target office target eighth episode ninth season american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc november features guest star series depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode angela_kinsey goes dwight rainn_wilson help learns husband having affair advantage jim_halpert john_krasinski needs favor pete jenna_fischer begins painting mural target received positive reviews critics commenting performances episode viewed million viewers received rating adults ages ranking fourth timeslot episode ultimately ranked highest rated nbc series night plot believes angela_kinsey know affair husband fact playing dumb order oscar guard makes arrangements killed goes dwight rainn_wilson help telling details calls fellow volunteer sheriff deputy named assistance shows credentials angela says wants target murdered dwight protests extreme compromise breaking target dwight realizes target oscar angela angrily given oscar dwight tries angela reconsider arrived carry job dwight rushes oscar run outside struggle men oscar ultimately managing away lead pipe runs away oscar dwight confronted angela blames oscar turning husband gay oscar says gay refuses hand lead pipe angela kicks instead upset don understand homosexuality dwight angela paul questions homosexual activity jim_halpert john_krasinski asks ceo work time philadelphia help sports marketing job says needed office crisis clients responds agreed cover fact hasn asked stanley respond usual helping jim offers treat lunch stanley order extra dishes help excess wine annoying jim drunken behavior brings subject covering arrive office drunk stanley seemingly passed jim jim puts coat warm cover care jim family laughing reveal jim gives jenna_fischer decides start painting mural warehouse hard time getting started afraid perfect bored having fill customer complaint cards finds redundant complaints computer pete uses build card tower annex employees card tower takes deeper meaning employees pete points composed failures pam proves ashamed failures decide try way ceiling end complaint card short wanting use blank card point tower pam offers complete tower getting customer complaint calls smaller clients delivers mama joke hangs client mother actually deceased drops dunder mifflin paper supplier leaving simultaneously excited getting complaint disappointed losing client celebrating completion card tower pam finally starts painting mural saying artists care think asserting telling hide insults artwork production target written producer marking debut writing credit series joining writing staff ninth season directed executive producer fourth directing credit series eighth season episode test store ed_helms appear episode fact written episodes season order film iii respectively official website office included cut scenes target week episode release second clip pam feels pressure mural reveals warehouse workers think pat second second clip senator comes office jim pretends stanley sleeping pam talks mural second clip angela checks qualifications cultural references dwight assures angela stupid jazz stupid angela saying play right notes target features references references previous episodes dwight tells angela documentary crew following past years don think good van angela dwight question toby tendencies way similar dwight questions toby appearance female second season episode sexual harassment working mural pam seen wearing attended months fifth season angela tells dwight meet usual place dwight shows nude referencing previous secretive relationship broadcast reception ratings target originally aired nbc november original american broadcast episode viewed million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast target lowest rated episode series tying comes episode ranks viewed episode series fall million viewer mark despite office highest rated nbc television program ratings taken account episode viewed million viewers percent increase reviews target received positive reviews critics praising performances angela_kinsey reviewer adams wrote episode perfect mix subtle realistic style early seasons style recent seasons named oscar angela plotline season highlight complimented angela_kinsey commitment angela plotline praised storylines episode showing family like bond ensemble ultimately gave episode ign commented episode proved series need character role boss complimented confrontation oscar angela pam subplot marking development character criticized subplot ultimately gave episode paste writer called episode strong compared older episodes praised oscar angela plotline calling best performance year complimented jim stanley subplot calling ending sweet subplot calling complex enjoyable praised development pam character considering touching ultimately gave episode new_york praised writers work giving nice character moments cast particularly praised giving work comparing role previous episodes featured character exaggerated cartoon levels sake laugh reviewer slightly critical review writing cast good episode struggled find ing stuff pete erin pam ultimately interesting multiple critics noted similarities style episode early seasons series particularly use
The Target (The Office)