Stress Relief

"Stress Relief" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the show's eighty-sixth episode overall. The episode aired in the United States on February 1, 2009 on NBC, after Super Bowl XLIII. Unlike those of other episodes, its title sequence features the complete cast. The episode was voted the third best episode of the season in a poll at the fan site OfficeTally. "Stress Relief" won the 2009 Emmy Awar... more

"Stress Relief" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the show's eighty-sixth episode overall. The episode aired in the United States on February 1, 2009 on NBC, after Super Bowl XLIII. Unlike those of other episodes, its title sequence features the complete cast. The episode was voted the third best episode of the season in a poll at the fan site OfficeTally. "Stress Relief" won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series, and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Editing in a Comedy Series. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) is annoyed that none of his co-workers paid attention to his fire safety seminar, so he decides to drive home his lessons by sealing the office exits shut, cutting the phone lines, and starting a fire in a trash can. The office fills with smoke and the employees panic as they realize they are trapped. They resort to breaking windows, destroying office equipment, and crawling through air ducts to... less