The six warehouse workers win $950,000 in a lottery pool, and quit in a celebratory fashion of running through the office, making a mess and mooning the staff. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was viewed by 5.82 million viewers and received a 3.2 rating/8 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, marking a slight drop in the ratings from the previous episode, " The Incentive".
"Lotto" received mixed reviews from television critics, with many enjoying Andy and Darryl's interaction. In the episode, the entire warehouse staff quits after winning the lottery, leaving Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms) and Darryl Philbin ( Craig Robinson) to scramble for replacements while Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski), Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper), Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson), and Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) temporarily get a taste of the warehouse life. 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. The episode guest stars Mark Proksch as Nate and Hugh Dane as Hank the security guard.
The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 6, 2011. It was written by Charlie Grandy and directed by cast member John Krasinski.
THE OFFICE SEASON 8 EPISODE 3 SERIES
" Lotto" is the third episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 155th episode overall. Either that or they need to repackage the show as a sitcom and stop pretending that this is the same series that aired in 2005.3rd episode of the eighth season of The Office " Lotto" Really, the producers should end the show after this season and then put together a reunion season in a few years to show what happened to the characters/how the documentary’s release affected their mundane lives. More or less, the camera crew is now just used as a gimmick to record situations and behavior that is way over the top and not at all like a believable paper company (the believability being part of the original humor). The humor came from how mundane the characters’ lives were, the relationships and office politics, and of course the inappropriate boss who doesn’t realize that selling paper is mundane. The fact is, the writers have strayed from the original premise: a documentary about people working in a paper company, which is hilarious because it’s possibly the most boring subject for a documentary imaginable. With all due respect, one doesn’t need to nitpick to find faults with the current episodes. See past ratings in the Fan Ratings Archive.