The Office Finale ... by Brittany Wallace

The Office was originally a British show that was popular in The United Kingdom, but two producers from different countries collaborated together to create the hilariously popular show that came to a close on May 16^th 2013.

Some would say Steve Carrell’s appearance on the NBC sitcom's finale of The Office was unexpected. Rumors had spread that he would not be in the episode, spread like wildfire. So to see him appear as the surprise Best Man in Dwight and Angela’s wedding was a shock to some of the viewers. 

The episode, "Finale", originally aired on May 16, 2013 on NBC in a 75-minute timeslot which followed a one-hour retrospective. NBC increased the ad price by 200 percent for "Finale", asking for $400,000 per commercial. This was due to the anticipated increase in viewers.

In the one-hour retrospective, each of the characters explained their feelings toward the show, leading many of the actors to tearful memories of their 201 episodes. Jenna Fischer stated, “It was really cool because the things that we’re talking about in the scenes and the subject matter of the scene was sort of mirroring how we were feeling in real life.”

 Fischer explains: “The final scene that we shot — which is not the final scene of the episode — was of everybody leaving the office. They yelled ‘Cut cut! That’s a wrap! That’s a series wrap!’ And then we all just burst into tears… We were all standing there in a group and we knew that we’d never hear ‘Going again!’ again. And then we all walked back in, and that’s when the crew members and Greg came and we all started hugging and crying.”

NBC will be different without the 9:00 Episode every Thursday night.