page_title: Tallahassee (The Office)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Tallahassee (The Office) / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Catherine Tate, photographed at Jo Glover charity event 2010
context_page_description: "Tallahassee" is the fifteenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's 167th episode overall. The episode aired on NBC in the United States on February 16, 2012. "Tallahassee" was written by co-executive producer Daniel Chun and directed by series cinematographer Matt Sohn. The episode guest stars David Koechner and Wally Amos.
  The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Dwight returns to Tallahassee to meet with the president of Sabre's special projects, Nellie Bertram. Meanwhile, in Scranton, Andy fills in for reception and thoroughly enjoys himself.
  "Tallahassee" saw the reappearance of Tate as Nellie Bertram. Tate had previously appeared in the seventh season finale, "Search Committee". The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, with many reviewers noting that the "special projects" storyline helped to give the series a focus.
context_section_description: "Tallahassee" was written by co-executive producer Daniel Chun, his sixth writing credit for the series after joining the writing staff in the fifth season. It was directed by series cinematographer Matt Sohn, his fourth directing credit for the series. "Tallahassee" marked the return appearance of Catherine Tate as a regular character, having previously appeared in the seventh season finale, "Search Committee" as a candidate to replace Michael as office manager. Tate was initially the top choice to join the cast as the manager, but due to a commitment to the West End production of the Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing she was unable to join the series at the start of the season. Her character, Nellie is re-introduced as the Head of Special Projects for Sabre, and subsequently works in the Scranton office from "Get the Girl". The episode also marked the return appearance of David Koechner, who portrays Todd Packer in the series. He recently made a deal with NBC to do more episodes for the series and also possibly join the cast of series developer Greg Daniels's next series, Friday Night Dinner, an adaption of the British series of the same name.
  The episode also marks the ninth appearance of Lindsey Broad, who portrays Cathy, Pam's replacement during her maternity leave. She appeared in a recurring role for the season, after she initially appeared in "Pam's Replacement".
caption: "Tallahassee" marked the return of Nellie Bertram, played by Catherine Tate
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