Michael screens his action film Threat Level Midnight to the office after eleven years of writing, shooting, re-shooting, and editing. The film features Michael as Agent Michael Scarn, Dwight as Scarn's sidekick, and Jim as archnemesis "Goldenface," as well as several people from Michael's past.
WAR
36.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Threat Level Midnight” ranks #142 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.0 — Great. The episode packs 62 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
Get weekly comedy rankings
Join comedy fans getting new analyses, score drops, and the funniest moments each week. Free, no spam.
Top Jokes
Dwight: Anybody can be Prince Charming one day a year with the dinner and the flowers and all that. But you know what impresses me? When a guy can do that no days a year.
Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: I enjoy watching them because it makes me horny.
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Michael: Or three, you're at an age where your sexual climaxes aren't as powerful, so you need to overcompensate with foreplay, taboo behavior. Yes, it was that. It's that one.
Dwight: fielding desperate calls from people who want to buy one of the 50 restaurant reservations I made over six months ago
Dwight Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: Holly and I are like Romeo and Juliet, and this office is like the dragon that kept them apart.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 62 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown office worker · Darryl: Congratulations, Darryl. Let's get wasted.
Unknown office workers · Darryl: Have fun today, big guy. Oh, yeah. Party time. Whoop-whoop.
Unknown coworker · Darryl: Birthday punches! One, two, three...
Unknown character: They say they won't do it, but they will if you make a scene.
Michael · Holly: Okay, bye. Okay, bye. I'll miss you. Miss you. Okay, bye. Bye. Bye. Okay. One more big one. Don't go.
Michael: It goes to show that everything you want in life, you get. And you can't work for it. It just comes to you.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Holly: Close. It's a romantic treasure hunt. A scavenger hunt is where you find items from a master list. This is where you follow clues that lead to a prize. Common misuse.
Holly · Michael: But there's no clue. Well, get to work. I can't 'cause there's no clue. The puzzle is the clue.
Oscar · Michael: Oscar clearing throat loudly repeatedly, Michael asking if he's sick
Jim · Pam: We decided to have a Valentine's Day lunch, and then that way we can spend the entire night with Cece, and avoid the Valentine's Day dinner thing.
Jim Pam Observational Character Comedy Jim · Pam: Never found that bottom, did we? No. Pssst! Pssst!
Jim Pam Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Erin · Andy: I accidentally did his sudoku.
Erin Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Okay, my name is Jim Halpert, and I will fax it in to you.
Andy Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Andy: Under you. I'll fax it under you. Oh, excuse me. I just pissed my pants. Not really. I didn't really.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Andy · Unknown recipient: I will not be your valentine. Oh, nuts.
Kevin: I enjoy watching them because it makes me horny.
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin: We were the only two white people there. Oh, cute.
Andy Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: It's this horrible plipping sound. Just... (imitating kissing)
Jim Observational Physical/Slapstick Holly: He can put both his legs behind his head.
Holly Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Perfect. Yes. It is quite apro-propriate. Carry on.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Gabe: Boom! Face! I get it. Andy's slamming my girlfriend.
Gabe Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Gabe · Jim · Pam: You would hardly even know that they were husband and wife. Did it. Yeah!
Gabe · Unknown: Booby honking. Butt honking. All the honkings.
Unknown: The one where you start in a crouched position, then you leap...
Michael · Holly: Michael and Holly making playful noises during the PDA meeting
Dwight: As has Angela. As has Ryan. As has Kelly. As has Meredith...
Dwight Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kevin · Unknown: With who? She goes to another school.
Michael · Holly: We are going to designate one of our closets as a hook-up zone. No. Anything goes!
Dwight: What if two couples want to go at the same time?
Dwight Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Unknown · Michael: And what is the hook-up zone policy on masturbation? Pro. Yes.
Unknown: I love working at Dunder Mifflin, a division of Taliban enterprises.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Erin · Andy: Not if we're talking like this. I think it's okay. He doesn't seem to hear us.
Erin · Andy · Darryl: Darryl is a jerk. No, he's not. No, I'm just testing if he can hear. I can hear you.
Gabe: The temp at night, the temp at night
Gabe Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: Ah, the old leave behind. Oldest trick in the book. Good thing it's working.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Holly: I sit on your lap because I like the way your thighs feel on my butt.
Holly Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Holly and I are like Romeo and Juliet, and this office is like the dragon that kept them apart.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Holly: Do you mean you love me like, 'Hey, there's Holly. I love that girl,' or do you mean you love me like you 'love me' love me?
Holly Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Michael: Yeah, whatever. No big deal. Just the hottest girl in the world loves me.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Like benign tumor. Maybe it's just more like 'Be mine.'
Andy Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Ryan · Andy · Erin: You wanted to have sex in my office. No. Definitely not. That's disgusting.
Ryan: Text me when you're finished. I'll be out here.
Ryan Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Jim and I have never and will never have sex in the office. No, because the office isn't what I'd consider a romantic place.
Jim Pam Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Pam: Besides, we have something those other people don't have, which is a home and a bed. And a shower.
Pam Setup/Punchline Observational Michael · Holly: No touching. No touching. I'm trying not to touch you. Oh. Almost got you. We can't do this.
Jim · Pam: Okay, this is much worse than before. Yeah, I agree. This is nasty.
Jim Pam Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline Michael: You don't know what it is like to love a woman and have her love you back. It is a feeling that cannot, and will not, and frankly cannot be contained.
Dwight: One, you're taking MDMA, street name, Ecstasy. I've done it, and I know the feeling.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight · Michael: Or three, you're at an age where your sexual climaxes aren't as powerful, so you need to overcompensate with foreplay, taboo behavior. Yes, it was that. It's that one.
Michael: That's what she said. (chuckles softly)
Michael Callback Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Vending machine person: enjoy a mid-hunt break, and look for a heart or some (BLEEP) in the break room
Holly · Kevin: Make that face he likes. Which one? I have a lot of stupid faces.
Holly Kevin Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: 'Boner Bomb' starring Jason Statham, or we go against type with an Eisenberg or a Michael Cera.
Holly · Kevin: Do a monkey face. Do a monkey face. (Kevin making monkey sounds) Throw your poop. Hurl your feces.
Michael · Oscar: Oscar, this must be tough for you, watching this go down. You could not stand in the way of true love, my friend.
Michael: we are going to make love to and with one another
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael · Oscar: Suck it, Oscar. This must kill you. I just told them to do it.
Andy · Erin: What? No. No. We took a walk. We took a walk.
Dwight: fielding desperate calls from people who want to buy one of the 50 restaurant reservations I made over six months ago
Dwight Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Dwight: Anybody can be Prince Charming one day a year with the dinner and the flowers and all that. But you know what impresses me? When a guy can do that no days a year.
Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unknown: Pizza, soda, the moon, someone to share it with.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Observational Unknown · Unknown: What are our plans for tonight? Um... (imitating bed creaking)
⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 18:47-19:32 range with relationship drama taking precedence over comedy as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
Top Episodes — The Office