After Pam's outburst at Beach Day, she and Jim had a talk and realized how much they both missed their friendship. Pam never regretted her speech she gave to Jim in front of the rest of the staff; in fact, she was happy that it only took her three years to summon the courage to say what was on her mind.
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It was time for the big interview at Corporate. Karen encouraged Jim to cut his hair so he didn't look so "homeless." Karen was leery of Pam ever since Beach Day and suggested she and Jim travel to New York a day before the interview for some romance. Jim was game.
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The staff was having fun giving Pam a hard time for Beach Day. Creed took note that he blogged all about it on his website, Creed Thoughts. Turned out that Ryan, in order to protect the web from Creed's brain, opened up a Word document and just told Creed it was a spot to blog.
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Dwight was feeling the power after Michael named him the new Regional Manager. Angela became hot with the thought of Dwight in charge of the Scranton branch. But, she cooled down fast in order to protect the secrecy of their relationship. Meanwhile, Michael thought he already got the corporate job and sold his condo on eBay and was ready to move to New York.
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After the awkward break-up with Jan, Michael was shocked to see her stop by the branch. For back-up, Michael asked the ladies to gather in the conference room. Before the gathering, Karen asked Pam to run some sales report copies for her and Jim's respective interviews and Pam told Karen she secretly hoped she got the job at Corporate. Karen replied with a glare.
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Jan asked Michael for a second chance. When Michael didn't know what to say, she brought out the big guns. Michael became a bumbling idiot after staring at Jan's huge new breasts. In fact, everybody in the office noticed her huge assets. In the end, Michael took Jan back.
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Michael left the Scranton branch to head to New York for his interview at Corporate. He said good-bye to the Scranton branch one last time and played Natalie Merchant's "Thank You" as he left the building. Immediately after, Dwight took over as Regional Manager and put his name on Michael's office door.
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Jim and Karen had some serious talks during their night out in New York. The next morning, they met with Michael at Corporate headquarters for their interviews. Michael appeared over-confident, but was shocked to learn the job he was interviewing for was to replace Jan at Corporate.
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Dwight was making some pretty big changes as new Regional Manager of the Scranton branch, starting with making Andy his number two. Dwight introduced the staff to the "Schrutebuck," a reward each person will get when they do a good job.
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Michael immediately told Jan about her imminent firing. She became furious and demanded that David tell her why. When he gave her reasons for her dismissal, she refused to leave the building. Michael was forced to stay neutral during the blow-out. But it was too late - it was decided Michael didn't get the job.
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After finding out Michael didn't get the job, he offered to drive an erratic Jan home. Michael offered to take his condo back off eBay and have Jan move in with him. She loved the idea. She called their relationship her new full-time job. Michael all of a sudden became very, very worried. But first he had to tell everyone at Scranton that he was back!
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Jim's interview with Corporate was going very well and he was getting happier with the thought of getting the job. He glanced down to his folder and saw a sweet note from Pam that threw him off guard a bit. When asked about what he liked most about Scranton, Jim smiled and replied, "the friendships".
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Pam was pretty sure Jim got the job at Corporate. Meanwhile, Jim was thinking back to conversations with Pam at Beach Day as he was driving back to Scranton. As Pam was talking about their missed timings, Jim walked in and asked Pam out on a date. Overjoyed, she agreed. Meanwhile, it was Ryan who really got the job at Corporate.
Jim broke up with Karen and she left the Scranton branch soon after. He made it very clear he was single and looking. Meanwhile, Pam was happy to have Jim back in her life as a friend and admitted the two had gone to dinner a few times to discuss relationships, in general. Though Kevin was convinced that they were definitely hooking-up on the down low.
Michael came clean at the office, admitting he ran over Meredith but she was going to be fine. Dwight tried to make Michael feel better by saying "it was only Meredith". The new Corporate "wonder kid", Ryan, was trying to find a way to smooth things over so Dunder Mifflin couldn't get sued for Michael's accident.
Pam organized a visit to go see Meredith at the hospital. Michael brought balloons but pulled Meredith's IV out in the process of delivering them. Michael really wanted Meredith to forgive him in front of the staff. She refused.
After Angela tearfully announced the death of her cat, Sprinkles, Michael became convinced the entire office was cursed. He held a philosophical meeting in the conference room to discuss beliefs and religions, much to Toby's dismay.
After work, Pam pulled out of the parking lot and avoided any contact with Kevin who was hiding in his car, in hopes of catching her with Jim. After driving a couple of blocks up the road, she met Jim on the street and he got in the car and greeted her with a kiss.
Angela was concerned about Dwight's lack of sympathy over the death of Sprinkles. She decided to confide in Pam. Angela dropped a bombshell when confessing that she thought Dwight murdered Sprinkles since he was the last one with the cat.
Michael discovered Meredith would have had to go to the hospital anyway because of her encounter with a bat quite some time ago. In honor of Meredith, Michael decided to organize a 5k fun run to bring attention to rabies. While getting ready in his office, Pam accidentally walked in and saw Michael in all of his natural glory and later told Jim the image would forever be burned in her brain.
As Pam was preparing to race in the fun run, she had a nasty encounter with Jan, who accused Pam of wanting Michael. Before the race began, Michael gave a speech about the dangers of rabies. Then he presented a stripper with a giant check for 300 dollars for rabies awareness. Michael failed to mention he spent 200 dollars on the giant check and another 260 dollars on the stripper receiving the check.
As Dwight and Angela ran the fun run together, he confessed that he gently put Sprinkles out of her misery. Angela was devastated. Meanwhile, Michael was feeling the effects of his carbo-loading that he did minutes before the race. Pam and Jim decided to fall in last place and take in an estate sale, and Oscar, Creed, and Stanley decided to take a cab to a local restaurant and get drinks instead of run.
Toby finished first in the fun run, only to find nobody was as excited as he was. Meanwhile, Pam and Jim encountered Michael who was sidelined with pain. He felt if he couldn't complete the run, he couldn't beat rabies. Pam and Jim tried their best to get him back in the race! He was determined to finish, if not for himself, then for Meredith.
After the race, Michael puked his guts out, but not his heart. He was later placed in the hospital for dehydration, where Meredith came to visit and tell him she was no longer upset because of all the work Michael had done in Meredith's name.
