california california ninth episode eighth season american comedy television series office episode overall california aired nbc united_states december episode written consulting producer marking writing credit series directed series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode brings wife office job tells andy_bernard ed_helms dwight_schrute rainn_wilson opens gym building tries join brought play role california wife showrunner stated big fan california received mixed responses television critics according nielsen_media_research episode received million viewers received rating share adults ages staying ratings previous episode episode ranked time slot plot andy ed_helms having meeting jim john_krasinski office appears window says wife susan looking job office andy susan arrives andy tells openings robert insists look coming conclusions susan looks different departments decides accounting andy claims office fully staffed robert insists job andy reminding power ceo confused robert mixed messages andy gives job robert later calls andy phone hiring susan andy asks office treat poorly drive makes uncomfortable like end susan notices behavior complains robert asks andy discuss issues susan conference room leaves susan eventually realizes robert idea drive away robert denies andy tells jim heard didn want working office jim prompting flee office robert orders security close gate preventing leaving jim runs building andy robert find office trying unsuccessfully questions jim robert attitude jim enjoys working place wife pam jenna fischer misses leave andy jim leave conference room short robert susan leave parking lot andy apologizes susan brief small talk susan asks andy date leaving surprised dwight rainn_wilson opens gym building looking lose weight dwight gym filled farming equipment exercising equipment says needs actual equipment dwight finally gets sees barely dwight asks employees join help exercise harder bench press dwight refuses spot says motivation work finally says impress new female warehouse worker production california written consulting producer writing credit series joining writing staff eighth season previously worked executive producer simpsons directed executive producer frequent office writer episode directed series previously directing california features guest appearance played wife stated big fan said excited guest appearance episode marks appearance plays pam replacement leave currently set appear recurring role season jenna_fischer actual pregnancy pam appear episode season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include office workers joining dwight gym andy jim trying california difficulties scenes jim running away cultural references ryan mentions desire found dream wish foundation play actual wish foundation dwight gym scenes dwight attempts stretch pelvic bowl telling cool later dwight telling pronunciation actually near end episode admits attempting impress warehouse dwight believes talking male actor addition films mentioned alluded erin makes reference film devil wears comments dwight gym looks like scene saw finally andy mentions watching movie bunch took san_francisco reception ratings original american broadcast december california viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast episode stayed ratings previous episode despite episode ranked timeslot beating bones received rating share demographic christmas received rating share received rating share secret circle received rating share shows received total viewers added viewers viewed episode days original broadcast episode received rating demographic adding rating original viewership week november december california placed nineteenth ratings prime time broadcasts demographic reviews california received mixed responses critics reviewer said episode possibility great episode office didn live possibility suggested writers tell jokes couldn successfully break story anymore called subplot mixed bag featuring dwight caricature self complimented character development started gave episodes called episode large improvement called possibly favorite episode season far new_york called robert california worst office said kept andy lead character series guide writer criticized episode guest star said episode suffered series star steve_carell serve comic foil ign writer said episode didn feel like office called exact opposite despite went compliment susan asking andy date pairing couple saying possibilities ultimately gave episode culture gave episode stars wrote going bit limb california course return form office good example series define new michael era giant television pity gave episode viewing california washington_post writer named office best shows said episode proved series deliver humor multiple critics complimented cold 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