In the trailer, text onscreen informs the audience, “Several years ago, a documentary crew filmed the story of Dunder Mifflin. Now they’ve found a new subject.”

Cue Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson), the new hopeful editor in chief, who is brought in to try and revive the newsroom. He admits the paper “sucks” compared to other papers, but vows to make it better by shaking things up.