injury injury twelfth episode second season american comedy television series office eighteenth episode overall episode written acts directed injury episode aired united_states january nbc episode guest starred series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode michael_scott steve_carell accidentally burns foot insists coming work employees dwight_schrute rainn_wilson help michael feels appreciated dwight starts acting strangely nice especially jenna_fischer injury originally conceived humorous follow previous episode cruise according idea episode started idea writing room spun control episode originally going called foot later changed writers decided weird injury received widespread acclaim critics regarded critics fans greatest episodes episode earned nielsen rating demographic viewed million viewers making time highest rated episode series plot michael_scott steve_carell accidentally burns foot bacon keeps bed makes distress office dwight_schrute rainn_wilson comes rescue crashes car pole suffers concussion injury makes dwight likable workers particularly jenna_fischer michael upset staff lack compassion disability brings building property manager uses wheelchair discuss like disabled billy soon leaves michael makes offensive remarks pointing jim_halpert john_krasinski dwight suffered concussion jim hospital michael insists burned foot injury dwight blunt force trauma pam bids goodbye dwight aware probably good version dwight production episode second episode series directed gordon previously directed season episode alliance injury written acts customer service representative character development occurred previous episode cruise decided create episode involved michael foot writer actor said idea injury started idea writing room spun control original plan michael fallen asleep sun having foot according episode originally going called foot writer thought weird people tune watch described injury favorite episodes said don think episode starting point funniest episodes went episode guest starred nonsense building manager scranton business park york described character trying job york recalls nervous filming drawing blank lines run cast members soon marcus john_krasinski said van scene favorite shoot history fun moments portrayal character york received positive fan letters praised performance straight man work environment cultural references michael reveals burned foot product promoted champion boxer pam received roy christmas present serves knock popular music device michael asks office foot looks like stanley replies mail boxes etc reference company absorbed ups michael famous handicapped people pictures wall film film big michael film philadelphia scene kelly drops attempt dwight meredith van jim tells going michael replies sick restaurant reception injury originally aired nbc united_states november episode received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast episode ranked half hour comedy week january series ranked number fifteenth highest rated series demographic episode viewed million viewers making highest rated episode office time beating series pilot received nielsen rating encore presentation episode july received rating viewed million viewers increase percent lead audience encore presentation august received rating viewed million viewers retained percent lead earl audience ranked watched episode office summer airing injury received critical acclaim television critics scene featuring dwight crashing car received specific attention ign ranked scene dwight getting car accident seventh best moment seasons noting fact inspired unusual comedy essentially joke testament clever office rolling_stone named scene twentieth funniest office seasons squad said injury solid episode gets better week giant television pity graded episode dvd talk wrote positively episode praised performance rainn_wilson dwight wrote compares performance injury called wilson performance dwight flat strange noted episode wouldn nearly entertaining character later stated interview favorite episode written later expanded entry quality humorous noted episode funny happened michael stupid
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