
Andy eventually gets fired when he refuses to take the demotion back to sales. Andy become impotent around Erin and becomes weak causing his anger problems to resurface. Robert is unable to put Andy back in charge due to Nellie using his sexual desire for her to her advantage. Andy returns and realizes that Nellie has stolen his job. Andy succeeds in getting Erin back and they go to his girlfriend's house to break up with her. Jim and Pam try to save Andy and persuade the rest of the staff to do the same but Nellie quickly proves to be a strong and charismatic leader. Nellie Bertram suddenly appears and takes Andy's spot. The staff return to Scranton while Andy realizes that he wants to be with Erin and goes to Florida to get her back. Dwight manages to score the VP position however when Jim learns that Robert plans to veto the store idea and fire the VP rather than Nellie due to his liking for her, Jim displays his true caring for Dwight and saves him, letting Packer take the fall. An elderely lady Irene (Georgia Engel) takes her in as her maid. Erin meanwhile, upset at Andy having a girlfriend, realizes she has no future in Scranton and decides to not return with the others. Dwight and Todd Packer spar for the VP position while Jim tries to fend off Cathy's advances. The season's climax involves Andy sending a delegate of the branches workers down to Tallahassee where Special Projects Manager Nellie Bertram ( Catherine Tate) plans to open a chain of Sabre retail stores. Jim and Pam also have a second child however when Pam goes on maternity leave her replacement, Cathy Simms ( Lindsey Broad) shows interest in Jim and tries to woo him. She eventually becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, however Dwight realizes to his shock that the baby is without a doubt his own. Angela becomes married to her boyfriend, Senator Robert Lipton (Jack Coleman) who everyone knows is gay except for her. The new foreman, Val, becomes Darryl's love interest throughout the season but is unable to be with her due to her boyfriend and her just believing they are friends- a similar Jim and Pam situation at the beginning of the series. Andy Bernard becomes the new Regional Manager of the Scranton Branch and much of the early episodes focus on him dealing with office crises such as encouraging the sales team to boost their sales to meet Robert's ridicoulous expectations and forcing Darryl to step up despite his apathy after not getting the manager's position and push himself to achieve after the warehouse staff quit. Applicant Robert California ( James Spader) was hired only for him to quit and manipulate CEO Jo Bennett to give him her job. The season followed the lives of the office in its post-Michael Scott era. Novak previously renewed his contract with Universal Media Studios through the eighth season.
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The series was renewed for an eighth season on March 17, 2011. Guest stars include: Stephen Collins (as Andy's father), Josh Groban (as Andy's brother) and Maura Tierney (as Robert California's wife).The eighth season of The Office premiered on Septemon NBC, It concluded on and consisted of 24 episodes. 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. 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. James Spader costars as Robert California, the newly appointed CEO of Dunder Mifflin's parent company, Sabre. 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.
