On April 28, 2011, Michael Scott left Skranton, then for Colorado Rockis, Steve Karel left the "office", And the world was never the same. The move has entered the show for seven seasons and left the NBC's popular slope at a crossroads. Who should take the place of the dynamic regional manager? Who was worthy? In the end, the answer, of course, was Andy Bernard, but it turns out that Ed Helms' character was not a blow to work. On the contrary, many of the creators of the show thought Dwight Shrut was supposed to get kiwi.

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"Office: The untold story of the biggest sitcom of the 2000s" revealed (through Uproxx) That many writers have hinted - and some even flat claimed - that it was the comparative power of Ed Helmes's box office that helped him lower the highly desired promotion. Writer Brent Forrester strongly meant as much as he said:

"The writers and the cast, generally, were really excited that Dwight became a boss. It just felt true, and that was our creative progress. It was mostly a return from the net, saying, 'Well. Is there any better known that we can put here?' Of course, creators always break down in it and just want to do the right thing.

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Writer Owen Elikson was direct in his criticism:

"I think the hangover has shifted things to Andy pretty quickly."

It's hard to argue with numbers. The "hangover" took nearly half a billion in box office (and caused unwanted string of extensions). Rainn Wilson's projects have never flirted with a large number. However, if the implications are true, it is a shame that the reason for cold and calculating dollars and cents was the primary motivation for the choice of Mr Bernard.

While the studio directors may have been looking for a friendly face for the manager's chair, Dwight was not a unanimous creative choice. Writer Aaron Shure made an attractive argument against him, saying (through Lrmonline):

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"I didn't think Dwight should be a boss because I think Dwight is not as benign as Michael Scott. He's like this strange amalgam of the menonon and Starvala Trek Nerd. There are only so many bags of candy that he needs to get out of what he wears what I was worried.

Jure added that Dwight's attractiveness partially derived from the limit of his options, saying:

"Also, I didn't want Dwight to be authorized because I was afraid that he would no longer be funny with power.

Other writers highlighted the tension between the two characters in the context of their stories to that point and watched them as fans. Writer JustinAastin Spitzer summed up this, saying:

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"I remember a lot of discussions about what we should do. I didn't think it should be Andy. I loved Andy's character. I loved Ed (Helms). I think I couldn't see what he would bring to the table that felt different with him as a boss ... I think people would be more excited when he saw him.

Although he was initially expelled from graduated Cornell, Dwight eventually has his last laughter. By the end of the season 9, he assumes the role of the regional manager and a year later (during the final of the series) we reveal how incredibly successful the branch under his leadership is. This is the culmination of the up -down nail polish in the career for the beet farmer stretching back in season 3.

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In the final of that season, Dwight mistakenly assumes that he became a regional manager on the recommendation of Michael. When Michael did not win the job in a corporation, Dwight is in the sale lump. He becomes acting again. Manager in Season 7, after De Angelo Wickers is hospitalized, but loses the chance to turn the temporary position into full -time when shooting a gun in the office.

Dwight flirts with power when he leads the team down to Talahasi, but it ends up in a disaster. Back to Stranton, he lies at a low level, until he finally is, finally, fame to fame in the wake of Andy's departure as a regional manager in the faded moments of the season 9. The triumphal moment comes when a few other things finally break the way. He reveals that he is a father, married his soul, gets the black belt, inherits a mass farm and re -connects to his beloved boss. The collective string of events finally gives Dwight his happy sometimes. Perfektenschlag.

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