The Merger

Season 3 Episode 8 Summary

This summary covers the events of The Office episode 8 season 3 today. The Merger is a great episode like every other episode of the show. Remember to click the camera button next to quotes to generate images for social media.

The Stamford branch finally closes its doors and all the staff move to the Scranton office. Jim Halpert returns to his old desk and sees Pam Beesly for the first time in months. Michael Scott feels very excited to lead this much larger group of people today.

He brings in new faces from the Stamford branch to join the Scranton team today. These new staff members include:

• Andy Bernard
• Karen Filippelli
• Tony Gardner

Michael wants to show off the city by playing a rap video called "Lazy Scranton." The video calls Scranton the Electric City and teaches the new staff about the town. The new staff members meet their coworkers during a long and strange breakfast meeting.

Michael tries to force the newcomers to sit on top of tables in the conference room. This goes poorly when Tony Gardner cannot climb up and quits his job right away. Michael refuses to let Tony quit and chooses to fire him instead.

This mistake means the company must pay Tony a lot of money to leave. Jan Levinson calls Michael later to tell him how much he messed up this task. Jim and Pam have a very awkward talk about their status as good friends.

Jim reveals he is now dating Karen, which leaves Pam feeling very hurt and sad. This moment changes how they treat each other for the rest of the year. Andy tries to win Michael over by copying his moves and saying his name often.

Dwight feels scared by Andy and tries to keep his spot as the top helper. They argue about their titles and their cars in the parking lot after work. Michael fakes a prank by letting the air out of his own staff's tires.

He hopes this fake attack will make the two groups finally work together. Jan names Jim as the new number two leader, which makes Dwight very upset.