10 US Office Episodes Every Dwight Schrute Fan Should (Re-)Watch
2. Stress Relief (Part 1) (Season 5, Episode 14)
What is it with Dwight and fires? The opening of this season 5 masterpiece sees Dwight purposefully light a fire inside the office, prompting a moment of pure, perfect mania, culminating in Stanley having a heart attack. Irked that his colleagues didn’t pay attention to his power-point presentation on fire safety, Dwight’s choice to opt for the practical approach lands himself in hot water with corporate. Dwight obviously expects to be commended, not cautioned, for his commitment to safety training and his excuses for his actions are as Dwight as you could expect.
When a first-aider comes in to train the office in CPR, Dwight rises to a new level. He guts the CPR dummy for its ‘organs’ and does his best Hannibal Lecter impression, cementing this episode as one of Dwight’s finest escapades. For the scenes that he’s in, Stress Relief is almost impossible to top for pure Dwight-ness.