I can't count how many times I've watched a show more rewatchable than The Office? It's hard to think of more than even a handful that come close. With its constant setting, consistent characters, friendly atmosphere, and non-stop jokes, The Office is rewarding when you're giving it your full attention, looking over your shoulder while you make dinner, or catching different scenes while nodding off on the couch.

With 201 episodes, there are always going to be some you end up skipping on repeat viewings. I have a handful that I tend to skip when I go back to the show, either because the story gets a bit stale after knowing what comes after it, it's more of a serious episode, or I simply think it isn't very good. This is not necessarily the list of the worst The Office episodes, or the most boring, it's just the ones that I skip. Some of these episodes have great moments, but if I'm flipping through, I'm skipping these.

10 Pilot

Season 1, Episode 1

The pilot episode of The Office could be considered one of the worst episodes of the series, and it's also nothing like the rest of the show that came after it. It's nearly a shot-for-shot remake of the original UK pilot, with every character basically being a carbon copy of their British counterpart. It's odd and extremely unfunny, feeling stiff and rote. If I want to watch this episode, I will just turn on Ricky Gervais' opening episode of the series.

What's more, nearly every character changes from episode 1 to episode 2, and then in season 2, they change even more. I hesitate to say that any episode of The Office is a waste of time, but this one doesn't offer viewers much, and fans can go ahead and consider season 1, episode 2, the real pilot.

9 Did I Stutter?

Season 4, Episode 16

In "Did I Stutter?", Michael Scott (Steve Carell) finally learns what everyone else in The Office and the audience have already known: Stanley (Leslie David Baker) has zero respect for him. After Stanley shouts at him during a meeting, Michael creates a convoluted plan to "fake fire" Stanley, resulting in another blow-up. While a Stanley episode is always fun, this one is a little bit too heavy for my taste.

Baker actually seems furious in the episode, and it's a bit alarming, clashing with the usually goofy tone of The Office. This is also Michael at his most idiotic, and his plan to teach Stanley a lesson is so dumb that I stop feeling bad for him for part of the episode.

8 Cafe Disco

Season 5, Episode 27

I just find "Cafe Disco" boring. That's my true issue with it. It's a sort of disted episode in which Michael spends most of it alone in his closet-office, which he's repurposed into a coffee shop (it has an espresso machine) that he uses to dance off his pent-up energy. It feels very much like a filler episode with the one-story moment being Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski) planning to elope, then deciding not to.

Dwight (Rainn Wilson) tending to Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) like a wounded horse is sort of funny, but also a bit too weird.

I probably liked it the first time, but after you find out that Pam and Jim will elect to go through with a traditional marriage, the episode loses some steam on rewatches. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) tending to Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) like a wounded horse is sort of funny, but also a bit too weird.

7 The Banker

Season 6, Episode 14

"The Banker" is an easy skip for me because clip shows are always a skip. I'm already rewatching the series, so there's no real reason for me to go back and watch the "funniest moments" of the series so far. The opening of the episode is enjoyable, with Dwight trying to convince the titular investment banker (David Constabile) that he is actually head of HR and the inventor of a phony AI assistant named "Computron". That's all we get in the way of new story.

Clip shows made sense when shows aired on networks, and you didn't have every episode at your fingertips. You could catch scenes you missed or had long forgotten about. Now, with binge-watching, I probably watched those same clips a few hours earlier.

6 The Cover-Up

Season 6, Episode 24

In "The Cover-Up", Michael begins to suspect that his new girlfriend, Donna (Amy Pietz), is cheating on him. He enlists Dwight to find out the truth, who, of course, goes way overboard. In the B-story, Andy (Ed Helms) discovers the Sabre printers catch on fire, and Darryl (Craig Robinson) decides to mess with him and convince him that there's a Sabre conspiracy that goes all the way to the top.

This is the first episode of The Office directed by Rainn Wilson.

There are some funny moments in both stories, but a lot of characters are excluded from both the A and B stories, making them feel light and not worth the time. Donna is also a particularly annoying character, and an episode centered around her doesn't feel as critical to view.

5 Get The Girl

Season 8, Episode 19

"Get the Girl" caps off the Florida arc on The Office. While some point to this storyline as one of the more uninteresting ones in the show, I happen to enjoy it, save for "Get the Girl". In the episode, Andy decides to put it all on the line and drive down to Florida to retrieve Erin (Ellie Kemper) after she decides to stay there and work as a caretaker for an elderly woman. I've never really cared about the Andy-Erin romance, so this episode is a tough one.

The part I really don't enjoy is Nellie (Catherine Tate) suddenly showing up to snake Andy's old job and cause chaos. Until season 9, Nellie is a pretty distasteful character, and she's probably at her worst in this episode, so it's a skip.

4 Andy's Ancestry

Season 9, Episode 3

By season 9, episode 3, "Andy's Ancestry", my feelings on Andy and Nellie have flipped, and this episode is a good example of why. Andy feels like a different character in season 9, and here, he makes a complete fool of himself when he discovers he's related to Michelle Obama through an unfortunate line. It's not funny, and Andy is just mean. Darryl's frustrations with Andy aren't comic either, and this feels like an overly dramatic episode.

It's short on laughs, even in the scenes between Erin and Dwight, where he tries to teach her Dothraki. It's a little too cutesy for my taste, and Andy as a rude jerk is never fun to watch.

3 Lice

Season 9, Episode 10

In "Lice", Pam is in Scranton and Jim is in Philadelphia, pitching to Dr. J. I don't care for a celebrity cameo, but just having Pam and Jim separated, only communicating by phone, is the worst part. It's boring, and when you know what happens, the communication issues between the two are even more frustrating. Pam brings lice to The Office, and everyone is paired off to help rid themselves of them.

Erin and Pete (Jake Lacy), Oscar (Oscar Nunez) and Angela (Angela Kinsey), and Pam and Creed (Creed Bratton) all have scenes together, which range from boring with Erin and Pete to quick but funny in the case of Pam and Creed. It's not the worst episode, but it again feels like filler as we head towards the end of the series.

2 Customer Loyalty

Season 9, Episode 12

"Customer Loyalty" is not a bad episode, but it is filled with some of the heaviest dramatic moments in the series, and that can make it tough to stomach if you're just trying to rewatch the show to laugh. This is the episode where Jim fights with Pam about not filming Cece's ballet recital. It's a frighteningly accurate argument between a struggling couple that results in Pam breaking down tearfully.

The boom operator "Brian" is named after the real-life boom operator for The Office, Brian Wittle.

The introduction of Brian (Chris Diamantopoulos), the "Boom Guy", also doesn't do the episode any favors. I do enjoy the scenes of Dwight trying to tempt Darryl into staying at Dunder Mifflin with his versions of "pranks," but it's not enough to lighten the dour mood of the episode.

1 Vandalism

Season 9, Episode 14

"Vandalism" finds Pam working on the warehouse mural she was selected to paint, but a vandal decides to paint crude graffiti over it. At the end of the episode, an irate worker, Frank (Brad William Henke), attacks Pam, but Brian punches him and stops him. It's a weirdly violent and intense moment, made stranger by the fact that Frank and Brian don't really fit into The Office universe. It puts Pam in an uncomfortable position and just feels off in the flow of the story.

The storylines about Jim and Darryl rooming together and Angela attending her son's birthday party are fun, but just diversions. Most of the episode is focused on Pam, and it's just a bit too much Brian for me to handle, making this the last The Office episode I skip in rewatches.