode ultimately ranked highest rated nbc series night plot jenna_fischer finds managing household husband jim john_krasinski difficult anticipated struggles duties taking trash condition finds daughter leaving choice wash clothing house work day notices head realizes transferred office investigation ellie finds employees given disregard employees assume meredith responsible pam defends admit guilt eliminate meredith head dwight_schrute rainn_wilson suit accidentally exposing bug bomb causes faint erin advice infected employees pair hair allows pete jake erin spend time prank retaliation affair husband pam mother calls inform staff realize pam responsible meredith delight jim goes philadelphia meet potential investor sports marketing company investor personal hero jim sensitive difficult manage house kids jim doesn tell investor phone conversations pretends stressed meeting pam turn affects having problems won add jim supposed stress office pam apologizes meredith beer bar pam tells meredith single parent realizes hard handle children husband workers sent warehouse avoid contracting recently manipulated warehouse breaking wanted new start moves philadelphia job jim new sports marketing company tells careful kevin confront try convince avail kevin tries date apparent dating prospects decides annoyance production written story editor marking debut writing credit series directed marked second directorial effort series earlier ninth season entry whale mentioned episode guest starred addition featured performances reprised role pam mother voice heard phone actually head episode according twitter account artist responsible bald cap designed shaved hair effect according actress took hours apply joked newfound respect actors planet episode feature andy_bernard ed_helms clark left temporarily season sixth episode boat order film iii duke left episodes film scenes end episode place actual bar scranton addition exterior shots actually filmed scranton order secure permission series production staff bar owner requested bar featured reportedly parts scenes filmed iphone cultural references jim compares spending day hypothetical situation pam spend day pam meredith bond karaoke sing song girls want fun famous broadcast reception ratings originally aired nbc january original american broadcast episode viewed million viewers received rating percent share adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast office ranked timeslot beaten episode cbs series received percent rating entry abc series grey anatomy received percent rating addition office highest rated nbc television program night aired episode fourth watched episode television week aired demographic million viewers age group reviews usa today writer called episode funniest season ranks best steve_carell departure lauded performance writing actress laugh harder night episode equals called episode excellent particularly pleased episode humor vulture awarded episode stars said allowed meredith episode dimensional source jokes dimensions applauded fischer performance writing terrific emmy submission episode awarded episode criticized excessive narrative threads felt pam jim separation brought worst situations force jim pam confront flaws reveal overlooked strengths couple prominent characters wrote ending touching meredith ign awarded episode score denoting good episode felt final scenes pam meredith singing nice glory days ending feel layered grounded white applauded short sequence showed office staff going day heads noting pacing reminiscent season episodes room breathe white feel jim storyline reminiscent story arc fifth season pam went art school wrote extremely negative review episode called terrible felt pam behavior jim gone furthermore felt dwight swung far territory known annoying caricature campbell write highly ellie saying played character warmly reviewers argued episode functioned filler episode called filler reviewer wrote location bottle episode furthermore subplot criticized wrote fine story line pursues realizes wasn cracked wished actually developed character white wrote enjoy seeing manipulative version contrasted earlier characterization episodes like deposition called subplot surprising
Lice (The Office)