
Dwight eventually reveals it was just a "test", but things go terribly wrong when Stanley Hudson ( Leslie David Baker) suffers a heart attack and collapses in the commotion. In the panic, among other things, Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) smashes open the window to call for help, Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) bludgeons the photocopier into doors to try and ram them open, and Oscar Martinez ( Oscar Nunez) crawls through the ceiling trying to escape. Setting a fire in a trash can, Dwight calmly explains the proper safety procedures as the panicked employees try to flee, only for Dwight to have made the "fire" non-survivable by sealing the office exits shut and cutting the phone lines. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, and received another nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.Īnnoyed that none of his co-workers paid attention to the fire safety seminar he gave last week, Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) decides to get revenge by simulating a fire. Because it aired following the Super Bowl, "Stress Relief" was the most viewed episode of The Office with 22.9 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research during its original broadcast.

Many commentators particularly praised the chaotic cold open scene, in which Dwight panics his co-workers with a simulated fire as part of a twisted safety demonstration. The episode is considered a favorite by many fans of the series.
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The episode received generally positive reviews, with Time magazine declaring it the best overall television episode of any series in 2009. The Office creator Greg Daniels said this was done to keep the episode more grounded in reality. Guest stars Black, Alba and Leachman do not interact with the regular characters themselves, but rather appear in a film within the episode.
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Meanwhile, Andy, Jim, and Pam watch an illegally downloaded movie at work starring Jack Black, Jessica Alba and Cloris Leachman, and Pam deals with her parents' recent argument that's caused her father to move in with her and Jim temporarily.īoth parts of "Stress Relief" originally aired together on February 1, 2009, immediately following NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII, and The Office writers and producers sought to attract newcomers to the series with the expected increase in viewership.


In this episode, Dwight stages a fire in the office to test the office's fire safety skills, but things go from bad to worse when Stanley suffers a heart attack, causing Michael to come up with ways to relieve stress in the office, including a comedic roast of himself. Both episodes were directed by Jeffrey Blitz and written by Paul Lieberstein, who also plays Toby Flenderson on the show. It constitutes the fourteenth and fifteenth episodes of the fifth season, and the 86th and 87th overall episodes of the series. " Stress Relief" is a two-part episode of the American comedy television series The Office.
