"Threat Level Midnight" is "the great lost movie of Michael Scott!"-Jim Halpert. From eleven years in the making, Michael Scott had finally released his movie "Threat Level Midnight" to his office workers. It is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season, and 143rd episode of the series altogether. Written by B.J. Novak and directed by Tucker Gates, the episode aired on NBC on February 17, 2011. It was viewed by 6.41 million people.