Feb 28, 2012
James Spader Won't Return to 'The Office' Next Season | Variety
The producers of the show have granted Spader an exit. Variety reports that Spader always intended for it to be a one season arc. It’s not yet known whether he’ll be written out this season or explained after-the-fact next fall.
For a character that showed some promise at the end of last season, nothing they did with him really panned out, and he’s been all but completely absent as of late. This brings up a greater issue, which is, it’s time to end The Office. Of course, NBC won’t give up anything that’s performing marginally well (even if it’s only a shadow of what it once was), but creatively it’s running on fumes and for the sake of legacy and all those involved it should be let go.
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