list office list eighth season premiere american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc united_states september written directed executive producer series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode new ceo writes mysterious list line middle member office office members try figure means causing crisis manager andy_bernard list episode office feature starring role episode received moderately positive reviews commenting proved series survive according nielsen_media_research list drew estimated million viewers received rating share demographic making time lowest rated season premiere season premiere plot jim explains camera appointed regional manager day traveled florida convinced position ceo robert appointed andy_bernard ed_helms scranton regional manager place andy makes goal office receive half day friday columbus day weekend robert accidentally leaves personal ellie desk notices contains list scranton employees columns line middle concerned list means employees pressure andy ask robert robert offended andy inquiry assuming list moves andy left column right later day robert invites employees left column lunch jim john_krasinski dwight rainn_wilson angela angela_kinsey kevin oscar oscar leave right try console pizza party remain exclusion lunch left robert list slightly robert informs left winners right jim kevin sends mass text right mocking later meredith water pistol andy like confronts robert demand alter list robert refuses speaks admitting calling certain members office opinion saying working long time opinions certain people change finishing winners prove right prove wrong andy lists qualities right stating stanley best sales record office robert admits unaware meredith persistent know word means pam jenna fischer easily creative kind person worked andy robert putting column demands columbus half day exits prompting smile robert office annually gets half day case happily wish good evening depart andy looks pleased work boss pam pregnant jim second child revealed boy emotional easily brought tears day angela pregnant having married state senator summer says little pam big jim picks things leave day accidentally drops piece paper pam picks sees jim personal winners list pam new baby left words written right pam vows frame production episode written directed executive producer portrays ryan_howard series fourteenth writing credit directing credit series episode series star steve_carell left series following episodes featured different managers season finale guest actors appeared episode including left air manager june creator executive producer announced join cast permanent basis marks second appearance having appeared previous episode seventh season finale appear episodes serve replacement ceo sabre portrayed left series commitment nbc drama series harry law episode revealed new office manager lead actor steve_carell portrayed michael_scott executive producer told ed_helms character andy manager lunch june writers gone main contenders job dwight andy andy best choice episode confirmed pam pregnant second child corresponds jenna_fischer real life pregnancy episode started filming july season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include ryan explaining trends comes explaining talking head andy attempting calm everybody try figure list means scenes winner lunch loser pizza party cultural references cold open features multiple workers activity consisting lying face unusual location season premiere include internet trend cold open row gossip michael dwight andy try film video attempting second office lip dub video song episode pam seen crying commercial featuring dog trying dog bone safe reception ratings original american broadcast september list viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast marked percent fall demographic seventh season premiere making lowest rated season premiere episode office viewed million viewers episode ranked second timeslot beating received rating share demographic secret circle received rating share defeated received rating share tied grey anatomy received rating share list second watched week broadcast adults aged reviews list received moderately positive reviews awarded episode wrote entry par delivering season slightly critical episode tone noting subtlety instead yielded thesis statement transitional season come hitfix reviewer alan_sepinwall complimented final scene featuring andy confronting robert calling sweet felt genuine way early days feel special despite said story fell little flat npr praised choice adding making andy manager praised writers andy manager michael ign writer praised episode ensemble affair writing got ensemble strong smart way concluded context rest nbc hilarious thursday night lineup office help little long tooth rely laugh loud moments ready time death ultimately gave episode guide writers called promotion andy manager best television moment week gave episode positive review commenting showed season capable delivering funny character grace notes
The List (The Office)