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S5.E1 ∙ Weight Loss

Wed, Sep 24, 2008

Michael tries to motivate the Scranton branch to lose weight as part of an interoffice competition. Jim is lost after Pam leaves for art school in New York, and Angela continues to see Dwight even though she is now engaged to Andy.

8.7 /10

S5.E2 ∙ Business Ethics

Wed, Oct 08, 2008

A confession at an H.R. business ethics seminar leads to a dispute between Michael and Holly over whether Meredith should be fired. Dwight tries to prove to Jim how long he can go without taking a personal break.

8.1 /10

S5.E3 ∙ Baby Shower

Wed, Oct 15, 2008

After planning an office baby shower for Jan, Michael is upset when he finds out that she had the baby without him--even though he's already been told that he's not the baby's father.

7.8 /10

S5.E4 ∙ Crime Aid

Wed, Oct 22, 2008

Michael and Holly have sex for the first time, and Michael holds a fundraiser for the office after it is burglarized. Dwight confides in Phyllis after Andy and Angela set a wedding date, and Jim runs into Pam's ex-fiancé, Roy.

7.9 /10

S5.E5 ∙ Employee Transfer

Wed, Oct 29, 2008

Holly is transferred back to New Hampshire after corporate discovers that she and Michael are dating. Dwight tries to apply to Cornell to get under Andy's skin. Jim's brothers and Pam decide to play a trick on Jim when they meet for lunch.

7.9 /10

S5.E6 ∙ Customer Survey

Wed, Nov 05, 2008

Dwight and Jim believe that something is suspicious about their low customer performance ratings. After consulting with Angela, Andy finds the perfect site for their wedding--Dwight's beet farm.

8.4 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Business Trip

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

David Wallace sends Michael on a business trip to Winnipeg to help him forget about Holly's transfer to Nashua, and Pam tells Jim that she failed a class and has to stay in New York City.

8 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Frame Toby

Wed, Nov 19, 2008

When Michael discovers that corporate has brought back Toby to replace Holly, he tries to frame him with drugs and to get him fired. Meanwhile, Pam has issues with the disgusting microwave. Finally, Jim surprises Pam by buying his parents' house.

8.5 /10

S5.E9 ∙ The Surplus

Wed, Dec 03, 2008

Michael has to spend the office surplus by they end of the day, but he can't decide between a copier or new chairs. Dwight plays a dirty trick on Angela and Andy as they prepare for their wedding on the beet farm.

8.6 /10

S5.E10 ∙ Moroccan Christmas

Wed, Dec 10, 2008

Phyllis blackmails Angela into doing the work for the Christmas party, which Michael turns into an intervention after Meredith gets drunk and sets her hair on fire. Meanwhile, Dwight corners the market on a popular Christmas gift.

8.2 /10

S5.E11 ∙ The Duel

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

Just before leaving for New York for a meeting with David Wallace, Michael tells Andy that Angela is having an affair with Dwight. Andy and Dwight then decide to have it out in the parking lot.

8.6 /10

S5.E12 ∙ Prince Family Paper

Wed, Jan 21, 2009

Michael's conscience gets the best of him after he and Dwight go undercover to scout a family-run competitor. Back at the office, everyone else spends the day debating whether Hilary Swank is hot.

7.8 /10

S5.E13 ∙ Stress Relief

Sat, Jan 31, 2009

Dwight's too-realistic fire alarm gives Stanley a heart attack. When he returns, Michael learns that he is the cause of Stanley's stress. To remedy the situation, he forces the office to throw a roast for him.

9.7 /10

S5.E14 ∙ Lecture Circuit: Part 1

Wed, Feb 04, 2009

While on lecture tour to other Dunder Mifflin branches, Michael and Pam discover that Jim's ex-girlfriend Karen is pregnant. At the office, Andy falls for a prospective client, and Jim and Dwight try to set up Kelly's birthday party.

8 /10

S5.E15 ∙ Lecture Circuit: Part 2

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

Michael and Pam go to Nashua and discover that Holly has a new boyfriend. At the office, Jim and Dwight try to come up with a theme for Kelly's birthday party, and Angela gets a new cat.

8 /10

S5.E16 ∙ Blood Drive

Wed, Mar 04, 2009

Michael holds a lonely hearts party on Valentine's Day at the office, hoping that he will run into a woman he met earlier that day at a blood drive. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam have an awkward lunch with Phillis and Bob Vance.

7.8 /10

S5.E17 ∙ Golden Ticket

Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Michael asks Dwight to be the scapegoat for one of his business ideas that backfired badly on him. But when that idea has an unexpected positive upside, Dwight still takes the credit and Michael becomes furious.

8.5 /10

S5.E18 ∙ New Boss

Wed, Mar 18, 2009

Michael gets upset when he gets a new boss to act as a buffer between him and David Wallace, and he gets even more upset when he disbands the Party Planning Committee and cancels Michael's fifteenth anniversary party.

8.1 /10

S5.E19 ∙ Two Weeks

Wed, Mar 25, 2009

As Michael prepares to leave Dunder Mifflin, he announces that he will form his own paper company. Will anybody join him?

8.2 /10

S5.E20 ∙ Dream Team

Wed, Apr 08, 2009

Michael and Pam begin their first day at the Michael Scott Paper Company putting together the rest of the staff and trying to raise money.

8.1 /10

S5.E21 ∙ Michael Scott Paper Company

Wed, Apr 08, 2009

Tension and disillusionment begin to emerge as Michael, Pam, and Ryan move the Michael Scott Paper Company into a cramped "workspace" at the business park.

8.5 /10

S5.E22 ∙ Heavy Competition

Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Dwight chooses loyalty to Dunder Mifflin over loyalty to Michael, which leads to a bitter battle between Michael and Dwight over Dwight's accounts. Back at Dunder Mifflin, Jim pretends to confide in Andy.

8.5 /10

S5.E23 ∙ Broke

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

The Michael Scott Paper Company is gaining clients by offering lower prices than Dunder Mifflin, but is going broke in the process. However, Dunder Mifflin is losing clients to Michael, and is desperate to buy him out.

9.2 /10

S5.E24 ∙ Casual Friday

Wed, Apr 29, 2009

Michael returns to Dunder Mifflin and brings Ryan and Pam in as salespeople, but the existing salespeople demand that Michael return the clients they stole back to them. Meanwhile, some employees take the idea of Casual Friday too far.

8.1 /10

S5.E25 ∙ Cafe Disco

Wed, May 06, 2009

Michael tries to create a place to escape from work in the storage room that used to house the Michael Scott Paper Company, while Jim and Pam consider taking off and getting married that day.

8.7 /10

S5.E26 ∙ Company Picnic

Wed, May 13, 2009

Michael runs into Holly at the company picnic, and the two of them accidentally reveal that the Buffalo branch is closing during a comedy skit before corporate has made the announcement.

8.9 /10