# The Office 4/28 - Steve Carell's last episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098 "2011-04-29T01:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/21 "2011-04-29T08:01:03Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > To be exact, he said “it will be a relief to get this off my chest,” then he mouthed “that’s what she said.” To be exact, he actually said “This is going to feel so good getting this thing off my chest.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/22 "2011-04-29T11:41:01Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > To be exact, he said “it will be a relief to get this off my chest,” then he mouthed “that’s what she said.” > > Am I crazy or was Toby’s brother Steve Carell? I see RB, already cleared up exactly what he said, but as for the second part, he didn’t “mouth it” he said it normally, he just didn’t have a mic on him anymore. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/23 "2011-04-29T12:10:44Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > And yeah, the D’Angelo part fell flat, but otherwise this was a great episode. I like the fact that they didn’t do one huge send-off, since they are did the song last episode and the big proposal a few episodes back. D’Angelo is just a terrible character… the show has had its ups and downs, mainly ups for me, but I can’t understand how they messed that up so badly. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/24 "2011-04-29T12:17:12Z")
I thought Toby’s brother was a mashup of BJ Novak and Paul Lieberstein. It sounded like Novak to me. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/25 "2011-04-29T13:59:39Z")
Great sendoff to a great character. Fare well, Michael; may you and Holly live happily ever after. Hmmm… I’ll be in Boulder next month…wonder if they’ll let me couchsurf for a night? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/26 "2011-04-29T14:15:42Z")
I was just asking my sister who she thought Toby’s brother was and she mentioned that his IRL brother also writes for the show. I give you [Warren Lieberstein.](http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Warren+Lieberstein+Academy+Television+Arts+q3Qzct5ZFmzl.jpg) I think we have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/27 "2011-04-29T16:07:02Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’m sure it won’t happen, but it would be awesome if David Brent ended up being Michael’s permanent replacement. He wont’ be, but he is interviewing for the position in the season finale. Which is cool. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/28 "2011-04-29T16:09:42Z")
Is there dome reason that’s not in a spoiler box? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/29 "2011-04-29T16:11:40Z")
It was promo’d. It’s not a spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/30 "2011-04-29T16:28:12Z")
“Uh-oh.” Good episode, except for the completely over-the-top D’Angelo. I loved the scene of Michael convulsed with laughter over being patronized by Oscar. Did he say “It looks like it was made by a monkey on a _farm_”? Also loved Phyllis’s interest in erotic cakes, and Michael’s completely unexpected advice to Toby. What the _hell_ were those pants Andy was wearing? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/31 "2011-04-29T16:48:30Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > It didn’t suck… > > It was bewildering seeing Michael act so normal for most of the episode, though. > > (Random TV History connection: When I saw the plane take off, I thought that the epilogue \*could \*have had Erin coming into the Michael-less sendoff party to announce that his plane had crashed with no survivors… But I’m glad they didn’t do that.) That is _exactly_ the conversation we had at the singular house. Man, I was hugely choked up and teary with Jim and Michael’s scene. That was some damn fine writing and acting right there. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/32 "2011-04-29T16:51:46Z")
I loved the whole episode… except EVERYTHING to do with D’Angelo. Terrible character. Made me never want to see Will Ferrel again. I loved all the promos showing who we can expect to see in the future. ESPECIALLY J.C.! ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/33 "2011-04-29T17:24:15Z")
Guys, promos are SPOILERS. Whatever, just glad to hear Will Ferrell’s getting fired. An office with neither him or Michael Scott sounds like a pretty decent show. That Pamela scene at the end was bullshit. It would have been a much stronger finish to cut to commercial right at “let me know if this ever airs”. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/34 "2011-04-29T17:40:48Z")
I think they brought Will Ferrell’s character in to lower the bar so we’ll welcome ANY replacement. His parts on this show would have ruined it if it hadn’t been so awesome otherwise. Every single scene other than his was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/35 "2011-04-29T17:58:42Z")
They just didn’t do a good job of writing anything for him. It’s like they just got “Will Farrell,” but then forgot to actually develop any kind of coherent character for him. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/36 "2011-04-29T18:01:25Z")
D’Angelo is no crazier than Michael on an average day. If this had been a regular office episode with everything Ferrel did being done by Steve Carrel nobody would bat eye. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/37 "2011-04-29T18:03:39Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I also kinda of like that even though we all know that of everyone on the show, Pam really meant the most to him, by the time she tracked him down, he was already ‘done.’ A goodbye that should have lasted all day was only a few seconds. I was wondering why Pam disappeared for most of the day, and even went to the movies during the workday. Perhaps Jim called her and told her that Michael was headed for the airport and she was going to miss seeing him before he left? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/38 "2011-04-29T18:08:16Z")
She was blowing off work, pretending to shop for supplies but really going to a movie. Jim texted her about what was going on, and she scrambled to catch Michael before he got on the plane. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/39 "2011-04-29T18:15:50Z")
Nah, she missed Jim’s text because she was in the theater. When Michael was leaving she was coming in and probably found out from Jim right then and followed Michael to the airport. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098/40 "2011-04-29T18:57:57Z")
Will Ferrell is the Pope Benedict XVI of Office bosses. You can’t follow Pope John Paul Carrell with your real replacement, because the shoes are too big - so you put in a creepy super-old nazi stopgap to buffer expectations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-4-28-steve-carells-last-episode/580098.md?page=3)