Sexual Harassment (The Office)

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rdf:langString *David Koechner as Todd Packer *Melora Hardin as Jan Levinson *David Denman as Roy Anderson *Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson *Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone *Kate Flannery as Meredith Palmer *Mindy Kaling as Kelly Kapoor *Angela Kinsey as Angela Martin *Paul Lieberstein as Toby Flenderson *Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez *Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Lapin *Shannon Cochran as Helene Beesly *Craig Robinson as Darryl Philbin

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rdf:langString "Sexual Harassment" is the second episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's eighth episode overall. The episode was written by B. J. Novak and directed by Ken Kwapis. The episode first aired in the United States on September 27, 2005, on NBC. "Sexual Harassment" saw the first physical appearance of recurring character Todd Packer (played by David Koechner) after first being heard through a phone call in the first episode. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) is concerned when he believes Dunder Mifflin is targeting him for sexual harassment training. Meanwhile, Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) anxiously awaits the arrival of her mother, and Michael's obnoxious friend Todd Packer (David Koechner) spends the day in the office. Novak was inspired to write the episode after attending an NBC sexual harassment seminar that the cast and crew had to attend before the series began. Many jokes and personal experiences involving sexual harassment were added into the script. This episode aired with a warning that it contained adult content and subject matter, which is rare for a network comedy. Novak explained that he had to fight NBC to get the word "boner" on the air. (Nevertheless, many stations censored the word, and one station refused to air the episode altogether.) "Sexual Harassment" received moderately positive reviews from television critics. The episode was viewed by 7.13 million viewers.