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"The Delivery," (Parts 1 & 2) is the sixteenth (and seventeenth) episode of the sixth season, and was a one-hour long episode. It aired on March 4, 2010 and was written by Danny Chun, who wrote, "Murder," and Charlie Grandy, who wrote "Double Date" and "Broke." It was directed by Harold Ramis, who directed "Beach Games" and "Safety Training," and Seth Gordon, who also directed "Double Date."

The episode featured the highly anticipated birth of Jim and Pam's baby. ^[1]

Synopsis

Part One

When Pam and Jim call their clients to ask them if they need anything before they have their baby, Dwight thinks that they are abusing their situation to ring up sales. Convinced by Pam that sharing personal details with clients is an acceptable sales technique, Dwight calls a client and mentions that Mose has a goat fungus. In a talking head interview, Dwight says he needs a baby, because he needs to get more sales and that he is lonely.

Presentbaby — Andy's present for Cecilia.

Although Pam's labor has begun, she and Jim try to delay checking into the hospital until after midnight because their health plan covers only one day in the hospital.

Pam and Kevin eat together because they are both hungry at the same times. Kevin wants to have an "ultra feast" for him and Pam, but their plans are interrupted by Pam's contractions. Michael notices that Pam is in labor and offers to drive her to the hospital. Michael takes responsibility for taking Pam to the hospital because he believes that the baby was conceived in the office. In response to Michael's remarks, the new IT guy Nick tries to make a joke and Michael and Angela berate him.

After surfing the Internet for information, Kelly concludes that giving birth is a horrific experience for the mother.

Dwight goes to Angela and asks Angela to be the mother of their child. Angela agrees, as she misses Dwight. They meet in their old "meeting" spot.

Angelaanddwightdelivery — Dwight and Angela in their "meeting" place.

Pam's contractions continue, and Jim tries to convince Pam that she needs to go to the hospital, but Pam refuses. Andy also tells Pam not to worry about baby names because his name wasn't chosen until he was six years old. When Michael distracts Jim, Pam wants Michael and everyone else to distract her so that she can remain calm and slow down the rate of contractions. Michael explains he is awesome at distracting people, even at an early age in school. Michael holds a meeting so that she can keep Pam entertained.

Pam's contractions become more painful as the office tries to entertain her: Ryan reads a poem, Andy does the Evolution of Dance and Erin recites the 11 triple crown winners. Angela and Dwight decide that they want to name the child Jebadiah, and Angela talks to Dwight, but Dwight doesn't seem as interested. As they do this, Pam is in much more pain, and Jim tries to call the doctor, but Pam continues to refuse.

Michael decides that it is a good idea for Pam not to induce labor, by not touching the nipples. Meredith offers to bring her a shirt with holes, and Jim starts to become frazzled, which he notes, when Kevin suggests to stick spicy food up her butt. Jim thinks that Pam has gone crazy, and tries to convince the documentary crew that she is crazy and says that all the books say that they should go to the hospital at 5-7 minutes apart from each contraction. Pam goes to see Jim in his car and accidentally tells him that the baby is a girl. Jim starts to cry, out of joy and Pam and him are thrilled.

Pam starts to have even bigger contractions and her water breaks. She still continues to refuse to go to the hospital and Pam says that if she doesn't get to the hospital, she doesn't get there. She wants to have ultra feast will Kevin. Pam starts to not be able to talk through her contractions, which are now two minutes apart. Pam tries to convince them that she doesn't need to and Jim, Michael, and Kevin grab her. Pam screams at them to let her go and starts to cry because she doesn't think she can't do it, but finally learns that she needs to go and says that she waited too late, and becomes more and more worried.

Michael drives them to the hospital while the office follows them. Michael calls Toby an idiot when he tries to get in the elevator. Dwight escorts them to the hospital, but is forced to pullover when he impersonates a police officer, and the police officer tries to get him out. He throws out his weapons.

Pam realizes that she forgot her iPod and Michael sends Dwight to get the iPod. Pam tells him not to touch anything else. Pam and Jim arrive at the hospital while Michael parks the car in a restricted area.

Part Two

Jim says that Pam is doing fine, and tells the documentary crew that everything is fine. The nurse informs Jim that Pam is ready to push and Michael tries to see Pam, but sees her pushing instead, and becomes traumatized. Everyone in the office comes to the hospital at midnight. Andy made her a present, a newspaper from the day she was born, but since she was born after midnight, he has to put a newspaper up, that is about the Scranton strangler.

Michael listens to Pam screaming about pushing her baby out, and she gives birth. The documentary crew hears Pam's baby and Michael is thrilled. Pam and Jim watch the baby and try to let her rest. Her name is announced as Cecilia Halpert. Everyone is happy in the office and Helene brings Pam her coffee. Michael comes in to the room to see the baby, but instead sees Pam, Jim, and Helene, and Helene awkwardly leaves. Michael holds the baby and is thrilled at the birth of Pam and Jim's baby daughter.

Dwight sees that Pam's kitchen has mold when he gets to their house and decides that he needs to destroy the kitchen. Michael and everyone else returns to the office and Michael says that he made the family and he offers to help everyone else form relationships. Meredith says she is never getting married, while Andy says he is going to ask out Erin.

Pam and Jim continue to spend time with their baby, and the nurse tries to get them to bring the baby to the nursery. Pam and Jim try to get her to be quiet, and tries to breastfeed her, however she won't latch. Jim says to push it out, but Pam says that is impossible. The nurse says that Pam should take a break and bring the baby to the nursery, and she does.

Michael sets up Kevin and Erin on a date, and Erin is shocked and unhappy and she tells Michael she likes Andy. Erin says that she can't be with Kevin, and Michael tells her that it would hurt Kevin. Meanwhile, a new couple comes into Pam and Jim's room and Pam is shocked when they can breastfeed easily.

Dwight continues to destroy Pam's kitchen while Erin and Kevin have an awkward and boring lunch together. Andy spies on them. A male lactation consultant touches Pam's breast to see if she has milk. Pam is okay and Jim looks awkwardly. However, the baby still is unable to latch on. Erin says that she has to break up with Kevin, although they never had a real relationship, and Michael belittles Erin, who is shaken. Andy is caught spying on them.

Dwight and Angela talk to each other about their impending baby. A sleep-deprived Pam accidentally breast-feeds the other couples' baby, but they don't notice for a while. Isabel comes in and Pam finally realizes that it's the wrong baby and is shocked and scared. Isabel looks awkwardly at the baby as Pam and Jim try to stay calm. Pam and Jim are told by the nurse that they need to leave soon and tries to force them to get out.

Isabel drops off a present and Pam's house and she sees Dwight. Dwight is shocked to see her and says that he'll call her and they flirt. Isabel looks happy. At the hospital, a hospital employee tells Pam to get out of the wheelchair and she tries to get the baby to latch on, Pam is scared and worried and starts to breakdown, however the baby latches on and Jim and Pam sit on the bench outside the hospital.

Andy gives Erin a paper and asks him he needs it faxed. Secretely, the note would be faxed to the office, asking her to go on a date with him. However, the fax is busy and Andy jokingly tells Erin that she needs to fax is or she is going to be fired. Erin suddenly get angry at Andy and starts crying because she has been having a rough day, but Andy reveals that he was actually asking her out. Erin happily and immediately accepts. Michael says that it is nothing like seeing true love form, in Jim and Pam and Andy and Erin. (Michael convinced Jim to keep perusing for Pam even though she was engaged ("Booze Cruise").

Angela and Dwight agree to have the baby after all paperwork is done. Dwight has second thoughts and doesn't love Angela anymore. Jim and Pam arrive at their home only to see their kitchen destroyed, and walk away.

Deleted Scenes

Ryan reads his poem, which is horrible and causes Pam and everyone else to laugh. Pam tells Ryan that it is awful, but awesome, and he starts to agree, saying that he didn't write it. Everyone starts to tell Ryan that he told them he wrote the poem, but Ryan storms out and tells the office to look at the footage (from the documentary).
Ryan starts to smoke after Michael tells him that he knows models.
Creed explains that he is going to die because Pam and Jim's baby is going to be born, and the cycle of life is returning.
Jim says that Cameron Diaz would be the person he would hook up with if he could, while Pam's would be Clark, the lactation consultant.
Pam tells Jim, "F**k you," and than later sticks up the middle finger.

Trivia

Pam has been pregnant for over ten months.
Pam and Jim have a blog for their baby and update it regularly. Their blog was once used for their wedding updates, at which time Pam was only five months pregnant.
Jenna Fischer's fiancee, Lee Kirk played the lactation consultant for Pam.
"Cecilia" is the name of Jenna Fisher's niece, who was born during the filming of the episode. "Marie" is Jenna Fischer's middle name.

Cultural References

Jim and Pam try to delay checking into the hospital due to the rules of their HMO, short for health maintenance organization, an organization which companies use to manage their health care plans.
Andy performs The Evolution Of Dance, a YouTube phenomonon.
Burning Man is an annual counter-cultural event held in the Nevada desert, culminating in the burning of a giant wooden man.
A gourd is a plant similar to a squash, or pumpkin, or a hollowed out shell of a fruit used to drink or eat out of.
Diesel is a type of fuel used for diesel engines. Using it in gasoline engines is not recommended.
Fancy Feast is a type of cat food known especially for it's commercials.
Oktoberfest, or as Michael called it, "October Feast," is a 16-Day festival held in Germany and it is a very important part of Bavarian life, bringing many international visitors.
Meredith compares herself to actor George Clooney. Clooney has been romantically linked to many women but has stated that he has no intentions of ever getting married.
Kelly is disgusted by pictures of the placenta she finds on the Internet.
Erin recites the winners of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Julia Childs is a famous chef who wrote several cookbooks, and was featured in the movie Julie and Julia.
Twilight is a hit movie extremely popular, especially among teenage girls. There is, in fact, a Twilight Cookbook found on Amazon.

Connections to Previous Episodes

Dunder Mifflin's health care plan has undergone several changes. In the episode "Health Care", Dwight chooses a horrible health care plan for the office. In the Toby Wraparounds, Toby says that he changed it to an HMO. After being taken over by Sabre, the health care plan for the office almost certainly changed yet again.
Dwight's obsession with weapons once again appears.
Dwight screaming "A la, A la, A la..." when he doesn't want to hear something is from "The Duel," where Dwight doesn't want to listen to Andy, who is fighting for Angela along with him.
Fancy Feast has also been used on the show when Andy is trying to figure out what commercial song is, "Break me off a piece of that...," which Andy later finds out is Fancy Feast. ("Launch Party")
The teapot Jim gave Pam in Christmas Party can be seen in their kitchen (before Dwight remodels it).
Pam now has an iPod, replacing the Prism Durosport she received from Roy in "The Injury".
Dwight and Angela's meeting spot was last seen in "Weight Loss."

Quotes

For quotes see: The Delivery Quotes.

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting Cast

Guest Cast

Linda Purl as Helene Beesly
Nelson Franklin as Nick
Kelen Coleman as Isabel Poreba
James Urbaniak as Rolf
Anna Vocino as VO Operator
Sam Daly as Matt
Sean Davis as Reed
Lee Kirk as Clark (lactation consultant)
Keeshan Giles as Hospital Employee
Nicholas Daly Clark as Orderly #2

References

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 "'''The Delivery,'''" (Parts 1 & 2) is the sixteenth (and seventeenth) episode of the [[Season 6|sixth season]], and was a one-hour long episode. It aired on March 4, 2010 and was written by [[Danny Chun]], who wrote, "[[Murder]]," and [[Charlie Grandy]], who wrote "[[Double Date]]" and "[[Broke]]." It was directed by [[Harold Ramis]], who directed "[[Beach Games]]" and "[[Safety Training]]," and [[Seth Gordon]], who also directed "Double Date."
-The episode featured the highly anticipated birth of [[Jim]] and [[Pam]]'s baby.
+The episode featured the highly anticipated birth of [[Jim]] and [[Pam]]'s baby. <ref>http://www.officetally.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tv-guide-baby-1.jpg</ref>
 ==Synopsis==
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 * Creed explains that he is going to die because Pam and Jim's baby is going to be born, and the cycle of life is returning.
 * Jim says that Cameron Diaz would be the person he would hook up with if he could, while Pam's would be [[Clark]], the lactation consultant.
 * Pam tells Jim, "F**k you," and than later sticks up the middle finger.
 ==Trivia==
 * [[Pam]] has been pregnant for over ten months.