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The Best Episodes of The Office Season 2

Every episode of The Office Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Office Season 2!

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Office" season 2 is "The Dundies", rated 8.6/10 from 9436 user votes. It was directed by Greg Daniels and written by Mindy Kaling. "The Dundies" aired on 9/20/2005 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sexual Harassment".

  • The Dundies
    8.6/10 9,436 votes

    #1 - The Dundies

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2005

    It's time for the "Dundies", Dunder Mifflin's annual awards banquet (held at the neighborhood Chili's), and the staff must endure the excruciating performance of their inept emcee, boss Michael Scott.

    Director: Greg Daniels

    Writer: Mindy Kaling

  • Sexual Harassment
    8.1/10 8,128 votes

    #2 - Sexual Harassment

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2005

    Just as corporate tells Toby, one of the workers at the Scranton branch, to give a seminar on sexual harassment issues, Michael receives a visit from his obnoxious sales-rep friend Todd Packer. The two chauvinistic friends try to prove that the office is not in need of harassment counseling, but only wind up making the situation worse, causing yet another zany day at the office.

    Director: Ken Kwapis

    Writer: B.J. Novak

  • Office Olympics
    8.2/10 8,031 votes

    #3 - Office Olympics

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2005

    While Michael and Dwight are out of the office for the day trying to close a deal on a new condo for Michael, Jim and Pam arrange for the staff to participate in an "Office Olympics," where the workers play strange, invented games (among them, Dunderball, Hate Ball...and Pam Pong) that they usually play while the boss is out. At the end of the day, the festivities cheer up everyone - even the oblivious Michael.

    Director: Paul Feig

    Writer: Michael Schur

  • The Fire
    8.1/10 7,877 votes

    #4 - The Fire

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2005

    The Office is forced into the parking lot for the day when a fire starts in the kitchen. To ease everyone's boredom, Jim suggests a game of "Desert Island" and "Who Would You Do?", where certain staff members reveal a little too much information about themselves. Throughout the day, Michael talks business with Ryan, leaving Dwight feeling left out.

    Director: Ken Kwapis

    Writer: B.J. Novak

  • Halloween
    7.9/10 7,471 votes

    #5 - Halloween

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2005

    While everyone else in the office enjoys the spooky Halloween festivities and talks about the staff's costumes, Michael ponders who he should fire when the threat of downsizing becomes a reality and his boss orders him to fire one of his staff. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam put Dwight's resume on job-searching websites, which may make Michael's job a little easier, and Pam encourages Jim to set his goals higher by applying for a better job, which makes Jim consider his friendship with Pam.

    Director: Paul Feig

    Writer: Greg Daniels

  • The Fight
    7.9/10 7,480 votes

    #6 - The Fight

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2005

    When Dwight embarrasses Michael by punching him in the stomach at work, Jim organizes a lunchtime rematch at Dwight's Dojo. Meanwhile, Pam becomes annoyed at Jim when he gets too physical with her, Ryan updates the emergency contact information on a secret mission, and Michael tantalizes Ryan when the boss gets a hold of Ryan's cell phone number.

    Director: Ken Kwapis

    Writer: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky

  • The Client
    8.5/10 7,888 votes

    #7 - The Client

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2005

    When Michael and Jan try to nail down a potential new client, Christian, by taking him out to Chili's, Michael surprises everyone with what - or who - he does. Meanwhile, back at the office, Jim finds a semi-autobiographical script that Michael has written called Threat Level: Midnight, and he, Pam, Kevin, and the rest of the Dunder-Mifflin workers have a great time acting it out. Later that night, Pam and Jim share their first unofficial date, complete with dinner (a sandwich), candlelight, and Dwight's pathetic fireworks display.

    Director: Greg Daniels

    Writer: Paul Lieberstein

  • Performance Review
    8.0/10 7,100 votes

    #8 - Performance Review

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2005

    Michael meets with all of his underlings to discuss their performance in the office so far. However, Michael focuses more on getting feedback about his relationship with Jan than whether or not the workers are doing their job. Later, a nervous Michael plans to shuffle through the employee suggestion box to steal exciting ideas for his imminent discussion with Jan about his own performance, but that falls apart when Jan asks to sit in on the discussion. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam try to keep Dwight under the wrong impression that the day is Friday instead of Thursday.

    Director: Paul Feig

    Writer: Larry Wilmore

  • Email Surveillance
    8.2/10 7,277 votes

    #9 - Email Surveillance

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2005

    Michael starts monitoring the emails sent out in the Dunder-Mifflin workplace, upsetting the employees. Meanwhile, Pam believes that the relationship between Dwight and Angela is more than just worker to worker, Jim throws an office BBQ at his house in order to show his roommate the kinds of people he deals with everyday, and Michael, after annoying everyone at his improv classes, crashes Jim's party with a terrible karaoke number.

    Director: Paul Feig

    Writer: Jennifer Celotta

  • Christmas Party
    8.7/10 8,007 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Booze Cruise
    8.5/10 7,771 votes

    #11 - Booze Cruise

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2006

    Michael takes the entire Dunder-Mifflin staff on a motivational cruise aboard a party boat on Lake Wallenpaupack, but his planned presentation is bogged down by numerous distractions, including a dance contest, limbo, snorkel shots, and the pushy Captain Jack. Also, Jim and Katy's relationship hits the rocks as Roy and Pam finally set a wedding date, which does more than disappoint Jim, and by the end of the night, Michael's motivational cruise doesn't go completely to waste when he shares a heart-to-heart with one of the workers.

    Director: Ken Kwapis

    Writer: Greg Daniels

  • The Injury
    9.0/10 9,161 votes

    #12 - The Injury

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2006

    When Michael burns his foot with his George Foreman mini-grill, he requires the entire office staff to work around his new injury. When the workers aren't so keen on obliging, Michael gets angry and calls in a man in a wheelchair to put out the message that disabled people are people too. Meanwhile, Dwight acts stranger than usual, acting really nice and helpful towards Pam. It isn't until the end of the day when everyone realizes that the car accident Dwight was in earlier that day gave him a concussion (but was overshadowed by Michael's dramatization of his own burn), and Jim and Michael immediately take him to the hospital. Needless to say, Michael doesn't appreciate the extra attention that the doctors and nurses pay Dwight.

    Director: Bryan Gordon

    Writer: Mindy Kaling

  • The Secret
    8.1/10 6,907 votes

    #13 - The Secret

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2006

    When Michael slips some sly references about Pam in his conversations with Jim, Jim quickly tries to do damage control to make sure that no one else in the office finds about his crush on Pam, all while slamming himself with regret for ever telling Michael in the first place. Jim goes to drastic measures, even bonding with Michael at a Hooters restaurant for lunch. Nonetheless, Jim's efforts do little to keep Michael from revealing the secret, but Jim smooths the situation over with Pam to make it seem like nothing more than a tiny crush in the past. Meanwhile, Dwight conducts an investigation about Oscar's mysterious absence from work, and what Dwight finds, though it goes way over his head, is surprising.

    Director: Dennie Gordon

    Writer: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky

  • The Carpet
    7.6/10 6,823 votes

    #14 - The Carpet

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/26/2006

    When someone soils the carpet in Michael's office, Michael sees it as a form of hatred towards him and realizes for the first time that not everyone may like him. Due to the odor of his office, Michael temporarily switches workspaces with Jim, and while there, Michael reminisces of his pre-management days, reliving pranks with Dwight that he and Todd Packer played on the staff. Meanwhile, Jim realizes why Kelly sits alone in the back of the office as he plays messenger for a childish flirtation between Kelly and Ryan, and Pam tries to cope with the day without Jim to make her laugh.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: Paul Lieberstein

  • Boys and Girls
    8.0/10 6,813 votes

    #15 - Boys and Girls

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2006

    Jan holds a "Women in the Workplace" seminar at Dunder-Mifflin for the paper company's female employees. Michael, feeling more than a bit left out, decides to have his own "seminar" when he takes the male workers down to the warehouse.

    Director: Dennie Gordon

    Writer: B.J. Novak

  • Valentine's Day
    8.1/10 6,809 votes

    #16 - Valentine's Day

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/2006

    The Dunder-Mifflin staffers join in kindergarten-like festivities for Valentine's Day while Michael heads to New York City for a conference with the corporate heads. After showing the documenters a tour of his favorite city, Michael accidentally lets slip to the others at the conference that he and Jan hooked up, and he finds himself in hot water when Jan and the new CFO of Dunder-Mifflin hear the story. Back in Scranton, Pam becomes irked when she discovers that Roy hasn't gotten her anything for Valentine's Day, Dwight struggles to find a gift for Angela, and Kelley talks off Jim's ear about her rather desperate affections for Ryan, who is less than interested.

    Director: Greg Daniels

    Writer: Michael Schur

  • Dwight's Speech
    8.3/10 7,184 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Take Your Daughter to Work Day
    8.2/10 7,037 votes

    #18 - Take Your Daughter to Work Day

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/2006

    A routine office day is changed when children come to Dunder Mifflin for "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". Michael is surprised when he strikes up a friendship with the five-year old daughter of his sworn enemy, Toby. Pam is desperate to befriend her colleagues' offspring and a misunderstanding puts Ryan under Stanley's thumb.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: Mindy Kaling

  • Michael's Birthday
    8.0/10 6,785 votes

    #19 - Michael's Birthday

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2006

    As Kevin and the rest of the crew worry about Kevin's medical test results to see whether or not he has skin cancer, Michael gets angry because no one seems to have fun at the birthday party he threw for himself. Later, Michael takes everyone out to the skating rink to get their minds off of Kevin's possible complications, and Pam and Jim go to the supermarket to pick up some presents for Kevin.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky

  • Drug Testing
    8.2/10 6,873 votes

    #20 - Drug Testing

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2006

    Dwight plays the role of Volunteer Sheriff after finding half a joint in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot leading to an investigation. Pam gives Jim a play challenge where he must be silent until he gives Pam a can of Coke.

    Director: Greg Daniels

    Writer: Jennifer Celotta

  • Conflict Resolution
    8.6/10 7,060 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Casino Night
    9.3/10 9,941 votes

    #22 - Casino Night

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2006

    In the season finale, Dunder-Mifflin holds a Casino Night in the warehouse to benefit charity. While Michael faces the task of juggling two dates, Jim is forced to ponder the reality of transferring to the Stamford branch and what that means for his relationship with Pam.

    Director: Ken Kwapis

    Writer: Steve Carell