Product Recall

"Product Recall"
The Office episode
The offending watermark, depicting a "beloved cartoon duck" and "a certain cartoon mouse"
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 21
Directed by	Randall Einhorn
Written by	Justin Spitzer Brent Forrester
Cinematography by	Matt Sohn
Editing by	Dean Holland
Production code	325[1]
Original air date	April 26, 2007 (2007-04-26)
Running time	21:19[2]
Guest appearances
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli Lisa Darr as Barbara Allen Jim Jansen as Principal Anthony Russell as Chad Ligh
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"Product Recall" is the twenty-first episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's forty-ninth episode overall. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, the company deals with the consequences of an offending watermark that appeared on several reams of paper. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) holds a poorly attended press conference, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) head to a high school that printed their prom invitations on the paper to apologize, and Creed frames an employee at the paper mill to keep his job.

The episode was written by Justin Spitzer and Brent Forrester, and was directed by Randall Einhorn, the series director of photography. The cast found the scene in which Jim impersonates Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) to be hilarious and had trouble keeping straight faces, forcing multiple takes. The episode first aired in the United States on April 26, 2007, on NBC, during sweeps week. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was watched by an estimated 7.56 million viewers, earning a ratings share of 3.9/11 among adults. It garnered generally positive critical reception, particularly regarding Jim and Dwight's impressions of each other.