I thought I'd do something different today... cause this is something that kind of interests me... I don't know if anyone else would be interested in this at all... but I like knowing what the highest rated and lowest rated episodes of TV shows are... and I've been watching The Office a lot lately and I've seen both of these episodes pretty recently, so it seemed like as good a time as any to compare the two episodes! Highest Rated- Stress Relief Season 5 episodes 14+15 (aired February 1st 2009) 22.91 million viewers So the highest rated episode of the show is Stress Relief. This aired after the Super Bowl in the fifth season of the show and it got 22.91 million viewers According to Wikipedia . The second most viewed episode of the series was the Pilot- which had 11.20 million viewers... so quite a difference there! This is one of my favorite episodes of the show in general... I think personally for me it's 2nd or third on the list for me after Mafia ...