Vandalism (The Office)

The episode guest stars Chris Diamantopoulos as Brian the boom mike operator, Mark Proksch as Nate, Brad William Henke as Frank, and Ameenah Kaplan as Val.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Distraught, she enlists Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) to help her track down the vandal.

Meanwhile, in their Philadelphia apartment, Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) is uncomfortable with Jim Halpert's (John Krasinski) uncleanliness.

The episode received mixed reviews from television critics; many felt that the subplot involving Brian (Diamantopoulos) being attracted to Pam was shoehorned into the series and served little function other than to create superfluous drama.

She then tries appealing to the sympathies of the other office workers, but with her husband Jim Halpert off in Philadelphia and regional manager Andy Bernard still away in the Bahamas, only Dwight Schrute and Nellie Bertram show any interest.

In their Philadelphia apartment, Darryl Philbin and Jim find their living styles are increasingly clashing.

Jim is slovenly, leaving dirty dishes to soak in the sink until someone else washes them, while Darryl is so fastidious about his possessions that he puts labels with his name on all of them, even a bag of flour.

Angela and Robert Lipton are celebrating their son Phillip's first birthday with a gathering of wealthy political allies.

[2] This marks his first directorial entry for the series, although he had previously guest starred as the minor character Clark in the sixth season episode "The Delivery".

Cornet praised Kevin's "truth bomb", writing that it "worked beautifully", but she called "the 'man behind the curtain' reveal ... a bitter disappointment" and a "cop-out" to engage the audience.

[11] Bonnie Stiernberg of Paste magazine wrote that the idea of Brian temporarily dividing Pam and Jim led to "one of the more out-of-the-box episodes" of the series.

Club awarded the episode a "C−" and largely criticized the introduction of Brian as a potential love interest for Pam.

[14] Casey Gillis of The News & Advance said the overall success of the ninth season of The Office was hurt by "Vandalism", as well as "Junior Salesman".