Thu Feb 15, 2007 — by Elayne Riggs

Whedon clocks in at The Office

Fan favorite writer directs episode

As reported earlier on ComicMix, Buffyverse creator (and writer of Dark Horse's much-anticipated Season 8 comic) Joss Whedon directed the episode of The Office that premieres tonight. 

Short plot description from NBC's site: Ryan invites Michael to be a guest speaker at his business school. Meanwhile, Dwight battles a bat that gets loose in the office while Pam (Jenna Fischer) invites co-workers to her first art show.  In her nigh-indispensable blog, Office star Jenna Fischer writes, "I loved having Joss around on set.  He is a huge fan of the show and knew every little detail and nuance about our characters.  As a result, he was very focused on how to direct us to get the very best performances.  I remember one day I was doing background work for a couple of hours and out the blue he came up to me and said, 'Jenna, I love the reaction you are doing back here.  It's perfectly Pam!' He was watching our background performances…so awesome." Jenna insists it's pure coincidence that the episode happens to feature a bat - which the cast named Gary and which she describes as "super-cute."  That's so perfectly Pam!

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