The second episode of The Office , "," is often cited as the moment the American adaptation found its own voice. While the pilot was a near-exact replica of the British original, this episode leaned into American cultural anxieties surrounding race and corporate sensitivity training. A Seminar Gone Wrong
: The episode’s most iconic moment occurs when Michael performs an exaggerated Indian accent for Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling), prompting her to slap him and walk out. [S1E2] Diversity Day
The highlight is his "game" where employees wear cards with various ethnicities on their foreheads and must guess who they are based on their coworkers' use of stereotypes: The second episode of The Office , ","