Steve Carell Admits His Final 'The Office' Episode Was 'More Than' He 'Bargained For'

Steve Carell is making a surprising admission about The Office.

The 58-year-old star of the hit series opened up about filming his final episode on the show in 2011, “Goodbye, Michael,” on Spotify’s “An Oral History of The Office” podcast.

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“It was almost more than I bargained for,” he said.

“I had [goodbye] scenes with everyone in the cast and it was emotional torture. It was like just fraught with emotion…and joy and sadness and nostalgia. But it was also really beautiful. I’d like treasure just doing that episode because it did allow me to kind of have a finality with everybody,” he continued.

His Office co-star Brian Baumgartner revealed that he pitched this showmance to writers, but it never happened…