 " Livin ' the Dream " was written by story editor Niki Schwartz @-@ Wright , marking her second writing credit for the series , after the earlier season episode " Lice " . It was directed by regular Office director Jeffrey Blitz , who last directed season eight 's " Gettysburg " . The episode was originally scheduled to air in its regular half @-@ hour time slot , but NBC later announced it would be expanded to fill an hour time slot beginning a half hour early , although it still counts as one official episode , similar to the earlier season episode " Moving On " . Rogers noted that " we knew the last two episodes would be hour @-@ longs , and The Finale might even end up running longer , but we still had a lot of great storytelling to do leading up to them , and ' Livin ' the Dream ' was one that ultimately deserved to be an hour long episode as well ! " 
 " Livin ' the Dream " was written by story editor Niki Schwartz @-@ Wright , marking her second writing credit for the series , after the earlier season episode " Lice " . It was directed by regular Office director Jeffrey Blitz , <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>last directed season eight <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>" Gettysburg " . The episode was originally scheduled to air in its regular half @-@ hour time slot , but NBC later announced it would be expanded to fill an hour time slot beginning a half hour early , although it still <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>counts</mark></a> as one official episode , similar to the earlier season episode " Moving On " . Rogers noted that " we knew the last two episodes would be hour @-@ longs , and The Finale might even end up running longer , but we still had a lot of great storytelling to do leading up to them , and ' Livin ' the Dream ' was one <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>ultimately deserved to be an hour long episode as well ! " 
 Livin ' the Dream  was written by story editor Niki Schwartz @-@ Wright , marking her second writing credit fa the series , after the earlier season episode " Lice " . It was directed by regular Office director Jeffrey Blitz , last directed season eight  " Gettysburg " . The episode was originally scheduled to air in its regular half @-@ hour time slot , but NBC later announced it would be expanded to fill an hr time slot beginning a half hohrarly , although it still count as one official episode , similar to the earlier season episode " movin On " . Rogers noted dat " we knew da last 2 episodes would b hour @-@ longs , and The Finale might even end up runnin longer , but we still had a lot of great storytelling to do leading up to em , and ' Livin ' tdaDream ' was one ultimately deserved to bban hourhrg episode as well ! "