Thu, 29 April 2010
By Kevin Crossman This is something I've been mentioning on the podcast for a while now and Steve Carell has recently confirmed the details in a BBC interview. Carell is signed through next year's seventh season of The Office, where other cast members such as John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer are signed through an eighth season. So, could that mean that Carell could leave the show before the series ends? I've said as much for months now... and now Carell confirms it. OfficeTally has the clip of the interview. Interviewer: How long does your contract run? Carell: Contract through next season. Interviewer: And will you stay after that? Carell: I don’t think so. I think that will probably be my last year. What do you think? Can The Office survive without Carell? If he leaves, who do you think should take up residence in Michael's office? Jim? Dwight? Or how about my pick: Todd Packer? ---------- Matt says -- End it! Seriously, the show had a good run, but without Michael, what's the point? I suppose they could always just keep the rest of the cast, or bring in some other big name for the boss, or maybe they could take my suggestion and hire Steve Carell look-alike Peter Jacobson from HOUSE :) But it just won't be the same. End the show with a little dignity, guys.
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-- posted at: 11:40am EDT
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I agree with Matt. I wouldn\\\\\\\'t want to watch The Office without Michael. He is an idiot and 100% responsible for nearly every last awkward facepalm I do through the course of the show, but without Michael, there would be NO show. Because I mean, there really can\\\\\\\'t be more bosses out there that are as idiotic as Michael Gary Scott and without Michael, there would be a new boss and everything will be normal because the new boss would be normal and not tolerate parties and not make inappropriate comments or anything that make up the episodes. The show can\\\\\\\'t go on without the leader. I guess it could (to use a Schrute-ish simile,) run around for a season like a chicken with its head chopped off... but again, I agree with Matt. End it with some dignity, please.
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I think it would be best to end the season with dignity. Maybe Sabre closes the office, everyone goes their separate ways...David Wallace has a new company and offers Jim a great job, Dwight stays on the farm, and Holly comes back and she and Michael run off together. They have a whole season to wrap it up. Let them win the Powerball or something, anything, and go away without trying to do it sans Michael Scott. Le sigh. LG
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if he does leave they should end it, not to be like spin city after Micheal J fox left they keeped it the show on, it just wasn\'t the same other examples would be scrubs this season, if they did another season the only person i could see in the mangers chair is Jim.
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I saw this a few days ago. I immediately assumed it would mean the end of the show. I also read today that they are trying to bring Holly back next season. I predict a happy ending for Michael at the end of season 7 - if they are able to get Amy Ryan. My new fav show is Modern Family. Seriously, it\'s The Office outside of the office. LOL It\'s such a knockoff. Phil is basically Michael Scott with a family.
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You\'re not going to like this Matt, but I\'d like it to be Darryl. I\'ve liked the way he\'s played off the other characters since being promoted upstairs and has his own personality flaws which could be explored. But realistically, I don\'t see the show going beyond the eighth season, so I\'m guessing Carell will get a mega-deal to return for the final year.
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Jim and Pam make for cute moments, Dwight can carry an episode, but Michael Scott is the show. It\\\\\\\'s as simple as that...Without Steve Carell, The Office can not successfully continue. Or rather, it should not continue. I have been a devotee since day 1, and I will follow each and every episode until The Office goes off the air. But without Carell, the spark that ignites the cast\\\\\\\'s magic would burn out. Let\\\\\\\'s just up Michael Scott stays at Dunder Mifflin until retirement. Perhaps it\\\\\\\'s time to pay him his due. Get Jo on the phone!
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Not only should it end if Carell walks at the end of next season, it NEEDS to end. They have run the concept in the ground. Frankly, I think the show should end this season (better yet, go back in a time machine and let season four be the last season!). More to your question, the show centers around the Michael character. Without him, it just wouldn\'t work.
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