With interim manager Deangelo Vickers incapacitated, Jim, Toby, and Gabe form a search committee to interview candidates for the permanent regional manager position.
Jim famously describes Robert California as someone who "creeps me out... but I think he might be a genius". The Office Recap: “Search Committee” - Vulture
as Merv Bronte, a self-sabotaging applicant manipulated by Robert California.
Creed, acting as temporary manager, leads a meeting by coming up with a nonsense acronym on the whiteboard.
The episode is famous for its "cameo cluster" of high-profile actors playing prospective managers:
