office business school seventeenth episode season american comedy television series office fifth episode overall written directed creator episode aired nbc february episode michael invited ryan speak business school class students question paper world michael attempts inform class essential paper bat trapped office leading dwight creed mission protect employees plot ryan_howard invites michael_scott steve_carell speak business school class michael excited ryan admits talking head interview invited michael professor promised bump grade student brings boss class introduction michael classmates ryan obsolete years michael hear proceeds ruin event antics including tearing pages student textbook prove learn textbooks michael taken ryan classmates asks michael opinion ryan prediction infuriated hurt michael ryan relocating desk annex works excitement dwight_schrute rainn_wilson discovers bat ceiling accidentally lets loose office sending employees cover stanley immediately goes home employees hide dwight help creed expel bat jim_halpert john_krasinski exploits dwight paranoia pretends turning vampire dwight eventually catches bat garbage bag lands meredith head jenna_fischer meantime invites workers art work enthusiasm leaving feeling alienated sad art doesn planned begins doubt abilities shows partner critique art note pam art let lack courage realizing standing right begins work michael appears moment sincere kindness work asks buy drawing office building pam eyes tear michael soon places pam drawing wall office production business school second office episode written previously written merger episode directed friend producer jenna_fischer met production staff prior episode stated chose direct episode know writing staff bunch cast informed episode bat entering office characters pretending vampire thought joke stating didn leave party reference vampire slayer interview featured season dvd joked episode similar sad depressing funny especially people died lot people die business school completing episode stated coincidence happened god fun stated surprised input allowed script wouldn freedom things way input asked anticipated pam art pieces supposed painted didn suit got set saw pam art like right said held filming hour staff able create new pieces art scenes involved filming bat production team actual bat animated bat mechanical bat actual bat portrays stated extremely quiet basically pretending scream served backdrop ryan business school art reception episode received generally good reviews critics ign stated business school exercise works best office episode praised directorial debut stating direction sense humor use alluded scenes jim pretended vampire went acting john_krasinski portrays helped vampire scenes funniest parts episode gave episode entertainment_weekly stated able turn comedy soul stirring dramatic climax touches night different west went praise michael pam scene art moments
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