office episode eighth season american comedy television series office written directed cast member john_krasinski episode originally aired nbc united_states october episode guest stars hank security guard series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode entire warehouse staff winning lottery leaving andy_bernard ed_helms scramble replacements jim_halpert john_krasinski ellie dwight_schrute rainn_wilson temporarily taste warehouse life received mixed reviews television critics enjoying andy interaction according nielsen_media_research episode viewed million viewers received rating percent share adult ages marking slight drop ratings previous episode incentive plot warehouse workers win lottery pool quit celebratory fashion running office making mess staff originally pool stopped promoted falls depression unable find motivation work dismayed wife response winning ask phone number pool winner friend speculates spend hypothetical lottery score jim pam ultimately deciding fuse main ideas lovely located great outdoors andy orders hire replacements warehouse staff depression look applications order important clients andy asks volunteers step day sure order shipped jim_halpert john_krasinski ellie dwight_schrute rainn_wilson process know use heavy lifting equipment notion carrying heavy boxes hand kevin suggestion create oil slide boxes floor resulting lot damaged inventory kevin idea day resulting damaged inventory ultimately loses client finally conference room meeting potential new hires remarks job exits leaving andy charge process andy know applicants walk blames failure demands andy fire leaving andy choice handle hiring new warehouse staff andy applicants gym dwight building phd candidate work days week demands fired switches gears tells andy manager job saying deserves wants pink slip andy steps tells going runner andy selection process brings short temper hiring loss interest taking business education courses finally funk andy tells loved saw simply stopped convinces stay board says assemble new warehouse staff combination picks andy applicants production written executive producer series writer episode directed cast member john_krasinski portrays jim_halpert second episode directed series sixth season episode sabre episode guest stars initially appeared sex hired dwight office entry rated united_states original broadcast television season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include jim trying truck warehouse door getting truck stuck instead dwight trying use kevin oil track ryan revealing won lottery cultural references pam tells jim lottery fantasy characters desire live maine sequence scene begins media jim dwight having conversation films message bottle involve mentions won lottery spend money launching true crime called files andy sad office appears fan reception ratings original american broadcast nbc viewed million viewers received rating percent share adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast marked percent drop previous episode incentive lowest rated episodes series slightly higher season episode health care reviews received mixed reviews television critics hitfix reviewer alan_sepinwall wrote highly dialogue episode noting consistent element work understands makes main characters able use real emotional resonance wants jim pam dwight andy quiet emotional moment usually able includes andy interaction critical episode humor noting gags reviewer called episode superior previous episode commenting better week outing damaged weak story greater sense purpose holds greater value season moves forward complimented writers focusing andy ultimately gave episode ign awarded episode seven denoting good episode wrote entry felt like mid season episode amusing special memorable white pam jim discussion lottery fantasy weakest episode fanatic awarded episode stars called premise interesting buddy story inspiring speech andy despite lackluster rating wrote episode fair share hilarious moments reviewer awarded episode wrote episode plus episode delivered kick ass dialogue laughing loud critical reception jim dwight kevin erin warehouse mixed sepinwall criticized warehouse subplot selling characters sake joke gave majority episode positive review critical installments subplot hand positive subplot calling generally amusing called ellie dirt face sic
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