Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Foreword by Greg Daniels

Preface: How Did We Get Here? by Brian Baumgartner

1. “Okay, Here’s the Pitch”: The Office Travels Across the Atlantic

2. “Scranton Hot”: Casting the Lovable Misfits of Dunder Mifflin

3. “Everything That Makes It Harder Makes It Better”: Filming the Pilot

4. “Let Me Tell You Why This Isn’t Going to Work”: Season One

5. “The Office Needed a Billion Things to Go Right”: The Emotional Roller Coaster of Season Two

6. “John and I Are Not a Couple”: The Office Love Stories

7. “Inheritors of the History of Comedy”: The Comedy Tropes That Inspired and Shaped The Office: Season Three

8. “I Don’t Care, Fire Me!”: Inside the Office Writers’ Room . . . and the Writers Strike That Nearly Ended the Show: Season Four

9. “The Moment That My Life Changed”: A Wedding, New Hires (and Losses), and Other Shake-ups: Seasons Five and Six

10. “Losing the Captain of Our Ship”: The Long Goodbye for Michael Scott (and Steve Carell): Season Seven

11. “Who Should Be the Boss?”: The Search for a New Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager: Seasons Eight and Nine

12. “It’s a Wrap”: The Series Finale

13. “Beauty in Ordinary Things”: The Legacy of The Office

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Copyright

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