The Office
Goodbye, Toby
Thursday 15 May 2008 on NBC

Toby leaves Dunder Mifflin, and Michael plans a huge goodbye party—out of joy. Angela refuses to help with it, so Michael turns to Phyllis. Dwight and Meredith harrass Holly, their new HR representative.

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  external: Interview - Kate Flannery Jan 24, 2007 (Score: 10)
  
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Kate regularly blogs on TVGuide.com as part of their team of TV celebrity bloggers. (edit) Kate grew up in Pennsylvania, which is where her show The Office is set. More specifically, the show is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (edit) Kate, along with fellow Office star Brian Baumgartner, served as a guest judge for the NBC show, Last Comic Standing, in late 2007, in Minneapolis. (edit) Kate has been featured on Saturday Night Live on Robert Smigel cartoons, doing voice work. (edit) Kate attended high school with actor Roberto Lombardi in Pennsylvania. (edit)

Kate Flannery : (On landing the role of Meredith and what the first script called for) The character was initially explained to me as divorced, with a hysterectomy, lactose intolerant, blue collar, no makeup. That was pretty much in the breakdown. I remember getting there and seeing some other actresses that I knew from Second City and I thought they’re going to get it, I’m not going to get it. Then, by the time I got home, I got a call from the casting director to go to another place and do it again as soon as I could get there. And they had me do it again; they had me do it just a little bit more deadpan. By the time I got home from that, I found out I got it. I didn’t even realize it was going to be a regular thing. I thought it was going to be just one episode. (edit) Kate Flannery: ( about breaking into show business) I’ve done theater for years. The TV and film stuff came very slowly. Although I will say that in high school, I was an extra in the movie Taps. I missed my senior prom because I was an extra in Eddie and the Cruisers. If you’re from Philadelphia, there are just a few movies that come through there. I really enjoy theater and I’ve had some great experiences off-Broadway and just touring at the Kennedy Center and a lot of different cities. But, I will say that the TV is very, very specific and as much as I loved to be in New York, for me, I felt like I really have to be in L.A. to pursue that kind of work. And it takes time – it’s been a long struggle in a lot of ways. And now I’m an overnight success. (edit)

Star
The Office Meredith

Recurring Role
The Office Meredith Palmer

Guest Star
Boomtown Inadmissible Tracey	Curb Your Enthusiasm The Corpse-Sniffing Dog Cop #2
Spyder Games Episode 44 Bunny [Uncredited]	Spyder Games Episode 51 Bunny
Spyder Games Episode 55 Bunny	The Bernie Mac Show Stiff Upper Lip Mrs. Campbell