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1. Gay Witch Hunt
September 21, 2006
The Dunder Mifflin staff deals with some surprises around the office in the wake of Casino Night.
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2. The Convention
September 28, 2006
Michael, Dwight and Jan head to a major office supply convention in Philadelphia.
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3. The Coup
October 5, 2006
Fed up with Michael's antics in the office, Angela pushes Dwight to take action against him.
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4. Grief Counseling
October 12, 2006
Michael freaks out at the death of the former regional manager and forces the staff through grief counseling.
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5. Initiation
October 19, 2006
Dwight takes Ryan out for his first sales call and puts him through an outrageous series of tests along the way - script written by series star B.J. Novak.
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6. Diwali
November 2, 2006
Michael urges the entire office to support diversity by celebrating the Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights--script written by series star Mindy Kaling.
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7. Branch Closing
November 9, 2006
News of the Scranton branch shutdown leads the Dunder Mifflin's staff to dream of what their lives might be like away from the office.
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8. The Merger
November 16, 2006
The Scranton branch faces a surprising merger which forces the staff to cope with a variety of significant changes.
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9. The Convict
November 30, 2006
The office learns that one of the former Stamford branch employees is an ex-convict - episode written by British series creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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10. A Benihana Christmas-Parts 1 & 2
December 14, 2006
In a special one-hour holiday episode directed by Harold Ramis, strife on the party planning committee results in two competing Christmas parties, while Michael is dumped for the holidays.
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11. Back From Vacation
January 4, 2007
Michael returns from his Jamaican vacation as the office prepares for a night of inventory.
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12. Traveling Salesmen
January 11, 2007
Michael has the sales staff pair up and venture out into the field - directed by Executive Producer Greg Daniels.
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13. The Return
January 18, 2007
The office celebrates Oscar's return to Dunder Mifflin.
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14. Ben Franklin
February 1, 2007
Michael celebrates Phyllis' wedding shower by bringing two adult performers into the office, a stripper and Ben Franklin.
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15. Phyllis' Wedding
February 8, 2007
While the office gets ready for Phyllis's big day, an important task appointed to Michael goes embarrassingly wrong.
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16. Business School
February 15, 2007
Michael is invited to be a guest speaker at Ryan's business school while back at the office, Dwight goes batty trying to catch a bat.
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17. Cocktails
February 22, 2007
Michael and Jan make their relationship public during a party, Jim meets Karen's ex and the staff goes to happy hour for drinks.
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18. The Negotiation
April 5, 2007
Salary negotiations drive Michael to think about his own pay.
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19. Safety Training
April 12, 2007
For safety-training day at Dunder-Mifflin, Michael and Dwight attempt to expose all workplace dangers to the staff.
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20. Product Recall
April 26, 2007
The staff goes into crisis mode after a shipment of paper goes out with an obscene watermark.
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21. Women's Appreciation
May 3, 2007
Outrage breaks out in the office after Phyllis gets an unexpected eyeful from a flasher.
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22. Beach Games
May 10, 2007
Michael is being considered for a position in Corporate and has to recommend his replacement.
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23. The Job
May 17, 2007
In the season finale, the office is still buzzing from the events of their day at the beach. A job opening in Corporate pits coworker against coworker as Michael, Jim and Karen all head to New York for final interviews.
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Synopsis: Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") stars in this half-hour sitcom based on the award-winning British comedy of the same name. Told through the lenses of a documentary film crew, "The Office" exposes the humorous and often foolish events at Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company.
This review is from: The Office Season 3 (Amazon Instant Video)
I've never been the boldest of persons. And that's probably true, to be honest, of most people. Even people who have pretty assertive personalities and who seem pretty ambitious career-wise are often playing things safe, keeping to the sure and secure path. I've always thought that that is one of the things that works about The Office (at least when it's at it's best). It's about that cycle we get trapped within, where we sacrifice all of our lives at work doing something that we don't love and that doesn't make a lot of sense. And doing it with people we don't like that much and doing it for supervisors who seem to have succeeded simply by nature of their mindlessness that keeps them unaware of how absurd everything is and keeps them from threatening or questioning the people above them. The Office has always been pretty good about pointing out all of those absurdities, and sometimes the despair, and at finding little glints of grace that are potentially present anyway.
I think I fell in love with "Beach Games," in a pretty irrational way, because Pam in it shows such courage and grace. Pretty well everyone in this episode is trapped in some way, by something. Pam cannot stand up against Michael's directive to write down what everyone is doing during Beach Day. Toby cannot confront Michael's order to stay at the office during the holiday from work. Angela and Dwight are clearly in love, but they cannot declare so openly to the other members of the office. Michael cannot muster the courage to walk through the hot coals. Andy cannot get out of the lake he's fallen into. All of them are caught up in the absurd workplace situation with Michael as boss. Each of the characters in The Office is trapped in a circumstance that is keeping them from freedom and happiness, and none of them seems to have the courage it takes to break out. Except Pam, of course, finally. I won't give the ending away, but Pam is able to finally be assertive and declare what she wants. I remember going through a period of time when that moment really resonated with me, and I'd watch the episode over and over again. This is The Office at its best, both in its story-arc and thematically, one of the moments of the show when they really put together something meaningful.
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