fundraiser office fundraiser second episode eighth season american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc united_states april fundraiser written directed episode guest stars series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode andy_bernard ed_helms crashes fundraiser ends adopting dogs dwight_schrute rainn_wilson learns auction winner loses money learns eat fundraiser received mixed reviews critics according nielsen_media_research fundraiser viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages making lowest rated season episode office air episode ranked timeslot highest rated nbc series night plot angela angela_kinsey husband state senator throws silent auction fundraiser local animal rights activists robert buys tables seat office newly fired andy ed_helms arrives tries argument robert telling rock opera written villain character named andy runs dunder mifflin begins plotting return later revealed free family portrait studio convince david buy dunder mifflin sabre manager position andy robert speech introducing senator adopt dogs brought local animal society members office ask having breakdown andy sadly agrees dwight rainn_wilson attends understanding concept silent auction believing purpose function guess correctly market price objects end night dwight amounts items ends accidentally flees discovers mistake catherine tries talk complaining food suggests expense offering thirty dollars buy realizes idea trying employees oscar oscar talks briefly animal rights oscar suspects gay gives oscar private cell phone number asking oscar evening discuss issues oscar tells pam jenna fischer jim john_krasinski senator hitting jim says likely voter talks gets number meredith later gets number resulting oscar thinking senator hitting oscar leaving hand oscar arm long oscar believes pursuing production fundraiser written directed episode marks ninth appearance eighth consecutive appearance appeared seventh season finale search committee guest star starting added cast recurring character episode features return character dunder mifflin wallace attending fundraiser reveals andy firing sold toy vacuum invention suck military million cultural references cold opening references notable bands musicians scene consists ryan complaining recently heard erroneously notable musician died initially ryan refers causes pam believe talking ryan pam able song robinson sung tracks tears pam later able remember sang tears clown jim references second emotion jim proves robinson alive playing local venue ryan tells unable attend opening band want ryan mentions popular music beatles dwight dwight lists eleanor paperback writer asks ryan truly like songs reception ratings fundraiser originally aired nbc united_states april episode viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast 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 fundraiser highest rated nbc television episode night episode 25th watched episode demographic week ending april reviews episode received mixed reviews critics critiques ranging largely positive negative gave episode slightly positive review gave rating wrote office far profound throws characters room observes behavior certain charm noted despite feeling episode description teaches eat poor nbc thought spent time learning eat wrote positively episode noting time forever episode office actually lot going stuff happening actually meaningful significant way debate actually enjoyed episode reviews positive gave episode mixed review awarded half stars noted episodes super team returned florida office hasn found scranton called outing lackluster effort review largely critical episode calling worse usual noting finally hit rock felt episode setting outside office building detrimental episode wrote thing way felt like occurred fundraiser needed place outside scranton branch sitcom locations episode story couldn function time felt like cheap way clearly boring weak episode television screen wrote viewers office season varying degrees likely changing thinking watching latest episode reviews extremely happy return portrayed review equals noted totally convinced story simple tells maybe love excuse work way story lines office vulture called wallace character welcome
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