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Season 3

Gay Witch Hunt-Michael outs Oscar's homosexuality on accident. After being berated by Jan for doing this, Michael attempts to host his own homosexuality seminar, similar to the racial tolerance seminar that has already taken place. Meanwhile, at the Stamford, Connecticut branch of Dunder Mifflin, Jim tries to adjust to his new life with his new co-workers Andy and Karen.

The Convention-Josh and Jim from Dunder Mifflin Stamford, as well as Michael and Dwight from Dunder Mifflin Scranton leave for Philadelphia for the annual office supply convention. Michael, angry at both Jim for leaving the Scranton branch, as well as Josh for being better than him, tries to one-up both Jim and Josh at every opportunity.And Michael also tries to throw a party, one that only Jim shows up for and tells him that Pam was the reason he left. Meanwhile, Kelly sets up Pam on a double date with one of her friends, only to lead to a horrible night.

The Coup-Michael's managerial tactics lead Angela and Dwight to conspire to take his job. Dwight meets with Jan, who listens to Dwight's propositions, and later calls to inform Michael that his own employees are conspiring against him. Michael informs Dwight that Jan has promoted him to regional manager in an attempt to make Dwight confess, until Dwight finally admits to going behind Michael's back. Meanwhile, at Dunder Mifflin Stamford, Josh's managerial tactics include playing Call of Duty as a team-building exercise. Unfortunately, Jim is horrible at the game.

Grief Counseling-Michael learns that his former boss Ed Truck was killed, being decapitated in an car accident. While mourning, Michael learns that a bird was killed by running into a window earlier that morning, and he decides to have a funeral later in the day for the bird, which dwight tries to use a Mountian Dew can as a coffin. Meanwhile, at Dunder Mifflin Stamford, Jim and Karen embark on a quest to search for potato chips.

Initiation-Dwight decides to take Ryan out to the Schrute Familiy Beet Farm for an initiation session, which includes wrestling "fear" who is Mose, and getting into a coffin, before his first sales call. The initiation, involving odd styles of hazing, which includes wrestling "fear" who is Mose, and getting into a coffin, angers Ryan, who then leaves. Back at the office, many of the employees are overjoyed, as it is Free-Pretzel Day, when each of the employees in the building receive free pretzels from the pretzel vendor downstairs, from who Michael gets the "works" on his and becomes very hyper.

Diwali-Kelly invites the staff to a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light. At the festival, Michael is inspired by his conversation with Kelly's parents over Hindu marriage customs, and makes a proposal to his girlfriend Carol, with whom he attended the celebration, whom is dressed like a cheerleader because Michael told her it was a costume party. Carol awkwardly denies it, and leaves. Then, in Stamford, Jim, Andy, and Karen stay late to do sales figures, which ends up with a drunk Jim being driven home by Karen.

Branch Closing-Jan informs Michael that the Dunder Mifflin board has voted to close the Scranton branch, and for the Stamford branch to absorb the remains of Scranton. Michael, upset over this news, announces this to the employees, who begin to debate their futures. To try to save Scranton, Michael and Dwight depart to the company CFO's home, but discover that he isn't there. While Jan is telling Josh and Jim in Stamford of the decision, Josh announces that he is leaving Dunder Mifflin. Jan then confers with corporate, and decides that the Scranton branch will instead absorb Stamford, and Jim will be the new Assistant Regional Manager. Michael and Dwight are informed of the news, believing that it was due to their actions.

The Merger-Due to Dunder Mifflin Stamford's closing, six members of the staff: Jim, Karen, Andy, Martin, Tony, and Hannah, move and takes jobs in Scranton. Michael shows an introductory video to the new combined staff, which is Lazy Scranton. But various members of the two groups soon realize that they have disagreements, both professionally and socially. Michael's attempts to successfully unite the two branches lead to Tony quitting. An angry Michael instead fires him, Which was Dwights idea to prove a sort of dominance, requiring the company to pay Tony a severance.

The Convict-Michael learns that Martin, one of the former Stamford employees, is a former criminal. The staff learns that his time was spent in a white-collar prison with big-screen TV, college studies, and art classes, and begins to wonder if Martin's prison is better than Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Michael then gives a presentation on the miseries of prison, with most of his ideas fueled from television prisons, after this doesn't work he locks everyone in the confrance room. At the end of the day, Martin decides to quit.

A Benihana Christmas-Christmas time at the office leads to depression for Michael, when his girlfriend Carol breaks up with him, after he photoshops his head on to the head of Carol's Ex-husband, when they were on a ski trip with there kids. Michael, Andy, Dwight, and Jim then go to a local Benihana's, or the asian Hooters, where both Michael and Andy find dates with two of the restaurant's waitresses. Back at the office, Karen and Pam decide to create their own Christmas party. When the majority of the office decide to go to Karen and Pam's party, Angela becomes upset, and seeing this, Karen and Pam decide to combine the parties. Soon after, Michael and Andy's dates leave them, but Michael nevertheless finds someone to go to Jamaica with him. Whom shall it be?

Back from Vacation-Michael returns from Jamaica, announcing that he went with Jan. When he tries to send a racy picture to Todd Packer, he inadvertently sends it to someone else, and soon the picture is spread throughout the entire company, angering Jan. Then, Jim and Karen have an argument over moving into an apartment together, until Pam mediates a solution between them. Although she appears to be happy, it is later discovered that she was crying after the day ended when Dwight helps her out.

Traveling Salesman-Dwight arrives late for an early morning meeting, where Michael announces that the members of the sales staff are teaming up for sales calls, in an Amazing Race type challenge. Meanwhile, Kevin announces to Angela that their sales reports weren't mailed to New York, but Angela assures him that the problem was handled. When the teams return, Andy, intent on making Dwight look bad so he can take his position as Number Three, discovers that Dwight's morning tardiness was due to delivering the reports to New York for his girlfriend Angela. Dwight, instead of revealing their relationship, resigns his position, and takes a job at Staples.

The Return-Oscar's return from his vacation prompts Michael to host a Mexican-themed party. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam steal Andy's phone, and repeatedly call it, playing his homemade ring tone over and over. Andy begins to anger more and more each time the tone is played, eventually punching a hole in the wall. Michael, distraught over Dwight's resignation in the last episode, leaves and confronts him at Staples, inviting him back to Dunder Mifflin. The episode ends with Andy entering into anger management.

Ben Franklin-The women of the office decide to hold a bridal shower for Phyllis, while the men decide to hold a bachelor's party for her groom-to-be, Bob Vance. After being convinced to hire a stripper for both the men and the women's parties by Todd Packer, he orders Jim and Dwight to choose the strippers. For the men's party, Dwight hires a stripper, while for the womens party, Jim hires a Ben Franklin impersonator who works for schoolastik. When both parties end badly, Jim's fun is stopped when Pam asks Ryan to set her up with one of his business school friends.

Phyllis' Wedding-Phyllis lets Michael be a part of her wedding in return for allowing her to take extra time off of work for her honeymoon. Michael attempts to dominate the festivities, he tries to push Phyllis' dad down the aisle, but then he shows that he can walk instead and Michael acts as the host of their reception. Pam is dismayed by Phyllis' use of Pam's ideas for her and Roy's wedding. Despite attending the wedding with Karen, Jim shows subtle concern when Roy and Pam reunite.

Business School-For extra credit, Ryan invites Michael to his business school as a guest speaker. Michael's speech goes badly; he believes that his purpose is to teach the class about business, which he knows very little about. Michael grows angry with Ryan when he discovers that Ryan said that Dunder Mifflin would be out of business in a few years. Meanwhile, a bat is found in the office, and Jim pranks Dwight by pretending to be turning into a vampire, and Dwight decides to take things into his own hands and catches the bat. In the evening, Pam's art show goes badly, until Michael comes and in sincere moment, buys one of Pam's paintings to hang in the office.

The Negotiation-Roy tries to attack Jim, but Dwight sprays Roy with pepper spray, saving Jim. Jim then spends the rest of the day trying to thank Dwight, who refuses to accept any of his gifts. Because of the attack, Pam ends her relationship with Roy for good. Meanwhile, Michael, Toby, and Darryl leave for New York for Michael to get a raise from corporate. They ultimately succeed, and return to Scranton, where Toby then forces Dwight to turn in all of his hidden weapons.

Product Recall-Papers are sent out from Dunder Mifflin Scranton with an watermark that is really obscene that left by a disgruntled ex-employee, throwing the business into panic. Creed, who is the Quality Assurance Officer didn't take teh time to do his job, and thus could've stopped the distribution of the watermark, is able to save his job by framing a warehouse employee. Jim and Andy visit a local high school in an attempt to save their account, only to discover that Andy's girlfriend, who he thought was in college, is actually a high school student.

Beach Games-Dunder Mifflin CFO calls and informs Michael that he is a candidate for an opening position in the corporate office in New York. Believing himself the obvious choice for the job, Michael goes about the task of choosing a successor. At the annual beach games, which Toby is not a part of, Michael forces the workers to compete in challenges to determine his successor. Meanwhile, Jim and Karen call David to ask to interview for the position. At the end of the day, Pam empowers herself, and opens up with her colleagues, especially Jim, on how she feels about their actions, after she walks across hot coals.