After nine seasons, The Office is coming to an end in just a few weeks. I sat down with two of the show's ensemble, Angela Kinsey ("Angela") and Ellie Kemper ("Erin"), to discuss what it was like to say goodbye to Dunder Mifflin and what we can expect in these final episodes.
Note: I began speaking to Kinsey by herself, with Kemper joining us a few minutes in.
IGN TV: Angela, you were there from the very beginning. You wrapped production a few weeks ago, but you're promoting the show still. Is it a bit of a weird period of having said goodbye, but still not being 100% finished with it?
Angela Kinsey: It does feel a little bit like a prolonged goodbye, and it's still emotional, even if I think about those last few days. Now, promos are coming out for the final four episodes, and I'm getting emotional all over again. It's like that breakup where you keep listening to the song that was your song or something. But I'm really proud of these last four episodes. I'm really excited for everyone to see them. Being there since the pilot, I woke up in a cold sweat the other morning because I was like, "Where am I supposed to be? Nowhere." Also, just the group of people I've grown accustomed to seeing. I'm definitely staying in touch with people, but there is this ache, if you will, this part of you that's gone. I haven't really felt this way since I was a child -- we moved from Indonesia to the U.S. -- and I said goodbye to some people in Indonesia that I knew I would never see again. I think there's part of me that wonders -- there were about 200 people that worked on The Office on any given day, from crew to producers to writers to cast, and I know there are some of them that I may not ever cross paths with again. I've seen them almost every day for nine years, so it feels like a very big goodbye.
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