Fortunately, The Farm did not get the green light, which meant that Dwight was able to stick around for the final days of The Office. While it would have been fun to have seen Dwight in his own series, it would have taken away from how The Office ended.
The final episodes of the series wrapped things up perfectly, and it wouldn't have felt right if Dwight wasn't there. Many The Office fans were surprised when Steve Carell returned as Michael Scott in the series finale, but they weren't the only ones surprised.
Showrunner Greg Daniels was intent on keeping the return of Michael Scott a secret from NBC's executives as one last surprise, which they pulled off by not including him in any of the dailies, on the call sheet, or in the table read. The secrecy of Steve Carell's appearance meant that the writers needed to seriously limit his involvement in the episode, so much so that it became unrealistic.
To those viewing the series finale years later, his surprise appearance doesn't seem fun anymore. Had Greg Daniels been more focused on giving every character a realistic amount of focus, rather than just keeping Michael Scott's return a secret, perhaps the finale would have been a bit more enjoyable all these years later. Mindy Kaling's character Kelly became one of the highlights of The Office in later seasons, yet she really didn't shine in the beginning.
If you rewatch season 1, you will notice that Kelly doesn't really have any dialogue or interaction with the rest of the cast unless it has to do with her race or religion. However, Mindy Kaling was also a prominent member of the writers' room, and when she given a little bit more control of her character, she made her an absolute talk-aholic. Case in point, during the first episode of season 2, Michael gave Kelly a Dundie titled "Spicy Curry".
Rather than talking about how happy she was to get the award, or how racist it was, she quietly asked why the award was given to her. One of the biggest problems that many fans had with season 9 of The Office was that two of the most popular characters - Ryan and Kelly - were absent. Their actors, B. Novak and Mindy Kaling, had eventually decided to move on from the series, and did not feel like waiting until the end of the last season to leave. The Office may have been able to slide past their departure had the two actors given proper notice that they would be leaving.
However, as showrunner Greg Daniels revealed, Novak and Kaling didn't notify anyone that they were planning to depart until shortly before the season began. The end of season 8 did not do a great job of writing the characters out, as the writers did not know they were leaving.
In fact, the last few episodes of the eighth season had actually started a love triangle between Ryan, Kelly, and Kelly's new boyfriend, which would have been entertaining to have seen more of. Many long term The Office fans were relieved when the original showrunner Greg Daniels returned to helm the show for the final season.
While Paul Lieberstein, the showrunner who took over for Daniels after season 4, certainly did a good job, the show arguably worked a lot better when Daniels was at the writing table as well.
Daniels originally did not want to return for the final season, but he was convinced when he realized how high the stakes were. Apparently, B. Novak and Mindy Kaling weren't the only cast members threatening to leave for the final season. The writers strike was an important part of Hollywood that temporarily hurt every show on the air. However, in the long-term, it helped the industry.
During the strike, The Office had to go on a complete hiatus when the show's writing team refused to show up for work, leading to season 4 being 9 episodes shorter than it should have been. Surprisingly, the writers weren't the only ones not showing up for work. Even Steve Carell, being a writer himself, refused to show up to set, which meant that even the episodes that the writers had already written could not be shot. According to some rumors , when Carell called in and said he couldn't make it to work, he blamed it on a case of "enlarged balls.
For those who now binge the series today, this shortened season is off-putting. It is the first season in which Pam and Jim are dating, so the shortened season make's the first year of their relationship go by a lot faster than it should. One of the most unique aspects of Dwight Schrute is his beet farm. While this became an integral part of his character throughout the series, the decision to have Dwight own a beet farm didn't come up until part way through the second season.
The writing team behind The Office didn't even come up with the idea of giving Dwight a farm until Dwight's actor Rainn Wilson showed them the farm that he grew up on. Learn more. Why did Will Ferrell have such a short run on The Office? Ask Question. Asked 2 years, 11 months ago. Active 1 year, 10 months ago. Viewed 55k times. Improve this question.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. But then it goes on to list other projects he took after The Office: As for what Ferrell will do next, he's starring in a send-up of telenovelas called Casa de mi Padre House of my Father , which will open later this year.
Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Wandycakes Wandycakes 1. Please edit in some sources to back this up. As it stands, this reads more as a plausible, granted guess, but this question should rather be answered with sources, as the other answer did. Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant. From time to time, she dives into the world's most popular franchises but Kara primarily focuses on evergreen topics.
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