After reading an article about China growing as a global power, Michael decides China must be stopped before they take over the US. Everyone in the office complains about Dwight’s building standards and Pam threatens to move Dunder Mifflin to a new building.

Michael tries to save Ryan’s company by encouraging co-workers to invest. Meanwhile, Dwight has big plans for the office at Thanksgiving.

An ostracized Michael does all he can to sabotage Gabe’s party while Angela requests sex from Dwight.

Pam and Jim prepare for Cece’s baptism. When Cece goes missing, Jim fears Angela has taken her.

When Darryl takes an idea to corporate over his head, Michael freaks out. Everyone in the office is in a competitive mood as the Halloween costume contest gets underway. Meanwhile, Pam tries to get the truth out of Danny about their dating history.

When a competing sales associate steals a Dunder Mifflin client, Michael, Jim and Dwight decide to set up a sting to find out his sales secrets. Andy decides to start a band after finding out a friend from college has a successful music career.

Michael, believing he has herpes, contacts all his ex-girlfriends, including Jan and Holly. Andy tries to play on Erin’s compassionate side by holding a sex education meeting for the office.

Andy invites the entire office to his community theater production of Sweeney Todd in hopes that Erin will attend. Michael tries to put his jealousy aside and enjoy the performance while Jim and Pam struggle with their incompetent babysitter.

Corporate assigns Michael to counseling with Toby. Dwight vows revenge on the Steamtown Mall after a shop owner snubs him. Meanwhile, Pam conspires to change her job title.

Michael refuses to fire the new office assistant after everyone complains about his bad attitude. Andy plays it cool after Erin shows interest in another man. Meanwhile, Pam tries to impress Jim by pulling an office prank of her own.

The press finds out that Sabre’s printers catch on fire. Jo shows up to the office in hopes of finding out who the whistleblower is. Everyone suspects Andy, who adamantly denies he leaked the information.

Michael is surprisingly cheerful after learning some bad news about Donna. The new parents, Pam and Jim, have trouble staying awake in the office. Meanwhile, Angela takes matters into her own hands when Dwight refuses to honor their contract.

Michael suspects Donna is cheating on him and puts P.I. Dwight Schrute on the case. Meanwhile, Andy is frustrated when no one takes his customer’s complaint seriously.

Pam and Jim work on their first sales pitch together to Donna, the manager of a local restaurant. But Michael keeps misreading the signals she’s putting out. Meanwhile, Dwight encourages Kelly to try out for the minority training program.

Andy pulls out all the stops to give Erin a memorable Secretary’s Day. Michael reluctantly takes Erin out to lunch and lets slip about Andy’s relationship with Angela. Meanwhile, Oscar circulates a video he created that compares Kevin’s voice to Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster.

Michael gets kicked out of the bar when he pulls out all the stops to impress a friend of Jim and Pam’s. Meanwhile, Andy and Erin do their best to keep their relationship under wraps. Dwight rethinks his pre-natal contract with Angela.

When the sales staff lets Sabre’s new “sales is king” policy get to their heads, Michael hides their new, prized leads.

Michael thinks he impressed Jo only to discover someone else in the office caught her eye. Meanwhile, Dwight makes trouble on Jim’s first day back from paternity leave. Andy and Erin have an interesting first date.

Pam’s contractions begin but she and Jim are determined to wait it out as long as possible so they can have more time at the hospital. The rest of the office crew tries to distract Pam from the pain with food and entertainment. Back at the office, Erin makes Andy jealous when she has lunch with Kevin.

Pam’s contractions begin but she and Jim are determined to wait it out as long as possible so they can have more time at the hospital. Meanwhile the rest of the office tries to distract Pam from the pain with food and entertainment.

Sabre’s CEO wants the Scranton branch to have one manager, and Michael voluntarily steps down and lets Jim become the boss when he finds out that salespeople make more money. However, he soon comes to regret the decision.

Michael hates the changes that Dunder Mifflin’s new owner is implementing, so he turns to David Wallace for advice. Jim and Pam find the perfect day care center, but Jim’s mistake threatens to ruin the interview.

A banker representing a potential buyer comes to the Scranton branch to interview the H.R. department before the sale goes through.

Michael gets upset when Jim promises Phyllis that she can be the office Santa, but the office Christmas party may be overshadowed by some bad news from David Wallace.

“Scott’s Tots” is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 112th episode overall. It was written by Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg and directed by B. J. Novak, marking his directorial debut on the network series. It aired in the United States on NBC on December 3, 2009. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg submitted this episode for the 2010 Emmys.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Michael Scott and Erin Hannon meet “Scott’s Tots”, a group of local teenagers whose college tuition was promised in one of Michael’s grand delusions ten years prior. Meanwhile, in Michael’s absence, Dwight Schrute convinces Jim Halpert to start an employee-of-the-month program with the intention of sabotaging Jim.

Michael speaks out of line at the Dunder Mifflin shareholders meeting and creates a big problem for management, while Jim discovers that nobody in the office thinks he’s the “real” boss.

“Murder” is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 110th episode overall. It was written by Daniel Chun and directed by Greg Daniels. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company on November 12, 2009. The episode guest stars Andy Buckley as David Wallace, although he only appears via the phone.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, rumors spread that Dunder Mifflin is in financial trouble, so Michael Scott tries to distract the office by having everyone play a murder mystery game called Belles, Bourbon, and Bullets. Meanwhile, Andy Bernard uses the game as a way to ask out Erin, but fears he may have asked out Erin’s character, instead of Erin herself.

“Murder” was the first entry in the series written by Chun, and was his first script for the series. The episode also was the inception of two major story arcs, the first being the season-long arc of Dunder Mifflin going out of business and its purchase by the printer company Sabre in the episode of the same name, and the second being the budding romance between Andy and Erin. The episode scored a 4.2/10 rating share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, and was watched by 8.046 million viewers. The episode received largely positive reviews from critics, with many highlighting its purposeful ridiculousness.

“Double Date” is the 9th episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 109th episode overall. It was written by Charlie Grandy and directed by Seth Gordon. It originally aired on NBC on November 5, 2009.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Jim and Pam finally go on a double date with Michael and Pam’s mother Helene on Helene’s birthday, which takes a dark turn when Michael discovers just how old Helene is turning, and breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Dwight offers to do nice things for all the members of the office so that they will owe him a specific favor, but Andy ruins his plans.

“Koi Pond” is the 8th episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 108th episode overall. It was written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan and directed by Reggie Hudlin. It originally aired on NBC on October 29, 2009.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Michael and Jim head off to a meeting and Michael comes back soaked after having fallen in a koi pond. Meanwhile, Pam and Andy, as the two worst salesmen in the branch, have to go cold calling for sales.

“The Lover” is the 7th episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 107th episode overall. It was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Lee Eisenberg. It originally aired on October 22, 2009 on NBC.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Jim and Pam return from their honeymoon and discover that Michael is dating Pam’s mother, which infuriates her. Meanwhile, Dwight tries to install a recording device in Jim’s office, by giving him a wooden mallard as an apology for their long rivalry.

“Mafia” is the 6th episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show’s 106th episode overall and originally aired on October 15, 2009 on NBC.

The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Michael Scott becomes convinced that an insurance salesman visiting the office is a part of the mafia, and Dwight Schrute and Andy Bernard accompany Michael to a meeting with him. Meanwhile, Kevin Malone accidentally cancels Jim’s credit card, while Jim Halpert and Pam Halpert are on their honeymoon in Puerto Rico.

It was written by Brent Forrester and directed by David Rogers. “Mafia” received positive reviews from critics and was viewed by an estimated 8.03 million viewers and received a 4.1/10 in the 18-49 demographic.

The Dunder Mifflin staff head to Niagara Falls for Jim and Pam’s wedding, with the understanding that her pregnancy is a forbidden discussion topic, but Jim’s slip of the tongue prods Michael to attempt damage control.

The Dunder Mifflin staff head to Niagara Falls for Jim and Pam’s wedding, with the understanding that her pregnancy is a forbidden discussion topic, but Jim’s slip of the tongue prods Michael to attempt damage control.

David Wallace comes bearing the news that not all the staffers will receive a raise this year. Jim pushes Dwight to the limit and causes him to form office alliances. And Pam decides she wants only cash as a wedding gift.

Michael gets worried after a request from Jim, and Pam’s busy with wedding planning. Darryl’s worker’s compensation claim makes Dwight suspicious.

A few interns who stayed at Dunder-Mifflin over the summer end their internship. Michael announces some potentially damaging gossip about an employee to the rest of the office, then starts to spread false rumours about others to cover up what he has unwittingly revealed.

At the company picnic, Michael and Holly are reunited for the first time since their split. The rest of the staff competes in games, such as the volleyball tournament.

Michael decides to open a cafe-disco in his old office. Pam and Jim are planning a secret trip.