The office what was ryan for halloween

No, thanks I hate pretty things. The day-to-day antics at the Dunder Mifflin office have always left us laughing. During The Office 's nine-season run, the Halloween episodes always kept us on our toes thanks to the party planning committee, of course. But guys, did you know that it was in one of these episodes that the legendary Creed almost got written off of the series? On the podcast Office Ladies, co-hosts Jenna Fischer Pam Beesly and Angela Kinsey Angela Martin chatted about the episode "Halloween," where Creed Bratton revealed that Greg Daniels was seriously considering letting him go from the show—much like Michael was thinking of firing his character.

I remember being a little nervous. Thankfully, the future acting regional manager didn't get the boot, but became one of the most memorable background characters on the series. Even better, you now can relive all of his best moments on Netflix until the show is moved exclusively to NBC's streaming service, Peacock. Grab a handful of your favorite Halloween candy —ahead, all The Office Halloween episodes, ranked from best to worst.

Ooph, where do we even begin? The opening is definitely the highlight of the episode as Dwight Rainn Wilson wears a jack-o'-lantern on his head to play a prank on his coworkers the only person he scares is Erin, aka Ellie Kemper, naturally. When Dwight tries to take off the pumpkin, he realizes he's stuck and enlists the help of Jim John Krasinski …who demonstrates smashing it off with a baseball bat. Clearly not wanting to go that route, Dwight decides to let the pumpkin rot off, which he estimates will take about a month or so.

As all the other office workers settle into their desks, we get a glimpse at their Halloween costumes. Pam Jenna Fischer is dressed as Dr. Because Andy is Andy, anger ensues. She entertains Dwight by joining in on the hunt. While this is all happening, Jim goes out to lunch with a group of investors for his new job.

When Pam finds out, they begin to fight during the Treble performance. He notices the cameras have caught them, gives a regretful guilty look and walks away. The only mention of Halloween in this episode is during its cold open, which is packed with fantastic costumes and hilarity, of course.

In New York, Pam is the only one in a costume at Corporate. She takes on Charlie Chaplin, grease mustache and all. For the record, her version of Chaplin is pretty spot-on. At least his perfectly timed facial expressions toward the camera make up for his hate of Halloween. Sure, the cold open is what our Halloween dreams are made of, but the rest of the episode is, dare we say, average.

Robert arrives to the office with his son Bert, who says the party is set up for kids rather than adults. Erin worries and asks Gabe Zach Woods for help in making the party actually scary. If this list were based on Halloween parties alone, it would earn the top spot thanks to Erin, but unfortunately, the lack of Michael is really noticeable.

To see how much they can get away with, the Dunder Mifflin employees pull out all the stops: Kevin dresses as Phyllis, Andy sits at his desk shirtless, Michael talks about a branch on Jupiter in a meeting where Stanley is sitting the opposite direction of everyone else and Dwight brings in a pony.

The only thing Stanley does notice? But now onto Halloween. Throughout the episode, several employees change their costumes in hopes of winning the coupon book. Later, Michael finds out Darryl went over his head and spoke to Gabe about a new sales idea one that Michael previously shot down. He becomes more and more agitated and accuses Darryl of backstabbing him. This episode hits all the notes: Michael being Michael, Oscar trying to prove everyone wrong and Jim finally giving in to wearing a legit costume.

Of course, the first Halloween episode of The Office series is the best one. Michael has been given orders by Jan from Corporate to fire someone by the end of the month. Naturally, he hasn't in hopes that someone would have moved, quit or died. He gets a hit from a Cumberland Mills in Maryland after Jim pretends to be Michael and gives a glowing recommendation.

Please picture Dwight getting angry over martial arts while wearing a Sith Lord costume from Star Wars. Dwight then excitedly tells Michael he turned down a job a lie because of his love for Dunder Mifflin and Michael gets annoyed because that would have solved all of his firing problems.

Side note: Could you imagine if we lost Creed this early on in the series? This is after Michael tries and clearly fails to fire Stanley.

The episode closes with a guilty Michael putting on a happy face and handing out Halloween candy to all the trick-or-treaters in his neighborhood. This Will Be the Amazon Coat of Does Hand Sanitizer Work? To impress Andy, she decided to go the spookier route, which ended up backfiring due to the disturbing aspects she added to the party. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam argued about the existence of ghosts. Andy invited his college a cappella group to perform, but it ended up increasing his rivalry with his frenemy, Broccoli Rob.

Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant. From time to time, she dives into the world's most popular franchises but Kara primarily focuses on evergreen topics. The fact that she gets to write about The Office regularly is like a dream come true.

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