Tonight’s Office (originally aired October 2010) involved the courtship — a/k/a sting operation — of Danny Cordray, the slick-talking, good-looking uber salesman from Osprey Paper Company. Cordray keeps stealing Dunder Mifflin clients, so Michael, Jim, and Dwight set up a fake office front with Meredith posing as the CEO of a fictional company. The goal — watch Cordray sell on a hidden video and steal his selling secrets. Sounds good, right?

Our previous coverage of this episode outlined the possible liability for the sting. My take: Employment laws notwithstanding, I’m pretty sure the guys break a few state laws by...