This is simply, unacceptable. When we first heard the tragic news that Steve Carell will be exiting The Office this season, we assumed we had until May to say goodbye to our lovable enigma boss, Michael Scott.
But we have just been dealt another blow of apocalyptic proportions: Michael will actually leave Scranton (or at least Dunder-Mifflin) about a month before this season ends.
Wait. Are you telling me we just got shortchanged by another month?
How can this be? Producer Paul Lieberstein (who also plays Toby Flenderson) told NY Mag: “Steve will have a number of episodes that dramatize and lead up to Steve leaving. Then we’ll continue on for about four more episodes, and the spring will prove to be not about an actor leaving, but what happens in an office when a manager leaves and the chaos ensues and people vie for the job and are uncertain about their future.”
Despite the impending gloomy loss of Carell, Lieberstein is pretty chipper about life after Michael Scott this season and thereafter. He tells NY Mag: “This time last year there was probably a lot of dread. But right now there’s a lot of excitement. We’re having the kinds of conversations we had in seasons one and two about, ‘What is the show?’ It feels like we … can really influence the show in a way we couldn’t last year. It feels really cool.”
NOO! I WILL NOT WATCH IF HE GOES!!! NOOOOO! IT WON’T BE THE SAME. SOMEBODY MAKE HIM STAY!!
4 episodes after he leaves? What’s the point?
I don’t understand why he couldn’t finish out the full season. Was Carrell stealing supplies every time he left the set to go home?
They really should have ended The Office after Steve leaves. Everyone else has kinda devolved into a goofy stereotype as the seasons progressed. They’ve also maxed out the amount of inter-office romance angles that are plausable.