The Office (TV Series) Halloween (2005) User Reviews

Halloween (#2.5)

[ComedyFan2010 · 9/10 · 27 December 2018]

It is Halloween and Michael needs to fire somebody.

Fun Halloween episode. I liked the costumes. Especially Oscar's. Who was he even supposed to be? The idea of Michael having to fire somebody and ask everyone for advice was also good. His practicing with Jim was way too funny.

Completing Michael

[jonniedylanoliver · 8/10 · 19 May 2020]

We have seen Michael's (somewhat) comedic side. We have seen his heart-warming side. But this episode completes the Michael Scott character profile: his breakdowns. A great episode that is full of cringe, hilarity, and heart. A highlight of season 2.

It's a scary, unhappy Halloween at the office

[gizmomogwai · 8/10 · 6 October 2009]

Halloween, an episode from season 2 of The Office, differs from most other Halloween and horror-themed shows I have reviewed and will review this October, in that there's nothing supernatural going on here. The episode's simply set on October 31, and people wear costumes to the office. Mostly, though, this episode is about Michael having to fire someone due to budget cuts. One may ask why? Why not make two separate episodes, one about the firing and one about the Halloween party? Both would make valid stories. Maybe the two ideas were combined because unemployment is scary, scarier than any vampire or gremlin. Or maybe it was just supposed to be funny because Michael chose a completely inappropriate day to let someone go. Halloween is supposed to be fun. Although we don't find out until the later episode Christmas Party, the money they saved from the firing was pretty much needless, it was thrown away as a Christmas bonus to Michael himself. Talk about social injustice.

There are numerous laughs in this episode. Some are related to the firing (Michael, naively, thinks he can somehow do this without losing a "friend") and some to the costumes. Michael shows a bit of unintentional racial insensitivity, thinking one employee's Dorothy costume doesn't work because she's of East Indian descent. That's Michael Scott for you.

Happy Halloween.

Great Episode

[joncheskin · 10/10 · 16 March 2019]

This is about the blackest comedy imaginable, as someone has to get fired in the midst of a Halloween Party. The boss has procrastinated and is completely incapable of doing it gracefully. Both funny and profound.

Stepping out of the shadows

[malcolmjohnston · 9/10 · 6 May 2020]

This isn't the highest rated episode nor maybe the best but it's a landmark part of the history of the show It's the first time we hear lines from a previously background actor that turns him into one of the shows main family and the darker side of the shows humour sees another terminated in a cost cutting act BUT most of all we see the whole show and cast move out from the shadow of it's English forerunner and really hit its stride to become something quite amazing over the next 4-5 seasons

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[Edvis-1997 · 8/10 · 25 October 2021]

This one was good episode, better than previous one, still has a lot space to upgrade. I liked that they've decided to fire guy that we don't even see that much.

You Are Fired

[ZegMaarJus · 8/10 · 21 March 2024]

This Episode begins with Michael, he starts his workday of at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Today is Halloween, everybody is dressed in scary outfits. Michael tells Pam that he has to fire somebody at the office today. Michael tells Jim that he has to fire him in a roleplay game. Michael fired Devon. Devon is furious after he got fired by Michael. Devon throws a pumpkin on Michael his car. Nice Episode of The Office Season 2, funny Episode. But it was not exciting, just a regular Episode of The Office. Not much big events. Hoping for some better Episodes this Season. Nice character development from Jim!