: Some of the most memorable script updates happened on the fly. For instance, Jenna Fischer improvised the moment where Pam swiped her phone across the keyboard to fake a "patch through" for Creed's call. The Candidate Lineup

: A character solely motivated by getting back to his family in the Finger Lakes.

: An applicant whose confidence was systematically dismantled by Dwight.

: The eventual winner who famously "convinced" Jo Bennett to give him her job as CEO.

The updated script solidified a "who's who" of potential managers:

The script for " Search Committee ," written by showrunner (who also plays Toby Flenderson), was initially 75 pages long . In typical television production, one page of script roughly translates to one minute of screen time. For a standard 40-minute double episode, this was nearly 10 pages too long .

As the script moved from its initial 75-page draft to the final shooting version, several notable shifts occurred: