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The Office

Stress Relief

Season 5, Episode 13, Aired Feb 01, 2009

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When Dwight's unannounced fire-safety drill gives Stanley a heart attack, Michael decides the office needs help with stress relief. While watching a bootleg movie, Andy believes Jim and Pam are film gurus from hearing them discuss her parents' faltering marriage.

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Rick Overton

Pam's Dad
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John Hartmann

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Nate Federman

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Steve Carell

Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson

Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski

Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer

Pam Beesly
Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Vance
Oscar Nunez

Oscar Martinez

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dwight conducts a safety seminar and michael hosts his own roast.

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By buffyangel4evr_, Feb 26, 2011

Omg. I almost wet myself watching this episode! It was soooooooo funny. Exactly why I watch office in the first place, ridiculous antics and Michael "thinks" he's the coolest boss ever. So much so he hosts his own roast.

Dwight decides to conduct a safety seminar. He starts off by setting a fire in the office. During the mayhem, Stanley has a heart attack. When he returns to work, the bing in a rep to demonstrate cpr. Dwight stabs the cpr dummy, cuts off it's face and wears it as a mask. OMG! My stepson and I talked about it for weeks. I seriously almost peed myself, I was laughing so hard! Michael, of course is his delusional self. He thinks he's such a great boss. What better way to prove how much his employees love and respect him than to have a roast. Of course, it doesn't turn out as planned. Everyone is brutally honest. No one holds back and Michael realizes that maybe he's not loved as much as he thinks he is.

Pam's comment about Michael's "thing" and the ipod was priceless. Andy's song was cool. After a while, Michael returns and roasts his employees. No one really takes his comments seriously. All is well again.moreless
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Funniest episode thus far

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By donkon, Feb 26, 2011

This is by far one of the funniest The Office episodes i have watched so far. The beginning where Dwight causes the fire and everybody panics made me laugh hysterically. Although every episode is extremely funny this one by far has been the best one. Later on when they had the first aid dummy dwight as always was hillarious with this. The mask he cut off and wore made me laugh like crazy. I hope they keep making funny episodes with hysterical emotion we recieved in this specific episode. Can't wait to hit up the new episode which came out this week.moreless
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By Canogaparkcindy, Oct 08, 2010

The cold opening in this episode was amazing: Dwight's fire drill. Probably one of the best Office moments in the history of time, and it's a lot to say, because that is more than what I can say than the rest of the season 5 episodes. From Angela throwing her cat to the ceiling to just everyone freaking out in general, it was just a very enjoyable and memorable moment of The Office.

As for the rest of the episode, it definitely was not bad, I was seeing some of the old entities that I saw in the first couple of seasons. My favorite scene would definitely have to be the whole office dancing to "Stayin' Alive" when it was supposed to be a CPR procedure, absolutely hilarious.

As the episode progressed, it did seem to go down a bit, but it was still enjoyable, I loved the roast, and how everyone insulted Michael, definitely what he deserved. Just a rare great episode in season 5.moreless
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Dwight causes a fire to the office and everyone freaks out. Michael has to deal with the issues and Stanley has a heart attack.

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By Schrutentag, Jun 05, 2010

This episode sucked. SIKE!!! This was a great episode and was funny. It had many important parts including Pam and Jim yet it was just hilarious. The cold open was truly incredible because it had me howling. Dwight cutting the face of the dummy was just one of the best moments of the office ever. Pam and the ipod joke was funny and this goes up there with Casino Night, and Health Care, which are very different episodes. The office was horrible last week but has returned. Season 5 has been a roller coaster with not as many great moments, but this episode is an exception.moreless
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A great episode, especially well choosen to be aired after the Super Bowl to draw in new fans!

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By tvownsLEXIE, Feb 13, 2009

This episode was so well written that I only have a one tiny problem with it. And that problem is that I did not find the Jack Black and Jessica Alba movie funny at all. I loved Andy getting confused with Jim and Pam discussing real life parallels with the movie though, so it made that whole plot worth it. Plus the fans haven't had a good Jim and Pam moment in a while, so it was great that in this episode we got to see again that they are perfect for eachother. Michael drives me crazy sometimes, so of course this episode was very special to me. When Ed Helms sang "What I Hate About You," I didn't think television could get any better.moreless
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- Oscar's rant in Spanish translates as, "You give me an ulcer every time I wake up, and I have to come to work. I have to come to work for you. For you!"
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- Dwight: Last week I gave a Fire Safety talk and nobody paid any attention. It's my own fault for using Powerpoint. Powerpoint is boring.
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- Pam: What could Jim have said that made my dad want to leave my mom? And at what point in our marriage is he going to say it to me?
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- Michael: So, what kind of ice cream do you want? Yell it out! Meredith: Chunky Monkey. Michael: Too expensive. Stanley: Chocolate. Michael: Racism is dead, Stanley, you can have any kind of ice cream you want!
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- Michael: (after Stanley has collapsed) Barack is president! You are black, Stanley!
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- Pam: And one time I walked in on [Michael] naked... and his thing is so small— Kevin: How small is it? Pam: If it were an iPod, it would be a Shuffle!
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- (Dwight lights firecrackers in the smoky office) Andy: Oh, my God, the fire's shooting at us!
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- Michael: Oscar, you're gay—boom, roasted. Andy, Cornell called. They think you suck. And you're gayer than Oscar.
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- Michael: Stanley, you crush your wife during sex, and your heart sucks. Boom—roasted.
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- Michael: I have got to make sure YouTube comes down to film this.
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- Michael: (during the fire) People, we're trapped! Everyone for themselves.
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- David Wallace: Can you tell me why you had to cut the face off the dummy? Dwight: I didn't think it was very realistic in the movie. And it turns out, it's pretty realistic. David Wallace: We had to pay for it—cost us thirty-five hundred dollars. Michael: Five thousand, three hundred dollars for a dummy?
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- Michael: Do I stress you out? Dwight: Nothing stresses me out except having to seek the approval of my inferiors.
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- Pam: Once every hour, someone is involved in an Internet scam. That man is Michael Scott.
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- Creed: Give it up, [Michael]'s dead. Jim: He just sent a text. Creed: What's a text?
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- Pam: When you're a kid you assume your parents are soulmates. My kids are gonna be right about that.
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- The French episode title is "Temps de stress", meaning "Stressful Times". The Spanish title is "Liberación de tensiones", an exact translation.
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- International Airdates: Latin America: September 7 (Part 1) and 14 (Part 2), 2009 on Canal FX
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- Music: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, sung by Steve Carell; "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees sung by the cast; "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates; "All Out of Love" by Air Supply; "Lady" by Little River Band; "Have a Little Faith" by John Hiatt.
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- This hour-long episode aired immediately following Super Bowl XLIII, simultaneously across all time zones (excepting being delayed in the Super Bowl participant cities of Pittsburgh and Phoenix). Scheduled to air at 10:30 ET, it actually started at 10:40 and featured special opening credits that showed all show stars. It more than doubled The Office's previous best viewership.
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- Angela's "You Might Be Michael Scott" roast and Jim's "Spiteherface/Spiderface" comment are both references to comedian Jeff Foxworthy and his "You Might Be a Redneck" and "Redneck Dictionary" material.
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- Dwight's cutting off the CPR dummy's face and placing over his own, followed by licking his lips, plays on Hannibal Lecter's cutting off a guard's face and using it to make his escape in Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, The Silence of the Lambs.
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- Andy's song at the roast of Michael is sung to the tune of The Romantics' 1979 song, "What I Like About You".
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