The Saddest Moment In The Office Was A Throwaway Joke

The Office features plenty of black humor and some sad scenes, but the show’s darkest moment comes in the form of an unexpected background gag. The Office is nowhere near as dark as its original UK incarnation, but the sitcom still packs an emotional wallop on occasion. Episodes like The Office season 3, episode 17, “Business School,” and season 5, episode 6, “Employee Transfer,” get surprisingly heavy despite the series’ status as a workplace sitcom. Few episodes of Parks and Recreation or Brooklyn Nine-Nine match the level of poignancy in these outings, but these installments don’t feature the show’s saddest moment.