 , to which Deangelo reacts positively . While they celebrate getting back on his good side , Deangelo reveals to the camera that he is in fact indifferent to Cece and was just being polite .   = = Production = =   The episode was written by co @-@ executive producer Daniel Chun , his fourth writing credit of the series . It was directed by then @-@ showrunner Paul Lieberstein , his sixth directing credit of the series . The episode marked the first appearance of Will Ferrell 's four @-@ episode arc on the series and is also one of series star , Carell 's last episodes as a regular on the series . Ferrell signed on to appear in Steve Carell 's final three episodes , and the first episode without Carell , " The Inner Circle " , to make Carell 's transition easier . Carell had decided to leave the series , because " I just think it 's time ... I want to fulfill my contract . When I first signed on I had a contract for seven seasons , and this coming year is my seventh . I just thought it was time for my character to go " . Ferrell initially called the producers and offered to appear in Carell 's last season , because he 's " a fan and wanted to commemorate Carell ’ s swan song " . He had previously starred alongside Carell , in the 2004 film , Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy .   The Season Seven DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode . The cut scenes include a sequence in which Michael and Deangelo discuss cancer jokes and the 2010 film Megamind — an animated film that featured the voice of Ferrell — while drinking vodka , shots of Michael and Deangelo discussing their enjoyment for coffee , and Dwight attempting to appease his new boss .   = = Reception = =   = = = Ratings = = =   In its original American broadcast , " Training Day " was viewed by an estimated 7 @.@ 871 million viewers and received a 4 @.@ 0 rating / 11 % share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 . This means that it was seen by 4 @.@ 0 % of all 18- to 49 @-@ year @-@ olds , and 11 % of all 18- to 49 @-@ year @-@ olds watching television at the time of the broadcast . This marked a rise in the ratings from the previous episode , " Garage Sale " , which can be attributed to Ferrell 's guest appearance . The episode ranked first in its timeslot , beating the Fox crime drama Bones , which scored a 3 @.@ 5 / 10 percent relating in the 18 @-@ 49 demographic ; a rerun of the ABC medical drama Grey 's Anatomy and a rerun of the CBS crime drama CSI : Crime Scene Investigation .   = = = Reviews = = =   " Training Day " received mixed reviews from television critics . IGN writer Cindy White wrote that Deangelo was not given a proper introduction and that he wasn 't distinguished from Michael 's character . She also went on to criticize Jim , Pam and Dwight 's reaction to Deangelo as the new manager , particular that of Jim and Pam , writing that " it 's becoming painfully obvious that the longtime writers don 't know what to do with them anymore " . However , she concluded that the episode continued the seventh season 's improvement over the sixth , and that it showed potential for future episodes of the season . She ultimately gave the episode a 7 @.@ 5 out of 10 rating , denoting a " good " episode . The A.V. Club reviewer Myles McNutt praised Michael 's reactions to the office easily ignoring him for Deangelo , calling the final shot of him walking into his office alone " quite effective " , and that Dwight 's reaction to not being suggested to be Michael 's replacement made it more " meaningful " . Despite this , he continued by saying that the series was not " sophisticated " enough to use this plotline effectively and criticized the writing for the cast , which made them look " stupid " for " cheap humor " and a " enormously shallow laughter " . He ultimately gave the episode a " C + " . Alan Sepinwall , a columnist for HitFix , complimented the chemistry between Ferrell and Carell , but criticized the storyline which eventually came down to Michael " being petulant about not being the center of attention every minute of every day " , negatively comparing it to " Viewing Party " . Despite this , he noted that Ferrell 's presence did involve several funny moments .   Bonnie Stiernberg , for Paste , was more positive , writing that she preferred the use of comedy , following the emotional episode , " Garage Sale " . She ultimately gave it an 8 @.@ 7 out of 10 . Will Ferrell 's performance was especially noted by critics . McNutt complimented Ferrell 's " nuanced " performance , but called his character " un
Ġ, Ġto Ġwhich ĠDe angelo Ġreacts Ġpositively Ġ. ĠWhile Ġthey Ġcelebrate Ġgetting Ġback Ġon Ġhis Ġgood Ġside Ġ, ĠDe angelo Ġreveals Ġto Ġthe Ġcamera Ġthat Ġhe Ġis Ġin Ġfact Ġindifferent Ġto ĠCe ce Ġand Ġwas Ġjust Ġbeing Ġpolite Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠProduction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġepisode Ġwas Ġwritten Ġby Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġexecutive Ġproducer ĠDaniel ĠChun Ġ, Ġhis Ġfourth Ġwriting Ġcredit Ġof Ġthe Ġseries Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġdirected Ġby Ġthen Ġ@ - @ Ġshow runner ĠPaul ĠLie ber stein Ġ, Ġhis Ġsixth Ġdirecting Ġcredit Ġof Ġthe Ġseries Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġmarked Ġthe Ġfirst Ġappearance Ġof ĠWill ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġfour Ġ@ - @ Ġepisode Ġarc Ġon Ġthe Ġseries Ġand Ġis Ġalso Ġone Ġof Ġseries Ġstar Ġ, ĠCare ll Ġ' s Ġlast Ġepisodes Ġas Ġa Ġregular Ġon Ġthe Ġseries Ġ. ĠFer rell Ġsigned Ġon Ġto Ġappear Ġin ĠSteve ĠCare ll Ġ' s Ġfinal Ġthree Ġepisodes Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġfirst Ġepisode Ġwithout ĠCare ll Ġ, Ġ" ĠThe ĠInner ĠCircle Ġ" Ġ, Ġto Ġmake ĠCare ll Ġ' s Ġtransition Ġeasier Ġ. ĠCare ll Ġhad Ġdecided Ġto Ġleave Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, Ġbecause Ġ" ĠI Ġjust Ġthink Ġit Ġ' s Ġtime Ġ... ĠI Ġwant Ġto Ġfulfill Ġmy Ġcontract Ġ. ĠWhen ĠI Ġfirst Ġsigned Ġon ĠI Ġhad Ġa Ġcontract Ġfor Ġseven Ġseasons Ġ, Ġand Ġthis Ġcoming Ġyear Ġis Ġmy Ġseventh Ġ. ĠI Ġjust Ġthought Ġit Ġwas Ġtime Ġfor Ġmy Ġcharacter Ġto Ġgo Ġ" Ġ. ĠFer rell Ġinitially Ġcalled Ġthe Ġproducers Ġand Ġoffered Ġto Ġappear Ġin ĠCare ll Ġ' s Ġlast Ġseason Ġ, Ġbecause Ġhe Ġ' s Ġ" Ġa Ġfan Ġand Ġwanted Ġto Ġcommemorate ĠCare ll ĠâĢ Ļ Ġs Ġsw an Ġsong Ġ" Ġ. ĠHe Ġhad Ġpreviously Ġstarred Ġalongside ĠCare ll Ġ, Ġin Ġthe Ġ2004 Ġfilm Ġ, ĠAnch orman Ġ: ĠThe ĠLegend Ġof ĠRon ĠBurg undy Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠSeason ĠSeven ĠDVD Ġcontains Ġa Ġnumber Ġof Ġdeleted Ġscenes Ġfrom Ġthis Ġepisode Ġ. ĠThe Ġcut Ġscenes Ġinclude Ġa Ġsequence Ġin Ġwhich ĠMichael Ġand ĠDe angelo Ġdiscuss Ġcancer Ġjokes Ġand Ġthe Ġ2010 Ġfilm ĠMeg am ind ĠâĢĶ Ġan Ġanimated Ġfilm Ġthat Ġfeatured Ġthe Ġvoice Ġof ĠFer rell ĠâĢĶ Ġwhile Ġdrinking Ġvodka Ġ, Ġshots Ġof ĠMichael Ġand ĠDe angelo Ġdiscussing Ġtheir Ġenjoyment Ġfor Ġcoffee Ġ, Ġand ĠDwight Ġattempting Ġto Ġappease Ġhis Ġnew Ġboss Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRe ception Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠRatings Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġits Ġoriginal ĠAmerican Ġbroadcast Ġ, Ġ" ĠTraining ĠDay Ġ" Ġwas Ġviewed Ġby Ġan Ġestimated Ġ7 Ġ@ . @ Ġ8 71 Ġmillion Ġviewers Ġand Ġreceived Ġa Ġ4 Ġ@ . @ Ġ0 Ġrating Ġ/ Ġ11 Ġ% Ġshare Ġamong Ġadults Ġbetween Ġthe Ġages Ġof Ġ18 Ġand Ġ49 Ġ. ĠThis Ġmeans Ġthat Ġit Ġwas Ġseen Ġby Ġ4 Ġ@ . @ Ġ0 Ġ% Ġof Ġall Ġ18 - Ġto Ġ49 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġolds Ġ, Ġand Ġ11 Ġ% Ġof Ġall Ġ18 - Ġto Ġ49 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġolds Ġwatching Ġtelevision Ġat Ġthe Ġtime Ġof Ġthe Ġbroadcast Ġ. ĠThis Ġmarked Ġa Ġrise Ġin Ġthe Ġratings Ġfrom Ġthe Ġprevious Ġepisode Ġ, Ġ" ĠGarage ĠSale Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhich Ġcan Ġbe Ġattributed Ġto ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġguest Ġappearance Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġranked Ġfirst Ġin Ġits Ġtimes lot Ġ, Ġbeating Ġthe ĠFox Ġcrime Ġdrama ĠBones Ġ, Ġwhich Ġscored Ġa Ġ3 Ġ@ . @ Ġ5 Ġ/ Ġ10 Ġpercent Ġrelating Ġin Ġthe Ġ18 Ġ@ - @ Ġ49 Ġdemographic Ġ; Ġa Ġre run Ġof Ġthe ĠABC Ġmedical Ġdrama ĠGrey Ġ' s ĠAnat omy Ġand Ġa Ġre run Ġof Ġthe ĠCBS Ġcrime Ġdrama ĠCSI Ġ: ĠCrime ĠScene ĠInvestigation Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠReviews Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠTraining ĠDay Ġ" Ġreceived Ġmixed Ġreviews Ġfrom Ġtelevision Ġcritics Ġ. ĠIGN Ġwriter ĠCindy ĠWhite Ġwrote Ġthat ĠDe angelo Ġwas Ġnot Ġgiven Ġa Ġproper Ġintroduction Ġand Ġthat Ġhe Ġwasn Ġ' t Ġdistinguished Ġfrom ĠMichael Ġ' s Ġcharacter Ġ. ĠShe Ġalso Ġwent Ġon Ġto Ġcriticize ĠJim Ġ, ĠPam Ġand ĠDwight Ġ' s Ġreaction Ġto ĠDe angelo Ġas Ġthe Ġnew Ġmanager Ġ, Ġparticular Ġthat Ġof ĠJim Ġand ĠPam Ġ, Ġwriting Ġthat Ġ" Ġit Ġ' s Ġbecoming Ġpainfully Ġobvious Ġthat Ġthe Ġlongtime Ġwriters Ġdon Ġ' t Ġknow Ġwhat Ġto Ġdo Ġwith Ġthem Ġanymore Ġ" Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġshe Ġconcluded Ġthat Ġthe Ġepisode Ġcontinued Ġthe Ġseventh Ġseason Ġ' s Ġimprovement Ġover Ġthe Ġsixth Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġit Ġshowed Ġpotential Ġfor Ġfuture Ġepisodes Ġof Ġthe Ġseason Ġ. ĠShe Ġultimately Ġgave Ġthe Ġepisode Ġa Ġ7 Ġ@ . @ Ġ5 Ġout Ġof Ġ10 Ġrating Ġ, Ġden oting Ġa Ġ" Ġgood Ġ" Ġepisode Ġ. ĠThe ĠA . V . ĠClub Ġreviewer ĠMy les ĠMcN utt Ġpraised ĠMichael Ġ' s Ġreactions Ġto Ġthe Ġoffice Ġeasily Ġignoring Ġhim Ġfor ĠDe angelo Ġ, Ġcalling Ġthe Ġfinal Ġshot Ġof Ġhim Ġwalking Ġinto Ġhis Ġoffice Ġalone Ġ" Ġquite Ġeffective Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġthat ĠDwight Ġ' s Ġreaction Ġto Ġnot Ġbeing Ġsuggested Ġto Ġbe ĠMichael Ġ' s Ġreplacement Ġmade Ġit Ġmore Ġ" Ġmeaningful Ġ" Ġ. ĠDespite Ġthis Ġ, Ġhe Ġcontinued Ġby Ġsaying Ġthat Ġthe Ġseries Ġwas Ġnot Ġ" Ġsophisticated Ġ" Ġenough Ġto Ġuse Ġthis Ġplot line Ġeffectively Ġand Ġcriticized Ġthe Ġwriting Ġfor Ġthe Ġcast Ġ, Ġwhich Ġmade Ġthem Ġlook Ġ" Ġstupid Ġ" Ġfor Ġ" Ġcheap Ġhumor Ġ" Ġand Ġa Ġ" Ġenormously Ġshallow Ġlaughter Ġ" Ġ. ĠHe Ġultimately Ġgave Ġthe Ġepisode Ġa Ġ" ĠC Ġ+ Ġ" Ġ. ĠAlan ĠSep in wall Ġ, Ġa Ġcolumnist Ġfor ĠHit Fix Ġ, Ġcompliment ed Ġthe Ġchemistry Ġbetween ĠFer rell Ġand ĠCare ll Ġ, Ġbut Ġcriticized Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġwhich Ġeventually Ġcame Ġdown Ġto ĠMichael Ġ" Ġbeing Ġpet ul ant Ġabout Ġnot Ġbeing Ġthe Ġcenter Ġof Ġattention Ġevery Ġminute Ġof Ġevery Ġday Ġ" Ġ, Ġnegatively Ġcomparing Ġit Ġto Ġ" ĠView ing ĠParty Ġ" Ġ. ĠDespite Ġthis Ġ, Ġhe Ġnoted Ġthat ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġpresence Ġdid Ġinvolve Ġseveral Ġfunny Ġmoments Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠBonnie ĠSt ier n berg Ġ, Ġfor ĠPaste Ġ, Ġwas Ġmore Ġpositive Ġ, Ġwriting Ġthat Ġshe Ġpreferred Ġthe Ġuse Ġof Ġcomedy Ġ, Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġemotional Ġepisode Ġ, Ġ" ĠGarage ĠSale Ġ" Ġ. ĠShe Ġultimately Ġgave Ġit Ġan Ġ8 Ġ@ . @ Ġ7 Ġout Ġof Ġ10 Ġ. ĠWill ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġperformance Ġwas Ġespecially Ġnoted Ġby Ġcritics Ġ. ĠMcN utt Ġcompliment ed ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġ" Ġnuanced Ġ" Ġperformance Ġ, Ġbut Ġcalled Ġhis Ġcharacter Ġ" Ġun