Stress Relief Dwight achieves peak Dwight in Stress Relief and his performance arguably carries the episode. On the other, Michael popping the collar of his button-down and blundering his way through accidentally forming a union among the warehouse workers in an effort to prove that he's "collar-blind." In the end, all issues of gender and class are resolved, leaving Michael with only one lingering question: do black people like pizza? 21. On the one hand, we've got Jan Levinson really getting a chance to shine and take up some screen-time, the beginning of a fantastic run on the show by Melora Hardin.
To quote Sea Monster, "Dammit, Michael!" Midway through Season Two, The Office divvied the cast up by gender and treated us to a double-dose of terrible meetings. What really puts this one over the top for us is Creed Bratton's turn as Cherokee Jack, hockey trainer extraordinaire. It's an all out joke-fest with almost no plot to hold it back. Despite the somewhat lazy nature of the hook (reminds us a bit of the Scrubs fairy tale episode), it's just so damn fun to watch Jim play Goldenface, Toby's head violently explode, and Dwight not be a robot (but then later be a robot) named Samuel L. Threat Level Midnight Threat Level Midnight is the first of a run of three Season Seven episodes that finish out our list, and the one that most screams "late in the run of the show." Based on several previous references to a spec screenplay by Michael Scott, the episode breaks the traditional Office format in order to give the cast a chance to play cheesy action parodies of themselves, all while Michael and Holly have an inconsequential fight and then make up to keep things moving. There couldn't have been a final moment more perfect for Michael than his silent "that's what she said," and although we were sad to see him leave the series, we couldn't really have asked for a more expertly crafted happy ending for such a middling, shitty person who absolutely doesn't deserve it. With ridiculous thoroughness, we got final notes in Michael's relationship with almost everyone in the office, the culmination of an incredibly sweet love story (superior to Jim and Pam's, honestly), and Will Ferrell's Deangelo Vickers to keep us on our toes. Michael and Holly's exit from the series stands as one of the most satisfying non-finale finales in sitcom history. Or at least some ceiling-sprinklers must go off. In every comedy list, some rain must fall.
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