9.0/1042 votes#1 - Dinner Party
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/10/2008
Michael stages an elaborate plan to finally get Pam and Jim over to his and Jan's place for a dinner party. Jim gets trapped into it and agrees to go. Dwight overhears and wants his invitation, too. Michael says he only has six wine glasses and with Andy and Angela going too, there's not enough room for Dwight.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.8/104 votes#2 - The Drive
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2013
Stuart brags to anyone and everyone about his pending night out with Kimberly. Later, he drives Wade, Jessica and Kives around to some parties, including Amelia's birthday, where Jessica relishes that the tables have turned with Amelia.
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.6/108 votes#3 - The Verdict
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/2023
After delivering the verdict, Ronald finds out that another trial was being held in this court and another verdict has been reached.
Director: Jake Szymanski
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.5/1037 votes#4 - The Surplus
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2008
Michael has to spend the office surplus by they end of the day, but he can't decide between a copier or new chairs. Dwight plays a dirty trick on Angela as they prepare for Andy and Angela's wedding on the beet farm.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.4/1034 votes#5 - Women's Appreciation
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2007
Phyllis walked into the office looking pale and shocked. A concerned staff surrounded her for comfort. She told them she had been flashed in the parking lot. Jim alerted the police and they already had three other incidents of flashing in the area. Michael didn't think much of it, because it was Phyllis.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.4/1037 votes#6 - Weight Loss
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2008
Michael tries to motivate the Scranton branch to lose weight as part of an interoffice competition. Jim is lost after Pam leaves for art school in New York, and Angela continues to see Dwight even though she is now engaged to Andy.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.4/105 votes#7 - The Date
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2013
Stuart asks out a yoga-studio employee, Glenn gets Jessica an audition, and Wade institutes an emergency-alert system.
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.4/1033 votes#8 - The Return
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2007
Since Dwight's departure, Andy had been clinging to Michael. Andy's antics had been wearing very thin on his co-workers. In fact, Andy left Jim actually wishing Dwight would come back.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.3/1032 votes#9 - Traveling Salesmen
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2007
Michael decided to send his employees out into the field for sales calls. He paired himself up with Andy. He let the veterans choose who they wanted their partners to be. Phyllis chose Karen, Stanley chose Ryan and that left Jim and Dwight paired together. This wasn't the first time Dwight and Jim had done sales calls together.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.2/105 votes#10 - The Limo
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2013
Stuart looks to win over Jessica's friends by commandeering a limo Wade hired to impress his estranged wife Marion.
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.2/105 votes#11 - The Dinner
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2013
Stuart and Jessica are invited to a dinner party and Stuart ditches Wade to go. Since he's on his own, Wade convinces Kives to party at Stuart's house with him.
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.1/1032 votes#12 - 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: Gene Stupnitsky
8.1/1033 votes#13 - New Boss
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2009
Michael has big plans for his 15th anniversary party at Dunder Mifflin, but is in for a shock when the new, no-nonsense Vice President has some ideas of his own. Meanwhile, Jim's prank on Dwight has some unexpected results.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
8.0/1033 votes#14 - 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: Gene Stupnitsky
8.0/104 votes#15 - Pool Party
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2013
Stuart plans an epic pool party in hopes that Kimberly, a model he recently met, will attend. Jessica finds inspiration in a homeless 19-year-old named Heaven.
Director: Julian Farino
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.8/1034 votes#16 - The Convention
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2006
Kelly set Pam up on her first date since breaking up with Roy. She was very nervous. Michael tried giving her dating tips and told her she should freak her date out by wearing her wedding dress.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.8/1028 votes#17 - The Cover-Up
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2010
Michael suspects Donna is cheating on him and puts P.I. Dwight Schrute on the case. Meanwhile, Andy is frustrated when no one takes his customer's complaint seriously.
Director: Rainn Wilson
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.8/1037 votes#18 - 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: Gene Stupnitsky
7.7/1033 votes#19 - The Lover
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2009
Jim and Pam return from their honeymoon and discover that Michael is dating Pam's mother, which infuriates her. Meanwhile, Dwight tries to install a recording device in Jim's office, by giving him a wooden mallard as an apology for their long rivalry.
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.7/1032 votes#20 - Job Fair
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/8/2008
Jim is wearing his best golfing uniform because he is hitting the links with a potential client, Phil Maguire. This is a very important account for Jim because he needs to look good to Ryan, who recently put him on probation for his job performance. Andy and Kevin are also joining in the game to show their support.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.6/1031 votes#21 - Scott's Tots
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2009
Michael and Erin meet "Scott's Tots", a group of local teenagers whose college tuition was promised in one of Michael's grand delusions ten years prior. Meanwhile, in Michael's absence, Dwight convinces Jim to start an employee-of-the-month program with the intention of sabotaging Jim.
Director: B.J. Novak
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
7.0/104 votes#22 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
British web designer Stuart Pritchard tries to create a social life for himself. The first step is getting on a guest list for the opening of a night club.
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Gene Stupnitsky
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"Dinner Party" is the best rated episode written by Gene Stupnitsky. It scored 9/10 based on 42 votes. It was directed by Paul Feig. It aired on 4/10/2008 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Drive".