


Guest stars include: Stephen Collins (as Andy's father), Josh Groban (as Andy's brother) and Maura Tierney (as Robert California's wife). Watch The Office Season 7 Episode 24 'Search Committee' Original Air Date: May 19, 2011. The List is the eighth season premiere of the American comedy television series The Office, and the shows 153rd episode overall. Also: Unhappy, and unfulfilled, office secretary Erin (Ellie Kemper) decides not to return to Dunder Mifflin Scranton after a special project takes her to Sabre headquarters in Florida, and Andy must head south on a mission to bring her back. Watch The Office Season 7 full episodes online, free and paid options via our partners and affiliates. Later in the season, Pam (Jenna Fischer) prepares to go on maternity leave when she is expecting her second child, but worries that her temp replacement Cathy Simms (Lindsey Broad) may be too pretty, perhaps causing Jim (John Krasinski) to have a wandering eye.

Much of the early season episodes focus on Andy's attempts to motivate and inspire his new reports. It also introduces Robert California as an enigmatic figure in the office and reveals Andy as the new manager and as Robert's surprising foil. James Spader costars as Robert California, the newly appointed CEO of Dunder Mifflin's parent company, Sabre. 'The List' is the premiere of season eight and it is an episode that has a lot of funny moments. Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) has assumed the role of regional manager after Deangelo Vickers' (Will Ferrell) quick flame out at the end of the seventh season. Season 8 marks the first season of the post-Michael Scott (Steve Carell) era.
