| "Valentine's Day" | |
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| The Office episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Greg Daniels |
| Written by | Michael Schur |
| Featured music | "With or Without You" by U2 |
| Cinematography by | Randall Einhorn |
| Editing by | David Rogers |
| Production code | 2016[1] |
| Original air date | February 9, 2006 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Valentine's Day" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's twenty-second episode overall. Written by Michael Schur and directed by Greg Daniels, the episode first aired in the United States on February 9, 2006 on NBC. The episode guest stars Craig Anton, Andy Buckley, Charles Esten, and Conan O'Brien as himself.
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) travels to New York City to give a presentation, but carelessly tells everyone that he "hooked up" with Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin). Meanwhile, the rest of the office is jealous when Phyllis Lapin's (Phyllis Smith) boyfriend Bob Vance gives her several gifts. Also, Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) gives Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) a bobblehead model of himself.
The episode was the first time that Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) had a different hairstyle. Many of the scenes were improvised, including Dwight's line about ham and Michael's antics in New York. "Valentine's Day" received mostly positive reviews from television critics and was watched by 8.95 million viewers.
Of note, this episode is the first to feature David Wallace (Andy Buckley), who would go onto become a recurring character for the rest of the series.