Promos (The Office)

"Promos"
The Office episode
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 18
Directed by	Jennifer Celotta
Written by	Tim McAuliffe
Production code	9018
Original air date	April 4, 2013
Running time	22 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Ryan Howard as himself Jack Coleman as Robert Lipton Chris Diamantopoulos as Brian Nora Kirkpatrick as Esther Allan Havey as Henry Steve Carell as Michael Scott (stock footage only)
Episode chronology
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"Promos" is the eighteenth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the 193rd overall. The episode was written by Tim McAuliffe and directed by Jennifer Celotta. It originally aired on NBC on April 4, 2013. The episode guest stars sports star Ryan Howard, Chris Diamantopoulos, Nora Kirkpatrick, and Allan Havey. Former lead actor Steve Carell also appears through archival footage.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, everyone in the office is excited when international promos for the documentary surface, but are soon horrified to discover how much candid filming has taken place. While everyone panics about their secrets being revealed, Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) reflects upon how much she and Jim (John Krasinski) have changed over the past nine years. Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) makes Angela Lipton (Angela Kinsey) jealous when he starts dating a Brussels sprout farmer. Meanwhile, at Athlead's office in Philadelphia, Jim and Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) have a big meeting with baseball player Ryan Howard, who pitches a bizarre sci-fi sports movie about himself.

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