The Office Season 9 Episode 2: The adage “time
heals all wounds” is about to be tested, because warehouse jockey Roy is
punching in for another shift at The Office.
David Denman will guest-star in the upcoming
ninth season of the NBC comedy, TVLine has learned exclusively.
According to sources, the hot-tempered former Dunder Miflin employee
will show up in Episode 2.
Fans will remember loutish Roy as the main
impediment to Pam and Jim’s slow-burn love story during the first three
seasons of the NBC comedy. And when Pam confessed to her former fiancé
about kissing Jim, only Dwight’s quick thinking stopped Roy from beating
Halpert to smithereens in the office. Roy was later fired.
He showed up in Season 5 for an uncomfortable
exchange with Jim, who by that time was engaged to the lovely Ms.
Beesly. Aside from a brief turn as a hostage in Michael Scott’s epic
Threat Level Midnight, Roy’s been MIA since then.
Denman, on the other hand, has been busy. In
addition to the short-lived Fox comedy Traffic Light, his TV appearances
include Brothers & Sisters and Drop Dead Diva.
Denman’s love-to-hate character visits in a
season that sees the paper company’s Scranton branch going through a
re-org. Clarke Duke and Jake Lacy are joining the show as showrunner
Paul Lieberstein (and possibly Rainn Wilson) exit; B.J. Novak and Mindy
Kaling won’t be back full-time, either.
The Office returns to NBC
Thursday, Sept. 20 at 9 pm/8c.
