Dinner Party
🎞️ S4 E9 ✅ Mild

The Office

Is The Office S4 E9 OK for kids?

Dinner Party

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 10+

The Office S4 E9, “Dinner Party”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 5 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Alcohol & drugs (4). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Sex talk, drinking, mild language in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that The Office S4 E9, "Dinner Party", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for workplace cringe, sexual-harassment jokes, occasional crude bits. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is sex & hookups (moderate, in dialogue). Sexual content is mild but includes Dwight says, "You people. [to Michael] Come on. You're sleeping with me". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Dwight says, "Michael, what time should I be arriving? Michael: Dwight, it's couples only. And…". Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Office S4 E9:

  • Caution
    Dwight You people. [to Michael] Come on. You're sleeping with me.

Alcohol & drugs 4 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Office S4 E9:

  • Mild
    Dwight Michael, what time should I be arriving? Michael: Dwight, it's couples only. And besides, I only have six wine glasses, so it will be me and Jan, and Pam and Jim, and Angela and Andy. Andy: Hey-o!
  • Mild
    Pam We got you this. [gives a bottle of wine]
  • Mild
    Jan It was between the neon beer sign and the Dundies so I said "Honey keep the trophies."
  • Mild
    Michael Ok... alright... here we go. [takes down huge painting behind his seat and puts up a neon beer sign] There. [plugs it in] Oooookay.

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