The Office Season 7
Overview
The Office Season 7 is defined almost entirely by the long shadow of what every viewer knows is coming: Steve Carell's departure from the role of Michael Scott, the character he spent seven seasons making into one of television's great comic creations. The season is a sustained, loving farewell to Michael — acknowledging his growth across the series while never pretending he became someone he was not, allowing him to find genuine happiness in a relationship that feels completely right, and sending him off in a way that honors both the comedy and the unexpected emotional depth the show discovered in this absurd, desperate, occasionally monstrous, deeply human man. Michael's relationship with Holly Flax, the only person who has ever really understood him in the way he always needed to be understood, is the season's great gift to viewers who stayed with the character through all his worst moments. Carell's final episode is among the finest cast farewell episodes in television history.
