eighteenth episode ninth season american comedy television series office overall episode written directed originally aired nbc april episode guest stars sports star ryan_howard lead actor steve_carell appears archival footage series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode office excited international documentary surface soon horrified discover filming taken place secrets revealed jenna_fischer reflects jim john_krasinski changed past years dwight_schrute rainn_wilson makes angela_kinsey jealous starts dating brussels farmer office philadelphia jim big meeting baseball player ryan_howard pitches bizarre sci sports movie episode received positive reviews critics felt episode interesting theme drama successful humor broad forced episode viewed million viewers received percent rating adults ages episode ranked fourth timeslot highest rated nbc series night lowest rated episode office time airing plot office excited upcoming documentary office american workplace consists footage compiled past years workers dismayed learn activities recorded instance dwight angela affair occurred year ago captured excuse warehouse talk turning unsuccessful effort discussion private suggests jenna_fischer talk dismissed crew member brian learn brian house pam tells seeing old footage thinks jim feelings largely faded brian agrees asks crew filmed tells important moment captured wearing realizing extent privacy violated pam storms brian house watching promo pam decides glad history relationship jim captured angela_kinsey angela husband senator inform documentary probably reveal angela slept dwight andy_bernard ed_helms obsessed online comments brief appearance promo posting lengthy replies video response negative reactions documentary crew discovers left negative comments taking pleasure andy annoyance dwight_schrute rainn_wilson starts dating brussels farmer negotiating purchase tractor father dwight poorly negotiations yielding terms sisters try buying farming equipment clark stops dwight signing papers takes aside tell thinks sisters physically attractive interested men like probably dating father advantage tractor deal dwight sees logic clark suspicion appears tells dwight shouldn sign contract negotiate better deal dwight realizes care angela dismay offices jim_halpert john_krasinski meeting major_league_baseball player ryan_howard meeting ends jim reading ryan self written screenplay baseball player turned superhero production written consulting producer writing credit series directed series writer director showrunner credit series episode features philadelphia_phillies star ryan_howard playing marks second time major sports star played season philadelphia star portrayed episode robinson later said ryan killed pretty damn funny real life doesn translate joked howard definitely better actor john_krasinski doubt titular composed stock footage office primarily early seasons series feature departed characters michael_scott steve_carell ryan_howard cultural references cold open seen listening erotic romance novel shades grey makes uncomfortable ryan_howard makes reference restaurant subway slogan eat fresh reference fact spokesman franchise table read howard screenplay mentions importance secure rights popular space movie series star wars oscar notes angela husband dressed president ronald_reagan halloween kissed like president title series documentary given series broadcast differentiate british version context series episode revealed documentary scheduled air actual affiliate reception ratings originally aired april nbc 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 farm office ranked fourth timeslot beaten entry abc series grey anatomy received percent rating episode cbs police procedural received percent rating installment fox comedy series new girl earned rating reviews club awarded episode noted represents point office fact characters known camera people documentary following realized extent camera people following recording adams said strong plots pam realization relationship rushed plots like dwight run clock pity awarded episode ign awarded episode denoting good episode argued episode cohesive united feel jim separated main action past present possible future combined nicely emotion wasn said funniest episode office seen fanatic awarded episode stars criticized brian saying felt forced ruined interesting wrote quality episode viewer accept fact characters unaware extent footage camera crew caught wrote ride scranton branch understanding filmed time means pretty funny episode premise episode pretty awful concluded moments solid series episodes alan_sepinwall hitfix felt good idea hiding inside promo sic episode undermined broad nature humor
Promos (The Office)