Whistleblower (The Office) fourth appearance on the show, after first appearing in "Sabre". Zach Woods made his ninth appearance on the show. While talking with his real estate agent on his cellphone, Dwight states that the office park is 1725 Slough Avenue. "Slough" is a reference to the UK edition of "The Office" which is set in Slough, United Kingdom. In its original American broadcast, "Whistleblower" was viewed by an estimated 6.60 million viewers with a 3.4 rating/10% share in the 18–49 demographic coming second in its timeslot after the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy", receiving the same rating as last week's episode,
Tallahassee (The Office) Davinger went on to note that the change in scenery from the office set to Tallahassee was working for the series. In addition, he noted that episode did not feature any hints of Erin's desire to stay in Florida or Cathy's attempt to seduce Jim, a move he hoped would be permanent. Jeffrey Hyatt from "Screencrave" awarded the episode an 8 out of 10 and wrote that "between 'Special Project' and 'Tallahassee' it’s fair to say that "The Office" is on a nice little run. Everything good and funny about last week's episode spilled over to 'Tallahassee'." "TV Fanatic" reviewer