turf war office turf war episode eighth season american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc turf war written directed episode guest stars series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode branch jim_halpert john_krasinski dwight_schrute rainn_wilson salesman syracuse branch andy_bernard ed_helms decides land important client rogue dunder mifflin comeback success leverage robert turf war received mixed reviews critics criticizing decision elements fifth season story arc turf war viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages episode ranked timeslot highest rated nbc series night plot celebrating divorce robert branch dunder mifflin resulting allows sales team scranton specifically jim john_krasinski dwight rainn_wilson begin customers closed branch angry employee syracuse branch dunder mifflin arrives scranton jim dwight taking new_york clients particular clients closer scranton syracuse argue dropping particularly large client grabs andy ed_helms cooking lunch office argument gets idea win client able use account leverage job manager andy rushes potential client company called ceo dedication addition personal phone number gives copy house key dwight jim harry rush company attempt win client hear company gone andy andy wins client calls robert offers client robert hire robert furious attempt blackmail hangs andy leads andy seek help chief financial officer dunder mifflin multi millionaire andy tells david despite poor shape dunder mifflin worth twice net worth company management david interest allows andy come home talk business proposal reveals robert sent sexually suggestive jenna_fischer finding entailed initially pam tries trick contents message plan ruined angela_kinsey shows claiming robert plan case pam failed finally pam steals phone brings robert listen voice messages hearing paint life sad lonely unable adopt child credit cards pam tells robert won help anymore pam returns phone strike conversation reveals pam disgust robert saying sexually obsessed asks pam wants hear robert pam declines offer end reveals camera deeply moved real friend work place learning lost jim dwight harry retreat outside coffee break end having conversation lives weren working jim jokingly says growing competitor national contests harry retire selling big item airplane leaves harry says robert ruin company says won working dunder mifflin months leaving look concern dwight jim faces production turf war written directed episode marks tenth appearance seventh consecutive appearance appeared seventh season finale search committee guest star starting added cast recurring character episode features return character dunder mifflin fundraiser guest starred episode rival branch manager believes dunder stealing clients addition guest starred ceo season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include dwight jim owning baby supplies pam angela trying extract information feeding mouse finds break room erin arguing mouse harry talking drama work branch cultural references attempt stall robert talks camera lengths bizarre cryptic metaphors jim dwight trying harry dwight asks car nos reference film fast furious jim answers turns dwight disdain andy trying win ceo mentions reference book movie reception ratings turf war originally aired nbc united_states episode viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast episode marked increase previous week episode fundraiser episode finished time slot beaten grey anatomy received rating share cbs drama received rating share demographic episode beat fox series touch drama series secret circle despite turf war highest rated nbc television episode night reviews episode received mixed reviews critics fanatic gave episode largely positive review awarded stars praised jim dwight dynamic episode wrote jim dwight especially terrific addition positively compared character growth michael_scott noting moment scene pam happy friend reminded michael_scott moments past wrote moderately positive episode saying tonight episode worked thanks reliable usually reliable jim dwight partners criticize season problems facing dunder mifflin turf war addition called premise andy seeking wallace help predictable wrote immediate don analyze opinion turf war episode season chance number furthermore concluded episode good good nice way set season series finale office bring wants wrote mixed review gave noted episode closing scene jim dwight harry talk company example shift world actual consequences certainly step right direction series slightly turf war season largely critical writing noting closure branch cheap render characters narrative writers argued specifically citing scranton employees showed hearing neighboring branch shut characters motives effective simply acted larger plots reviews critical andy paper company development compared fifth season story arc equals wrote instead andy making mention similarities ignored expected treat novel idea wrote remember good storyline reference episode reuse old existing story arc addition reviews criticized cold opening california literary noted string good cold opens ends tonight dwight engage man contest called scene nonsense
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