Test the Store
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The Office

Is The Office S8 E17 OK for kids?

Test the Store

The team in Florida launch the test store; Andy and Pam are attacked by a group of kids in the parking lot.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

The Office S8 E17, “Test the Store”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. The team in Florida launch the test store; Andy and Pam are attacked by a group of kids in the parking lot.

Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (10); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (1); Fat-shaming (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

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Office S8 E17:

  • Dwight Packer, you will be the sexual predator who has come to prey on the trendy teenage girls who are obsessed with the Pyramid.
  • Todd Packer Schrute’s out to get me. But I’m playing the long game. As soon as he messes up, I swoop in like a sexual predator.

Violence & injury 10 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in The Office S8 E17:

  • Toby Now, if your attacker is willing to defile a corpse, you better stop playing dead right away and just make it known that you’re alive.
  • Nellie I was born in the little working class town of Basildon, and until the age of 32, [cockney accent] I talked like this, which was bloody horrendous, innit?
  • Nellie Yeah, thank you. Loam. Bloody loam, I came from. I hit rock bottom when I auditioned for the Spice Girls. I didn’t even get a callback.
  • Darryl Andy, who punched you?
  • Andy Punches were going, and I ducked a few, landed a couple, and I was fighting them off. It was totally, like, like, senseless crime.
  • Jim [on phone] Yeah, no, it seems to be going great. Andy got beat up by a fifth grade girl?
  • Andy So in that scenario, what if the victim sucker-punches the attacker in the face? What can the attacker then do to better protect himself?
  • Kevin Poor Andy! First you got beat up by a gang, and now she kicks your ass?
  • Toby There’s no shame in getting beaten up by a girl. My ex-wife used to demolish me.
  • Dwight Dwight: Ha, ha, ha, ha! Yeah! Nellie: [squealing] Dwight: Okay! Come on! Nellie: aagh! Dwight: Hah! Yah! [kicking and punching the air] Boom!

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in The Office S8 E17:

  • Nellie You are gonna bloody ruin it. You’re gonna bloody ruin it because you’re a no-good half-assed cock-eyed...
  • Dwight [laughs] You know what I mean? One of these buttons is -- damn it. Take over.
  • Meredith What the hell, Toby?
  • Ryan I- I know you’re my boss, but seriously, you need to get the hell out of my face.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Office S8 E17:

  • Andy Tough day. Yes. But I feel good. I put the office in their place, took a bunch of pain killers, drank a half a bottle of wine, took my pants off.  I just feel good!

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in The Office S8 E17:

  • Dwight Cathy, I would like to introduce you to Fatty Gruesome.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.