Michael once reasoned that "Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for Corporate. In the episode "Diwali" Michael mistakenly thinks that he and Pam have a connection, and is rejected when he tries to kiss her. After Michael beats Dwight at his own dojo, Michael finds out that Dwight no longer wanted Michael as his primary contact in case of an emergency which causes Michael to promote him from "Assistant to the Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager", with a three-month probational period. That’s kind of true as well, but just for the sake of that “one last time” feeling, it would be amazing to watch Michael Scott at his Dunder Mifflin desk. Erin sees that Holly is able to sense where Michael is, and when she sees them reconcile, she finally understands their love for each other and smiles. Michael finds uttering the phrase so irresistible that in "Sexual Harassment", he is goaded by Jim into saying it just seconds after Jan Levinson and a lawyer from Corporate specifically asked him to stop. He has a tendency to disrupt their daily work flow, and in a talking head interview, warehouse supervisor Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) explains that they have never been able to make a full year accident-free because of Michael's antics. According to sound mixer Brian Wittle and hairstylist Kim Ferry, Steve spilled during a BBC interview that he might leave after season 7 because the final year of his contract was looming. Ironically, Michael is shown to have befriended Toby's daughter Sasha in "Take Your Daughter to Work". Robert throws a pool party at his house, and Erin tries to make Andy jealous by flirting with Dwight. Michael tends to be a bit "behind" when it comes to popular culture references, such as when he refers to his then-girlfriend Jan's youthful male assistant as James Van Der Beek or in his numerous ringtones, including "My Humps," "Mambo Number Five" and Salt N Pepa. Although we all may wish that Michael never left the show, in the acting world, Carrell did what is best for his career, he went out on top. The ninth and final season of the American television comedy The Office premiered on NBC on September 20, 2012, and concluded on May 16, 2013, consisting of 25 episodes. Other interests include a pair of Levi's he refers to as "fun jeans", which he has professionally dry cleaned and the reason he started Casual Fridays; his self-bought "World's Best Boss" mug from Spencer Gifts; and Chrysler automobiles.
He had since landed an administrative job at Cornell University. Throughout their relationship, Pam has served as something of a shoulder angel for Michael by encouraging him to be more productive and discouraging his bad ideas, with varying degrees of success. It was a very unique group of people and kind of catching lightning in a bottle.”. Or at least that’s what Steve Carell thinks.
[8] In the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character David Brent frequently used the similar phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke.
However, he is confronted by an unusually serious and stern Michael, who demands to, "just let them [the staff] have this game".