High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Search Committee" is the hour-long finale of the seventh season of the American television comedy series The Office. It is the 151st and 152nd episodes of the series overall and the 25th and 26th episodes of the seventh season. It was written by show runner and executive producer Paul Lieberstein and was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. It originally aired on NBC on May 19, 2011 in the United States.