Counseling
🎞️ S7 E2 🚫 Hard pass

The Office

Is The Office S7 E2 OK for kids?

Counseling

Michael has to go to counseling with Toby; Dwight seeks revenge on a local mall; Pam fakes her way into a new position.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

The Office S7 E2, “Counseling”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Michael has to go to counseling with Toby; Dwight seeks revenge on a local mall; Pam fakes her way into a new position.

Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 5 themes: Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Office S7 E2:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Michael Michael: Well, the other night, I was sitting at the table, eating my penis...
  • Michael "Did your mom ever see you naked?" Toby: We can do this with more privacy.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Office S7 E2:

  • Dwight Apparently, it's one of the best revenge stories of all times, in which this sex worker, who is the antagonist... That can't be right. Andy? How does it...?
  • Dwight Ok, Um... The sex worker is denied service at a fancy store because she does not look wealthy. She later returns dressed in all the "trappings" of extravagant wealth, but instead of going...

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in The Office S7 E2:

  • Dwight Jim! To you and me, maybe, but, come on! To a child's imagination that's Mr. Fork and Lieutenant Knife and... Ms. Fork.
  • Michael Well, lets not get too... This isn't a counseling session... Ok. Son of a gun. Son of a bitch. Wow! Ok.
  • Salesman But the blood stained hands...

Swearing 3 moments

How Swearing shows up in The Office S7 E2:

  • Michael Well, lets not get too... This isn't a counseling session... Ok. Son of a gun. Son of a bitch. Wow! Ok.
  • Michael You. Bitch. God! You're very helpful aren't you? You try to help everybody. Do you want to play another game?
  • Michael Ok, you know what? I made a mistake. I committed corporate punishment. My bad. It's over. It's done. But my punishment is ... um ... worse than hell.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Office S7 E2:

  • Andy If someone offers you a cocktail, accept, but keep your wits about you.

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