Night Out (The Office)

"**Night Out**"
"Night Out"
The Office episode
	Jim, Pam and Toby locked in the building
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 15
Directed by	Ken Whittingham
Written by	Mindy Kaling
Featured music	"Worked Up So Sexual" by The Faint; "Tribulations" by LCD Soundsystem; "Get Myself Into It" by The Rapture;
Cinematography by	Randall Einhorn
Editing by	David Rogers
Production code	415
Original air date	April 24, 2008
Running time	21 minutes, 24 seconds
Guest appearance
	Hugh Dane as Hank Tate;
Episode chronology
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"Night Out" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's sixty-eighth episode overall. The episode was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired in the United States on April 24, 2008 on NBC.^[1] "Night Out" was viewed by a measured audience of over 7.5 million people,^[2] bringing in the lowest number of estimated viewers that The Office received among 12 episodes.^[3] "Night Out" received mixed reviews from critics.

In the episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) travel to New York City to party with Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak). Ryan starts acting erratically, and it is revealed that he is under the influence of drugs. Meanwhile, the remaining employees are going to be forced to work on a Saturday. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) proposes that they work late on Friday, so they do not have to come in the next day. Once Jim and his co-workers finish working, they find that they are locked in, and everyone quickly places the blame on Jim.

^ ^a ^b "'Night Out' | Season 4 | 24 April 2008". NBC. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
^ Cite error: The named reference Seidman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ De Rome, Jeff (May 15, 2008). "NBC ratings results for the week of April May 7–13". NBC Universal Media Village. Retrieved July 8, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[NBC-1] "'Night Out' | Season 4 | 24 April 2008". NBC. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2008.

[Seidman-2] Cite error: The named reference Seidman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[De_Rome-3] De Rome, Jeff (May 15, 2008). "NBC ratings results for the week of April May 7–13". NBC Universal Media Village. Retrieved July 8, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

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