The Office - Season 3

The season marked the move of main character Jim Halpert from Scranton to Stamford, and also introduced Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli, and Ed Helms as Andy Bernard—both members of Dunder Mifflin Stamford—as recurring characters. The main plot for the early episodes of the season deals with a recurring problem in seasons one and two—the problem of company downsizing—while in the last half of the season, inter-office relationships also became a major plot point.

23 Episodes

Gay Witch Hunt

Season 3 - Episode 1

When Michael unintentionally outs a gay employee, he stumbles through a sensitivity mine-field. Also, we find out what happened with Jim and...

The Convention

Season 3 - Episode 2

Kelly set Pam up on her first date since breaking up with Roy. She was very nervous. Michael tried giving her dating tips and told her she s...

The Coup

Season 3 - Episode 3

Michael had made it a point to have Movie Monday every week. He called the office into the conference room to watch a 30-minute installment ...

Grief Counseling

Season 3 - Episode 4

Jim felt awkward at the morning meeting when his boss put him charge of managing Karen and her responsibilities. The other co-workers looked...

Initiation

Season 3 - Episode 5

Dwight was very excited because he got to take Ryan on his first sales call. He couldn't wait to show Ryan how the sales are really done. Be...

Diwali

Season 3 - Episode 6

Michael was educating the entire staff about Diwali, the Hindu holiday that Kelly celebrated. Kelly had invited everybody from work to the c...

Branch Closing

Season 3 - Episode 7

Jan told Michael that the board had voted to close the Scranton branch. There would be a select group of employees that would get a severanc...

The Merger

Season 3 - Episode 8

The Scranton branch was getting ready for their new employees to arrive in from the defunct Stamford branch. Pam was especially excited to b...

The Convict

Season 3 - Episode 9

Angela and Kevin were trying to figure out where extra money in the budget came from. Jan let them know it was money Dunder-Mifflin received...

A Benihana Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 10

Michael was in the holiday spirit and couldn't wait to share in it with his girlfriend, Carol. He had bought two tickets to paradise, hoping...

Back from Vacation

Season 3 - Episode 11

Karen and Jim had their first big fight in the relationship. Karen had been living in a hotel since taking her job in Scranton. When she dec...

Traveling Salesmen

Season 3 - Episode 12

Michael decided to send his employees out into the field for sales calls. He paired himself up with Andy. He let the veterans choose who the...

The Return

Season 3 - Episode 13

Since Dwight's departure, Andy had been clinging to Michael. Andy's antics had been wearing very thin on his co-workers. In fact, Andy left ...

Ben Franklin

Season 3 - Episode 14

Michael celebrates Phyllis' wedding shower by bringing two adult performers into the office, a stripper and Ben Franklin. Meanwhile, Karen c...

Phyllis' Wedding

Season 3 - Episode 15

It was the day of Phyllis and Bob's wedding. Pam was upset because she noticed Phyllis had basically stolen Pam's ideas for her and Roy's wo...

Business School

Season 3 - Episode 16

Roy stopped by Pam's desk to let her know how excited he was to see her art show. She reminded him that it was just a small show being put o...

Cocktails

Season 3 - Episode 17

Michael was excited to be attending a party at his CFO's house. He carpooled with Dwight and was also looking forward to meeting Jan at the ...

The Negotiation

Season 3 - Episode 18

Roy paced in the parking lot outside Dunder-Mifflin and then charged the building looking for Jim. When he spots Jim and rushed him, only to...

Safety Training

Season 3 - Episode 19

Andy was back to work, fresh from anger management training. He insisted on being called Drew, even though Jim continued to call him Andy ju...

Product Recall

Season 3 - Episode 20

Michael was in crisis mode at Dunder-Mifflin when a disgruntled employee at the paper mill put an obscene watermark on one of their most pop...

Women's Appreciation

Season 3 - Episode 21

Phyllis walked into the office looking pale and shocked. A concerned staff surrounded her for comfort. She told them she had been flashed in...

Beach Games

Season 3 - Episode 22

Michael was shocked when he received a call from Corporate wanting him to interview for a position. Michael was happy, but he also had other...

The Job

Season 3 - Episode 23

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 s...