"Diversity Day" is a season 1 episode of the US The Office, and its provocative plot has led some to wonder if it was purposefully pulled from syndication. The first season of The Office was a strange one with showrunner Greg Daniels still trying to feel out how to make his version stand out from the beloved British version. While the first episode of the series was nearly a shot-for-shot remake of the British pilot, the rest of the five episodes of season 1 were original scripts, though they retained a lot of the characterizations of the original show.

While Michael Scott (Steve Carell) has always been a cringe machine, in season one, he had all of Carrell's awkwardness combined with David Brent's (Ricky Gervais) unlikeability and rudeness. These characteristics combined for a truly unpleasant character, and it wasn't until season 2, when Michael became more of a well-meaning idiot, that the...