Hearts shattered everywhere when Steve Carell parted ways with his character Michael Scott on The Office back in Although the NBC comedy series carried on for two more seasons, The Office was simply never the same without Dunder Mifflin's quirky boss. The crazy thing is, apparently, Steve didn't walk away to pursue other acting or comedy gigs.
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. Even still, Brian explained that, behind the scenes, he hadn't made a definitive decision yet. But when NBC executives didn't make a valiant effort to get Steve to stay after his comments surfaced and made headlines, he was pushed to exit.
Ultimately, Kim noted that the network didn't pick up Steve for another season. He had told the network that he was going to sign for another couple of years. He was willing to and his agent was willing to. In a full demonstration of Carell's skill at bringing humanity to this quirky role, Michael's eyes reddened as he listened.
As his going-away gift to colleague Ryan B. Novak , he presented his light-up St. Pauli Girl beer sign with the buxom barmaid. Michael waged a final bout of paintball in the parking lot with his combative assistant manager, Dwight Rainn Wilson. But, when he was about to lose control in front of sales rep Jim John Krasinski , he asked, "Why am I so sad? Jim guessed that Michael had decided to make his exit that afternoon, rather than stay around another day, as everyone expected.
Then, at the airport, Michael removed the wireless mic he has worn for seven seasons of the mockumentary's filming. He didn't have many lines during the episode but Pam revealed that Michael had kids and he needed two phones since he had so many pictures of them. According to the follow-ups by NBC since the show's conclusion, Michael and Holly had three children and a fourth was on the way shortly after the finale.
Michael surely got the chance to live out his dreams of having a family after he moved to Colorado. That's not to say that his time in Scranton wasn't memorable, but he needed to follow Holly in order to be truly happy. The Office was never the same after Michael left, he was the face of the series after all, but it was a brilliant decision to feature the character one last time in the final episode to give viewers the closure they needed. Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant.
From time to time, she dives into the world's most popular franchises but Kara primarily focuses on evergreen topics. The fact that she gets to write about The Office regularly is like a dream come true. After graduating college, writing began as a part-time hobby for Kara but it quickly turned into a career.
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