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"Threat Level Midnight" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series ''The Office'', and the show's 143rd episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on February 17, 2011. The episode was written by B. J. Novak and directed by Tucker Gates. 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) screens his action film ''Threat Level Midnight'' to the office after eleven years of writing, shooting, re-shooting, and editing. The film features Michael as Agent Michael Scarn, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) as Scarn's sidekick, and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) as archnemesis "Goldenface," as well as several people from Michael's past. The episode's genesis stems from the second season entry "The Client", in which the office discovers Michael's incomplete screenplay for ''Threat Level Midnight''. The episode features the reappearance of several actors and actresses who had not appeared on the show in years. Due to the nature of Michael's film, scenes were filmed to create the illusion as if they had been shot years prior to the episode. "Threat Level Midnight" was viewed by 6.41 million viewers and received a 3.3 rating among adults between the age of 18 and 49. The episode was the highest-rated NBC series of the week that it aired, and received acclaim from critics, many of whom enjoyed the humor and the continuity references to the show's past. ==Plot Synopsis== Michael Scott (Steve Carell) screens his action film ''Threat Level Midnight'' to the office after eleven years of writing, shooting, re-shooting and editing. The film features Michael as Agent Michael Scarn, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) as Scarn's butler/sidekick Samuel, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) as archnemesis "Goldenface," Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) as a hostage named Sandra, and Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) as the President, as well as several people from Michael's past including Jan Levenson (Melora Hardin) as a nightclub singer named Jasmine, Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones), Roy Anderson (David Denman), Helene Beesly (Linda Purl), Todd Packer (David Koechner), Tony Gardner (Mike Bruner) and Troy Underbridge (Noel Petok). And, of course, everybody else who was working there at the time. The plot for the movie is as follows. After Scarn is forced into retirement due to the death of his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, the President of the United States of 'Murica requests that he prevent Goldenface from blowing up the NHL All-Star Game and killing several hostages. Scarn goes undercover and learns how to play hockey, killing another hockey player to make it into the game, but after confronting Goldenface, he is shot. He later recuperates but learns that the President was in on it all along, leaking footage of Scarn killing the hockey player. Guilt-ridden, he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. The patrons of the bar sing a song called "The Scarn" and do an accompanying dance, which cheers Scarn up immensely. With his courage restored, Scarn is able to save the day and blow up Goldenface in the process. Pam tells everyone to try to not make fun of his film as he got sensitive when everyone laughed at the first cut of the movie he showed. However, halfway through, Jim starts laughing uncontrollably at a particular scene, and Michael angrily stops the movie and takes it away. Michael asks Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) what she thought and she does not seem impressed. Michael snaps at her before he apologizes, and he then offers the rest of the office the opportunity to finish seeing the film, which they happily accept. While watching, Michael begins noting how the film is not really very good; he steps outside and tells Holly that it is a bad film but also one that people are having fun watching. They sit down and laugh with the rest of the office through the film's conclusion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Threat Level Midnight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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