9.0/102 votes#1 - Home Invasion
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/2006
Bill gets a new home security system, Nicki throws a birthday party, new neighbours move in, and Margene meets her mother-in-law. Meanwhile, there's a break-in in Bill's hardware store.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: N/A
9.0/101 votes#2 - Coq Au Vin
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2022
Facing mounting pressure from station executives, Julia struggles to figure out how to present a complicated recipe. Later, on-set flubs threaten the future of the show – and Julia’s career.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Daniel Goldfarb
8.4/1035 votes#3 - Christmas Party
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2005
Michael hosts a Christmas party at the office, but somehow manages to decrease the holiday cheer when he changes the arranged secret Santa pairs to a game of "Yankee Swap", where everyone gives their pre-bought presents to a different, random worker. To boost morale, Michael introduces vodka shots while the others compete for an iPod, Jim hopes that his sentimental present, meant for Pam, doesn't end up with Dwight, and Angela becomes enraged about Michael's party changes.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Michael Schur
8.3/1035 votes#4 - Conflict Resolution
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2006
When Michael takes over conflict resolution duties from HR, chaos ensues at Dunder Mifflin.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Greg Daniels
8.2/104 votes#5 - Josh and Mindy's Christmas Party
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012
When Mindy throws an office Christmas party at her apartment, she is eager for her colleagues to finally meet her boyfriend, Josh, but her plans go awry when she discovers a secret that Josh has been hiding. Meanwhile, Jeremy deals with doling out the office holiday bonuses, much to everyone's chagrin.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Jeremy Bronson
8.2/1013 votes#6 - Simply Henry
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2007
Henry contemplates an alliance with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Spain despite his "Field of Cloth of Gold" ceremony celebrating allegiance to France, and executes a rival; Elizabeth gives birth to the king's illegitimate son.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Michael Hirst
8.1/1033 votes#7 - Dwight's Speech
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/2006
Dwight must confront his fear of public speaking when he is named Dunder-Mifflin's Salesman of the Year. To prepare for a big convention where he is set to give a speech, Dwight turns to Michael to guide him in his quest to conquer the fear. Meanwhile, Pam gets wrapped up with wedding plans, but Jim has plans of a different sort: an escape route out of Dunder-Mifflin and Scranton, at least for long enough so that he doesn't have to witness Pam's wedding. While all of this is happening, the staffers battle it out over control of the thermostat.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Paul Lieberstein
8.0/102 votes#8 - Best Boys (1)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1995
Bill Nash smiles at Stuart Grady, and, in those few seconds, changes the course of their lives and inadvertently turns them both to murder. Meanwhile, on the domestic front, Judith finally rebels.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Paul Abbott
8.0/101 votes#9 - Best Boys (2)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1995
Fitz is pitched against Grady and Nash, whose relationship is now spinning dangerously out of control.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Paul Abbott
8.0/1027 votes#10 - China
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2010
After reading an article about China growing as a global power, Michael decides China must be stopped before they take over the US. Everyone in the office complains about Dwight's building standards and Pam threatens to move Dunder Mifflin to a new building.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Warren Lieberstein
8.0/101 votes#11 - Stuart Alan Jones
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/1999
Nathan tells his friend Donna that he fancies a male pupil, and had met and had sex with Stuart. She thinks it's great. Stuart meets a man at work who is married with kids, and they have sex. Marcie informs Vince that new recruit Rosalie fancies him. She arranges for them to meet in a pub after work.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.9/1029 votes#12 - Shareholder Meeting
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2009
Michael speaks out of line at the Dunder Mifflin shareholders meeting and creates a big problem for management, while Jim discovers that nobody in the office thinks he's the "real" boss.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Justin Spitzer
7.9/1022 votes#13 - The Incentive
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2011
After Robert California challenges the Dunder Mifflin staffers to double their sales, Andy, taking matters into his own hands, creates an incentive program. Eventually, he promises to tattoo himself if the staff doubles their sales. Meanwhile, Pam strikes up an unlikely friendship with Angela, both of whom are pregnant.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Paul Lieberstein
7.9/1023 votes#14 - Dwight Christmas
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2012
When the party planning committee drops the ball on the annual Christmas party, Dwight gets everyone to celebrate with a traditional Schrute German Christmas. Darryl fears that Jim has forgotten to include him in the new job in Philadelphia. Pete teaches Erin about his favorite movie, Die Hard.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Robert Padnick
7.7/106 votes#15 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2012
After getting drunk and disorderly at her ex-boyfriend's wedding, Dr. Mindy Lahiri realizes she needs to get her personal and professional life back on track.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Mindy Kaling
7.6/1023 votes#16 - Pawnee Rangers
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2011
Ron takes his boys-only troop of Pawnee Rangers into the wild. Not wanting the girls to feel left out, Leslie also takes her troop of Pawnee Goddesses on an adventure weekend. Meanwhile, a reluctant Ben joins Tom and Donna for a day of relaxation, and Chris spends some time with Jerry.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Alan Yang
7.6/1033 votes#17 - In Cold Blood
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2007
Henry prepares for war with France but receives cautious counsel from the powerful Cardinal Wolsey, who urges a treaty; the king learns that his queen's lady-in-waiting Elizabeth Blount is pregnant with his child.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Michael Hirst
7.6/1027 votes#18 - Kaboom
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2009
Leslie, Ann and the rest of the Parks Department volunteer to help the organization KaBOOM! build a playground for a neighboring town. After building an entire playground in one day, Leslie gets frustrated at the lack of progress with the pit, and takes some advice from Mark to cut through the red tape.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Aisha Muharrar
7.5/104 votes#19 - Wedding Crushers
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2013
Mindy takes Pete to her cheating ex-boyfriend's wedding; Danny's younger brother makes an announcement.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Lang Fisher
7.5/1011 votes#20 - The Returned
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/15/2014
When deceased loved ones begin to reappear, the people in Arcadia change forever.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.5/1025 votes#21 - Pool Party
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2012
After Robert decides to sell his mansion following his divorce, Kevin suggests that he have an office pool party. Erin tries to make Andy jealous by flirting with Dwight. Meanwhile, Robert gives everyone a tour of his massive home.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Owen Ellickson
7.4/1028 votes#22 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2004
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young. It's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated POV. Her husband's acting suspicious, the neighbors are talking, and her girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash… and so messy.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Marc Cherry
7.3/1052 votes#23 - Chapter 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/1/2013
Frank helps Peter get ready for his governor race, but Peter is starting to have second thoughts. Doug tries to help a young hooker in trouble.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Kate Barnow
7.0/1022 votes#24 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2009
Alicia returns to work as a defense attorney after her husband's corruption scandal and incarceration. She is assigned her first case - a retrial of a woman accused of murdering her ex-husband. Her firm successfully deadlocked the first jury, and they hope that sticking to that strategy will work again, but Alicia realizes that this trial will be more of a fight than anyone expected.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Michelle King
- 7.0/102 votes
#25 - Thursday
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/1999
Canal Street, Manchester. It's Thursday and that means nineties night in the Babylon Club. Phil hasn't pulled and nor has Vince, but Vince is being followed by a muscle man. Stuart has pulled and is just getting his admirer's phone number before they all head home.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Russell T Davies
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"Home Invasion" is the best rated episode directed by Charles McDougall. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 3/26/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Coq Au Vin".