In "The Office", what screenplay written by Michael does Pam find in a drawer?
Answer
Threat Level Midnight
Answer
Threat Level Midnight
In “The Office,” Pam finds Michael’s screenplay “Threat Level Midnight” in a drawer.
The discovery happens in “The Client,” the seventh episode of the show’s second season. Michael asks Pam to retrieve a joke book from his desk while he is meeting a potential client at Chili’s. While looking through the drawer, she discovers his screenplay and shows it to Jim, who organizes an impromptu table reading with the office staff.
The screenplay stars Michael as Agent Michael Scarn, an exaggerated action hero modeled partly on James Bond. Its villain is Goldenface, and its story combines spy-movie clichés with Michael’s very personal fantasies about heroism, romance, and fame.
The script later becomes the basis for the season-seven episode “Threat Level Midnight,” in which Michael finally screens the completed homemade movie for his coworkers. Some references write the title as “Threat Level: Midnight,” but the punctuation difference does not change the answer. The important distinction is that Pam finds the screenplay in “The Client,” while the finished film is shown years later.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026