Karen and Jim had recently hit a rough patch in their relationship. For five nights straight, they were ending their evenings with long conversations about their future. While at the office, Karen surprised Jim with a giant embrace and Pam looked on.
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Todd Packer showed up at the office and caused chaos everywhere he went. He immediately took a liking to Karen, until he found out she was Jim's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Michael took Todd aside and pleaded with him to show up to the bachelor party he was throwing for Bob Vance.
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Todd convinced Michael to hire strippers for Bob's bachelor party and Phyllis' bachelorette party. Michael went along with the plan. Jim was in charge of hiring the male stripper, while Dwight was busy hiring the female stripper. Meanwhile, Ryan and Michael were out buying "adult" themed presents for the party.
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Instead of a strip club, Jim called the Scholastic Speakers of Pennsylvania. Jim ordered an actor to play Ben Franklin for Phyllis' party. Angela was quite entertained with the man's portrayal of the inventor, while the rest of the ladies quietly drank champagne and stewed. The party really got started when the women started asking tantalizing questions to "Ben Franklin."
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Karen got Pam alone and wanted to tell her she knew about the kiss that her and Jim once shared. Karen let her know she wasn't bothered, but wanted to know if Pam was still interested in Jim. Pam was confused by the question, but made it clear that she wasn't into Jim and that he and Karen were the much better couple.
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The stripper showed up for Bob's bachelor party. Nobody wanted to partake in the activities, so Michael volunteered for a lap dance. His mood changed when he realized he had a girlfriend. He put an end to the party. Afterwards, Dwight put the stripper to work at the front desk. He paid for three hours and he wanted three hours of work.
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After both parties everyone went back to work and "Ben Franklin" started to put the moves on Pam. Meanwhile, Michael tried to get some advice from the stripper about what he should tell Jan when it came to the lap dance. So Michael came clean with Jan, who was more disappointed that he had a stripper in the office.
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Ryan and Kelly were giving Pam a hard time, about "Ben Franklin" hitting on her, in front of Jim. Jim ribbed her a bit for fun, as well. She cut them all off and told Ryan that she was ready to be set up with any of Ryan's business school friends as Jim just quietly looked on.
Michael was excited to be attending a party at his CFO's house. He carpooled with Dwight and was also looking forward to meeting Jan at the party. Jan wanted to spend a night alone with Michael, but he thought it was important to come out as a couple to all of their co-workers.
Pam invited Roy to an office happy hour but he wanted to get hammered with his brother, instead. She told him if he wanted to be her boyfriend, he had to do more boyfriend things and that meant hanging out with her more outside of work. He agreed. She later confessed that old Pam was gone in exchange for a new honest Pam.
Jan met with Michael outside before going to the party. She wanted Michael to sign papers stating that he would not sue the company if their relationship ended. Michael signed the papers and screamed at the top of his lungs how much he loved Jan. She made it clear that she never said it back.
Jim took Karen as a date to the party. Karen alerted Jim that one of her ex-boyfriend's was also at the party and warned him the relationship didn't end well. She later confessed to Jim that she started dating the man while he was only separated from his wife.
While the upper management were at the CFO's party, the rest of the office crew were playing drinking games at the local bar. Creed was very popular at the bar and later confessed he ran a small fake I.D. business inside his home and that's how all the teenagers knew him.
Jan was becoming more and more embarrassed of Michael talking about their relationship in the open. She took him aside to chastise him, but instead let passion take over and began making out with him and lead him to the bathroom. But he stopped her from having sex with him because he felt it was an inappropriate place. She left angrily.
Jim was becoming increasingly annoyed with Karen's flirting with other men. He decided to take the CFO up on his offer to shoot baskets outside. Karen took Jim aside and had him convinced she had a thing with every guy at the party. She broke out laughing and told him she was only joking.
Toby had spent half the night trying to win a stuffed animal for Pam, only to have her give the stuffed animal back for Toby's daughter. Later on, she told Roy that she wanted a fresh start with no secrets. She confessed to Roy that she kissed Jim on casino night. He got furious and started smashing things. Pam called their relationship over. Roy later vowed to kill Jim.
Jan didn't like the fact that Michael had gone public with their relationship. She missed it when they were secret lovers and told him it wasn't working out. Michael started to tear up and told her he wanted the house and picket fence with her. She later apologized and said she didn't mean what she had said.
