farm seventeenth episode ninth season american comedy television series office overall originally aired nbc march episode guest stars dwight cousin dwight sister nephew brother series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode revolves dwight rainn_wilson attend funeral dwight aunt dwight receives aunt property siblings decide run returns office firing year prior farm produced serve pilot proposed spin series starring wilson dwight nbc ultimately pick episode received negative reviews television critics criticizing dwight farm storyline critics calling episode episode viewed million viewers received percent rating adults ages episode ranked fourth timeslot highest rated nbc series night plot dwight_schrute rainn_wilson receives news died informs office worker invites funeral funeral dwight family brother cousins sister son cameron dwight uncle tom family learns estate condition run unsure farm discuss situation eventually dwight convinces help run farm visits office announces wants past behavior makes rude remarks masked hands store bought jenna_fischer argues eat spite remains adamant point leaves pam goes home remaining employees eat reveals documentary crew drugs supposedly revenge getting fired employees present save fired visits jim_halpert john_krasinski philadelphia pulling trick morning pam returns office announces going eat find deed production episode written directed executive producer showrunner marking thirteenth writing credit sixth directorial credit fourth dual credit farm fifth episode produced seventeenth aired noted production number originally supposed act pilot spin series starring wilson focusing dwight wilson initially slated appear episodes office ninth season leaving spin showrunner office seasons stepped start season order focus energy potential spin review spin picked nbc executive producer revealed episode additional material shot fits better season original version contained certain aspects appropriate pilot new episode guest stars members dwight family plays dwight sister plays dwight nephew cameron portrays dwight brother jones portrays dwight cousin appears dwight great uncle deleted scene jones previously appeared ninth season entry junior salesman broadcast reception ratings farm originally aired nbc march week hiatus original american broadcast episode viewed estimated million viewers received rating percent share means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast marked decrease ratings previous episode moving office ranked fourth timeslot beaten episode cbs police procedural received percent rating entry abc series grey anatomy received percent rating installment fox series glee received percent rating despite episode highest rated nbc series night million viewers watched episode bringing total viewership million viewers rating reviews farm received negative reviews critics criticizing dwight farm storyline critics calling episode pity awarded episode hitfix considered nbc decision pick spin episodes right decision writing characters scenes barely sketches featured sepinwall criticized scenes saw dwight interactions nephew cameron positive light columnist called farm storyline unnatural compared episode series wrote tone ending didn match despite complimented storyline establishing tone characters direction literally half time usually allotted reviewer complimented episode serving season long arcs gave good background information dwight personality went criticize pilot broad humor writing following scene featuring dwight shooting shotgun aunt impossible farm point adams graded episode screen crush called storylines pieces sic didn work added dull episode complimented performance calling great wrote plot lacking considered farm plotline pointless especially airing episodes series
The Farm (The Office)