8.3/1031 votes#1 - Two Weeks
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2009
Michael's relationship with the new vice president becomes increasingly tense, as Michael finds an excuse to goof off even more than usual. Meanwhile, Pam faces the challenge of a new copier and Kelly develops a crush.
Director: Paul Lieberstein
Writer: Aaron Shure
8.0/102 votes#2 - Misery Loves Company
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2003
Debra and Ray are annoyed at the over-the-top affection Robert and Amy are expressing towards each other. In fact, Robert feels compelled to give Ray marriage advice (as does Amy to Debra at the newlywed couple's three-month anniversary dinner... a book called, ""Marriage is an Amusement Park""), much to his annoyance.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Shure
8.0/101 votes#3 - Burning Down The House
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2008
Christine hopes acting a bit more wild will stop Barb thinking she's uncool.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Aaron Shure
8.0/1027 votes#4 - The Meeting
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2009
Michael gets worried after a request from Jim, and Pam's busy with wedding planning. Darryl's worker's compensation claim makes Dwight suspicious.
Director: Randall Einhorn
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.8/1033 votes#5 - Baby Shower
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2008
Michael practices for the birth of Jan's baby by having Dwight go over possible birthing scenarios. Meanwhile, Michael tells Holly that he will pretend to dislike her for Jan's benefit.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.6/1025 votes#6 - The Chump
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2010
Michael is surprisingly cheerful after learning some bad news about Donna. The new parents, Pam and Jim, have trouble staying awake in the office. Meanwhile, Angela takes matters into her own hands when Dwight refuses to honor their contract.
Director: Randall Einhorn
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.6/1024 votes#7 - WUPHF.com
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2010
Michael tries to save Ryan's company by encouraging co-workers to invest. Meanwhile, Dwight has big plans for the office at Thanksgiving.
Director: Danny Leiner
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.6/1019 votes#8 - Jury Duty
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2012
Jim returns from jury duty, only to have to deal with Dwight's pesky questions about the details of the case. Elsewhere, Angela and her senator beau welcome their baby.
Director: Eric Appel
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/103 votes#9 - Pants on Fire
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1999
When Marie discovers that Ray held an unchaperoned, wild party at their home some 20 years ago, she is hurt and disappointed that her beloved Ray would have lied to her. Unable to forgive or forget, Marie can no longer put Ray on a pedestal. He’s been bumped for big brother Robert — and it’s killing Ray.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/101 votes#10 - The Tenth Anniversary
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2000
Ray and Debra renew their wedding vows after they find out that Ray accidentally taped over their wedding with the 1991 Super Bowl.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/101 votes#11 - Fighting In-Laws
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2000
While celebrating Thanksgiving, Debra discovers that her seemingly contented parents are really not very happy with each other. When Ray accidentally overhears his in-laws going at it with each other, he relays the news to Debra... who has always believed her parents' relationship to be a lot healthier than Frank and Marie's. But, when things come to a head at the Thanksgiving table, it's apparent that there really isn't that much of a difference between the two older couples – much to Debra's dismay.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/101 votes#12 - The Kicker
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2001
While enjoying a college football game, Frank catches a football from a record setting field goal and refuses to give it back to the kicker. When word of this gets back to the local sports community via a talk radio show, he becomes a wanted man among sports fans. The rest of the family devise a way to get the football away from Frank and back to it's rightful owner, but Frank might be too crafty for them.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/101 votes#13 - The Ingrate
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2004
Debra is hurt when Ray receives an honorary doctorate and thanks everyone except her in his acceptance speech. He claims it was accidental, but Debra is quick to remind him of past snubs that were all too deliberate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/101 votes#14 - The Nice Talk
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/19/2004
When the MacDougals are invited to spend Easter with the Barones, the families attempt to bond over a 500-piece puzzle. While members of the Barone and MacDougal families get frustrated with the complicated puzzle, Ray and Pat continue working on it until the wee hours of the night while sharing private stories about themselves and their families. But when Debra, Marie, Robert and Peter find out about Ray and Pat's newfound friendship, jealousy ensues.
Director: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: Aaron Shure
7.0/102 votes#15 - Dr. Who?
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2014
Joy's baby daddy Simon meets his son and grandson for the very first time as they pretend to be a happy family to get Wilbur into a prestigious pre-school. Melanie and Elka try to find the perfect doctor.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.5/102 votes#16 - Favors
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/2005
Debra complains to Raymond about leaving things around the house. Later on, when Raymond receives a personal letter from his idol, Muhammad Ali, he remembers what Debra told him, so he puts it away in a drawer. Unfortunately, when Debra later looks for a coupon in the same drawer, she's so put off by how much 'junk' is in there, she indiscriminately dumps most of its contents into the trash - and then dumps the trash into a garbage truck just as it arrives. When Debra realizes her mistake, she goes to Marie, desperate for help. Marie takes the blame, but Debra soon finds out that Marie, as always, has ulterior motives.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.5/102 votes#17 - The Power of No
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2005
Ray's latest manipulative plan involves constantly turning down Debra in the bedroom.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.5/102 votes#18 - Finale
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2005
Ray fears getting his adenoids removed, but Debra convinces him to go through with the surgery. At the hospital, while Marie is in the bathroom, the nurse says that Ray isn't waking up from the anesthesia and everyone fears he may die. Fortunately, thirty seconds later, the doctor comes out and says he's just fine. Everyone agrees not to tell Ray or Marie about it; however, Frank ends up telling Marie who rushes over to smother Ray with kisses. Ray finds out about it and begins acting weird as if he thinks he really is going to die. After a couple minutes, he gets out of it. The show closes with the entire family sitting around the table eating and arguing, just like the Barones always have in the past nine years.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/102 votes#19 - Dancing with Debra
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1999
After Ray urges Debra to go swing dancing with Robert (letting himself off the hook), he can’t believe how infatuated the two become with their new hobby — and it’s starting to tick him off. Meanwhile, Ray sees a side of Marie that he never fully expected.
Director: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/102 votes#20 - Robert Moves Back
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/17/1999
When Robert and Amy get caught alone by some of Robert’s fellow apartment tenants, they are desperate to find someplace, any place, where they can have some time to themselves. Ray comes to the rescue, at Debra’s urging, by allowing Robert to move into their basement for a while. But, when caught again, by someone even more intimidating – – the couple is mortified.
Director: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/102 votes#21 - You Bet
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1999
Ray discovers that Frank's newfound interest in him is because he's been betting with the inside information Ray's giving him.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/101 votes#22 - The Sneeze
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2000
Ray gets sneezed on at the airport and he fears he might have caught something so Debra tries to take care of him but Marie takes over.
Director: Ken Levine
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/101 votes#23 - Say Uncle
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2001
When Ray realizes that his kids would rather spend time with their Uncle Robert than with him, he decides to do something about the situation. When Robert makes the observation that, as a parent, Ray finds it boring to be around his kids, Debra couldn't agree more. She then suggests that Ray follow Robert's example and to try to have more fun with his children. But, when her own parenting skills are called into question by Marie, Debra quickly changes her tune and rallies behind Ray, insisting that they are both very involved parents.
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/101 votes#24 - No Roll!
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001
When Debra tells Ray that he's too selfish in bed and that she wants a little variety he goes out and buys an adults only board game to spice things up.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/101 votes#25 - The Breakup Tape
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/2002
When Debra stumbles across a cassette tape that contains a message from Ray's college girlfriend, she wants to know why he has saved it all of these years. So Ray retaliates by asking Debra to divulge any gifts that she's kept from her former boyfriends – but he's in for quite a shock when he sees the quantity of gifts still in her possession.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Aaron Shure
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"Two Weeks" is the best rated episode written by Aaron Shure. It scored 8.3/10 based on 31 votes. It was directed by Paul Lieberstein. It aired on 3/26/2009 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Misery Loves Company".