The Best Episodes Written By Paul Lieberstein

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Bill of Sales

   S4:E173/12/2000

   Bill becomes Peggy's star--and only--salesman in a health-food sales operation, and his profits net them a trip to a conference in San Antonio, where they must share a room.

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   9.2/10(63 votes)

   #2 - Stress Relief

   S5:E132/1/2009

   Dwight must makes amends with the office after his fire safety seminar goes awry; Michael tries to get his employees to relax; Andy becomes convinced that Pam and Jim are film gurus.

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   9.0/10(50 votes)

   #3 - The Job

   S3:E235/17/2007

   After Pam's outburst at Beach Day, she and Jim had a talk and realized how much they both missed their friendship. Pam never regretted her speech she gave to Jim in front of the rest of the staff; in fact, she was happy that it only took her three years to summon the courage to say what was on her mind.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall

   S4:E19/26/1999

   Peggy's fate and details surrounding Cotton and Didi's newborn are revealed.

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   9.0/10(45 votes)

   #5 - Goodbye Toby

   S4:E145/15/2008

   Toby leaves Dunder Mifflin, and Michael plans a huge goodbye party... out of joy. Angela refuses to help with it, so Michael turns to Phyllis. Dwight and Meredith harass Holly, their new HR representative.

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   8.7/10(43 votes)

   #6 - Gossip

   S6:E19/17/2009

   A few interns who stayed at Dunder-Mifflin over the summer end their internship. Michael announces some potentially damaging gossip about an employee to the rest of the office, then starts to spread false rumours about others to cover up what he has unwittingly revealed.

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   8.6/10(47 votes)

   #7 - Company Picnic

   S5:E265/14/2009

   At the company picnic, Michael and Holly are reunited for the first time since their split. The rest of the staff competes in games, such as the volleyball tournament.

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   8.6/10(36 votes)

   #8 - Search Committee

   S7:E245/19/2011

   Deangelo's new replacement is sought out through a search committee process led by Jim.

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   8.5/10(53 votes)

   #9 - The Client

   S2:E711/8/2005

   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.

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    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #10 - Dwight's Speech

    S2:E173/2/2006

    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.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - I Don't Want to Wait...

    S5:E311/12/2000

    As Hank builds coffins for his family, Bobby struggles with the fact that he's still treated as a child even as Joseph laments how awkward adulthood is for him.

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    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Cocktails

    S3:E172/22/2007

    Michael was excited to be attending a party at his CFO's house. He carpooled with Dwight and was also looking forward to meeting Jan at the party. Jan wanted to spend a night alone with Michael, but he thought it was important to come out as a couple to all of their co-workers.

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    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #13 - The Coup

    S3:E310/5/2006

    Michael had made it a point to have Movie Monday every week. He called the office into the conference room to watch a 30-minute installment of Varsity Blues, but Jan made an unexpected visit and did not like what she saw.

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    8.0/10(44 votes)

    #14 - Money

    S4:E410/18/2007

    Michael is quickly going into debt with Jan renovating his condo. Meanwhile, it's a barn burner when Jim and Pam check in to the Schrute family farm, which has been converted into a bed-and-breakfast.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Not in My Back-Hoe

    S4:E811/28/1999

    Jealous of Hank's new acquaintance, Bill and Dale give Hank an ultimatum, and compound their mistake when they try to make amends.

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    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Incentive

    S8:E29/29/2011

    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.

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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Luanne's Saga

    S1:E52/16/1997

    When Luanne breaks up with Buckley, Hank takes it upon himself to pick up the pieces of his niece's broken heart, only to be left fuming when she makes a play for Boomhauer.

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    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #18 - The Carpet

    S2:E141/26/2006

    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.

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    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Sex Ed

    S7:E410/14/2010

    Michael, believing he has herpes, contacts all his ex-girlfriends, including Jan and Holly. Andy tries to play on Erin’s compassionate side by holding a sex education meeting for the office.

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    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #20 - Health Care

    S1:E34/5/2005

    Michael doesn't want to upset the staff so he gets Dwight to pass on news about the company's reduced health provisions. Fed up with his nosiness, Jim and Pam pretend they are suffering from a variety of conditions including Ebola, Mad Cow Disease, spontaneous dentohydroplosion, hotdog fingers, nano-robot infection...

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    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #21 - The Farm

    S9:E173/14/2013

    The adventures of Dwight at his family beet farm and bed-and-breakfast come to light. Here, he and his siblings receive a surprise inheritance. Back at the office, Todd Packer tries to atone for a lifetime of boorish behavior.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Pretty, Pretty Dresses

    S3:E912/15/1998

    At Christmastime, Bill becomes even more depressed than usual, because it's the anniversary of when his wife Lenore left him. Bill tries to commit suicide, and when that doesn't work out, he dresses up in Lenore's old clothes and declares that he is Lenore.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - The Unbearable Blindness of Laying

    S2:E1112/21/1997

    Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Spin the Choice

    S5:E411/19/2000

    Bobby rejects Thanksgiving after history lessons from John Redcorn, who longs to be a real father to his illegitimate son Joseph.

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    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #25 - How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying

    S2:E19/21/1997

    When Bobby discovers the one sport he is good at, marksmanship, he and Hank decide to enter a father & son tournament. As it turns out Hank is a terrible marksman.

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