Bryan Cranston Recalls Directing The Office's Dangerous Work Bus Episode
Bryan Cranston recalls directing the dangerous «Work Bus» episode of The Office, during which the cast and crew were exposed to carbon monoxide. First airing in 2005, The Office ran until season 9 before coming to a close in 2013. The show was critically acclaimed and a major hit for NBC, continuing to maintain its popularity on streaming services like Netflix and now on its new home on Peacock.The Office follows the mundane lives of a group of employees at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company, and their childish boss, Michael Scott (Steve Carell).
While The Office is largely considered to have dipped in quality following the departure of Carell's character, season 9 still provided a number of now-iconic episodes. This includes episode 4, titled «Work Bus,» guest-directed by Cranston. The episode sees the Scranton employees, including John Krasinski's Jim Halpert, Jenna Fischer's Pam Beesly, and Angela Kinsey's Angela Martin, board a travelling bus while the office is fumigated. While the episode appeared harmless to viewers, Fischer and Kinsey's book reflecting on the making of The Office later revealed that, due to the placement of the air conditioner intake near the bus' exhaust pipe, the cast and crew were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide while filming.
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In a new interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Cranston reflected on directing the infamous «Work Bus» episode of The Office, which Fischer and Kinsey hilariously dub «Death Bus.» The Breaking Bad star recalls that it was actually Fischer who first spoke up about smelling the exhaust. Cranston joked that, if she hadn't, the entire cast and crew could have
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