eighth episode eighth season american comedy television series office written directed episode aired nbc united_states november guest stars series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode andy_bernard ed_helms takes office staff field trip inspiration rest office orders tasked coming new business idea proposes machine ideas capture california imagination episode feature jenna_fischer went leave episode received mixed reviews commentators mainly criticizing episode recycling jokes according nielsen_media_research drew million viewers ranked time slot highest rated nbc night plot andy_bernard ed_helms decides inspire taking field trip andy unhappy lack morale belief leadership attempts analogy running paper company fighting civil war andy starts lead tour eventually office members sit rest jim_halpert john_krasinski follow andy presses eventually tell stop trying impress office reinforce fact workers like way tour dwight_schrute rainn_wilson argues claims northernmost battle civil war dwight maintains absence history books example writing history oscar maintains battle fictitious creation tracking historian dwight oscar learn fact place battle code term civil war farms safe haven artists poets heavily implied oscar finds fascinating dwight leaves disgust lewis tour group assume abraham_lincoln delivers improvised applauded performance office half office stay makes spontaneous visit asks come dunder mifflin sabre big idea office fails impress robert ideas details idea placement machine robert gets impression extremely clever speaking metaphors ryan_howard annoyed entire day kevin creative robert rejecting ideas later tricks kevin explaining idea involving robert realizes kevin ideas production episode written story editor second writing credit series joining writing staff previous season directed frequent director office episode marks second appearance plays pam replacement leave appeared recurring role season jenna_fischer actual pregnancy episode feature pam episode filmed location pennsylvania reviewer noted writers andy qualities office group skip official tour allowing random california heritage site stand real season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include andy preparing office kevin discussing new found approval california reception ratings original american broadcast nbc november viewed estimated million viewers received rating percent share adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast episode marked percent decrease ratings previous episode pam replacement despite episode ranked timeslot beating fox drama series bones received rating percent share cbs drama received rating percent share demographic abc medical drama received rating percent share shows received total viewers reviews received mixed reviews critics ranging negative slightly positive hollywood writer heavily critical episode wrote episode like joke didn like culture reviewer gave episode stars wrote episode technically satisfactory didn carry momentum referred gag overall negative concluded office capable finding humor situations doesn feel like willing explore humor instead content making statements making time ultimately gave reviews negative ign writer awarded episode signifying good episode heavily criticized recycling story lines writing premiere feels repetitive funny giant television pity gave episode new_york wrote generally positively review saying episode ensemble work better kind sitcom stories giving audience small taste personality isn character andy california point episode opening featuring fischer water breaking received mixed reviews white called sequence favorite felt connection character claimed enjoyed scene wrote opening concludes pam jim basically total
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