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[[Category:List|Key story developments]] |
[[Category:List|Key story developments]] |
Revision as of 15:45, 2 February 2009
What you need to know in 25 words or less.
Season 1
In 25 words or less: The first season lays the groundwork for future events.
Pilot
- All the main characters are introduced.
- Jim mentions how he would like to work somewhere else.
- The Scranton branch may be shut down.
- Ryan joins Dunder-Mifflin as a temporary employee.
Hot Girl
- Jim begins dating Katy, the purse girl.
Season 2
In 25 words or less: Pam and Roy's impending wedding forces Jim's hand. Michael develops an on-again-off-again relationship with Jan.
The Fire
- Ryan begins attending business school at night.
The Client
- Jan is newly-divorced.
- Michael and Jan share a celebratory kiss and spend the night together.
- Michael considers Jan to be his girlfriend. Jan rejects the notion.
- Jim and Pam have an informal dinner together. Jim consider it a date. Pam rejects the notion.
Performance Review
- Michael and Jan's "relationship" (such as it is) is revealed to the office.
- Early hints of a Dwight/Angela romance.
E-mail Surveillance
- Pam discovers Dwight and Angela's secret romance.
Booze Cruise
- Pam and Roy set a date for their wedding.
- Jim breaks up with Katy.
- Jim confesses a former crush on Pam to Michael.
The Secret
- Michael reveals Jim's crush on Pam to the entire office.
- Oscar is revealed to be gay.
The Carpet
- Kelly develops a crush on Ryan. She is interested in a long-term relationship; Ryan wants something more casual.
Valentine's Day
- Kelly and Ryan finally hook up.
- Michael and Jan's "relationship" becomes known to Corporate.
- After Michael defuses the situation, Jan, in a moment of weakness, kisses him.
Casino Night
- Michael begins dating Carol Stills, his real estate agent.
- Jim confesses his feelings to Pam.
Season 3
In 25 words or less: Pam, single again, must undertake a journey of self-discovery.
Gay Witch Hunt
Flashback:
- After Jim kisses Pam on Casino Night, Pam admits to having feelings for him as well but will not break off the wedding.
During the summer:
- Pam called off her wedding. She moved into her own apartment and began taking art classes.
- Jim transferred to the Stamford branch, joining new co-workers Karen and Andy.
- Ryan is now a full-time employee of Dunder-Mifflin.
- Phyllis becomes engaged to Bob Vance.
In this episode:
- Michael outs Oscar as gay.
- Oscar receives a three-month paid vacation as compensation for Michael's behavior.
The Coup
- Dwight unsuccessfully attempts to usurp control of the branch from Michael.
- Karen begins developing feelings for Jim.
Initiation
- Dwight mentions how competitors are using the Internet to make sales.
Diwali
- Michael proposes to his girlfriend Carol Stills; she turns him down.
Branch Closing
- The Scranton branch is saved and Stamford is closed, no thanks to Michael.
- Jim agrees to return to Scranton, and Karen decides to follow him.
The Merger
- Jim, Karen, Andy, and a handful of other former Stamford employees move to Scranton.
- Pam's attempt to rekindle her relationship with Jim is thwarted when she discovers that Jim has a new girlfriend (Karen).
A Benihana Christmas
- Carol breaks up with Michael.
- Michael asks an unknown woman (revealed to be Jan) to accompany him on a tropical vacation.
Back from Vacation
- Jan dives headfirst into a relationship with Michael. Jan's downward spiral begins.
- Pam helps Jim resolve a relationship problem with Karen even though it means losing Jim's affections to Karen.
Traveling Salesmen
- Karen learns about Jim and Pam's past.
- Andy engineers Dwight's firing for perceived disloyalty.
The Return
- Oscar returns to work.
- Jim and Pam's prank on Andy causes him to lose his temper and get sent to anger management.
- Michael realizes his mistake and re-hires Dwight.
- Jim admits to Karen that he still has feelings for Pam.
Ben Franklin
- Pam inadvertently reveals to Karen that she still has feelings for Jim.
Phyllis' Wedding
- Phyllis marries Bob Vance.
- Pam begins dating Roy again.
- Phyllis leaves on a six-week honeymoon.
Business School
- Only Roy, Oscar and Michael attend Pam's first art show.
- Ryan is moved to the annex next to Kelly.
Cocktails
- Jan and Michael make their relationship public.
- Pam resolves to be more assertive.
- Roy reacts violently when he learns of the Casino Night kiss. Pam breaks up with him on the spot.
The Negotiation
- Roy attacks Jim and is fired.
- Roy tells Pam to pursue Jim.
- Phyllis returns from her honeymoon.
Safety Training
- Andy returns from anger management.
Women's Appreciation
- Jan is controlling and demeaning in her relationship with Michael.
- Michael is unhappy with the relationship and is convinced to break up with Jan.
Beach Games
- Michael, Jim and Karen all apply for a new opening at Corporate headquarters.
- Pam tells Jim in front of the entire office that she misses his friendship.
The Job
- Jan wins Michael back with the help of breast augmentation surgery but at the cost of her job.
- Jim turns down the job, returns to Scranton, and asks Pam on a date. (She accepts.)
- The job goes to Ryan, who breaks up with Kelly on the spot.
Season 4
In 25 words or less: Office relationships are sent on a roller coaster ride as Jim and Pam finally get together.
Fun Run
- The documentary crew discover Pam and Jim are dating.
- Karen has left the office.
- Dwight kills Angela's cat, severely damaging the relationship.
Dunder Mifflin Infinity
- Ryan announces a new website and business model for the company.
- Jim and Pam officially reveal to the office that they are dating.
- Angela breaks up with Dwight.
Launch Party
- A relationship between Kelly and Darryl is hinted.
- Andy begins to woo Angela.
- The first time Michael asks Jim and Pam for dinner.
Money
- Angela allows Andy to ask her out.
- Darryl and Kelly are in a relationship.
- Dwight gets over his break-up with Angela.
The Deposition
- Jan sues Dunder Mifflin for wrongful termination.
- Michael turns against Jan in the case, evidently straining the relationship.
Dinner Party
- Jan and Michael's relationship hits a brick wall.
Chair Model
- Michael breaks up with Jan and tries to find love again.
- Jim reveals that he plans to propose to Pam.
Night Out
- Ryan has a drug problem.
- Dunder Mifflin Infinity is in trouble.
- Toby tries to hit on Pam, then announces he's moving to Costa Rica.
- The first instance in which Michael forgets that Jim and Pam are still dating.
Did I Stutter?
- Ryan actively plots against Jim.
Goodbye, Toby
- Toby leaves the office for good.
- Andy proposes to Angela, who reluctantly accepts.
- Phyllis discovers Dwight and Angela having sex in the office.
- Ryan is arrest for fraud.
- Jan is pregnant, but not with Michael's baby. He does offer to help raise it.
Season 5
Weight Loss
- Jim finally proposes to Pam and she accepts.
Frame Toby
- Toby returns.
Stress Relief
- Michael learns how much his co-workers hate him.