Novak also stars.ДЄn attractive woman arrives at the office to sell purses and causes furtive glances from male staff members who vie for her attention. During the game, Jim (John Krasinski) shows off to impress Pam (Jenna Fischer), whose fiancГ© is on the opposing team. Overly confident about his team's ability, Michael trash-talks his opponents and he makes a bet - the losing team has to work Saturday. Michael (Steve Carell) and select members of the office staff prepare for a game of basketball against the workers in the warehouse. Michael tops everyone's donation by offering twenty-five dollars - not realizing the donation is per mile - and tries to back track on his generous offer. Elsewhere, Oscar (Oscar Nunez) collects pledges for his nephew's cerebral palsy charity walk. Meanwhile, Dwight (Rainn Wilson) asks Jim (John Krasinski) to form a 'Survivor'-type alliance so they can protect themselves during the upcoming downsizing. As the birthday card for Meredith (Kate Flannery) makes the rounds in the office, Michael struggles to pen the funniest birthday message. Novak also stars.ДЄmid the rumors of downsizing, Michael (Steve Carell) tries to raise employee morale with a birthday party, despite the fact that the closest birthday is a month away. Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) jokingly create fake illnesses only to infuriate Dwight. Delighted with his new position of power, Dwight takes over the conference room as his new 'office' and manages to offend everyone by asking staff members to divulge their private medical history. When Corporate wants Michael (Steve Carell) to pick a cheaper health plan for his employees, rather than lose popularity points with his staff, he shirks the responsibility and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) happily accepts the task. Meanwhile, Jim (John Krasinski) is not having a good day after losing his biggest yearly commission to Dwight (Rainn Wilson). Brown has a staff member reenact one of Michael's past indiscretions, Michael, not satisfied with the consultant's workshop, decides to hold his own racial teach-in later that afternoon. Brown (guest star Larry Wilmore), arrives to teach a seminar on racial tolerance and diversity in the workplace, Michael implies that it was his idea while in reality his offensive behavior necessitated the training.

Meanwhile sales rep Jim (John Krasinski) spars with his irritating nemesis Dwight (Rainn Wilson), and flirts with office receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), until they are all forced to consider what their options are if there is downsizing.

Making a characteristically bad leadership decision, Michael decides not to tell his staff, but the information quickly leaks. Then, worse, his supervisor from the corporate office tells him that his branch may be downsized. When a documentary crew comes to the offices of Dunder Mifflin to observe the employees and learn about modern management, manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) tries to paint a happy picture of his domain, but his jokes keep falling flat. The Office: An American Workplace (Pilot) Anyone who has ever worked in a 'team' environment can appreciate the humor and suffering of the Dunder-Mifflin staff and The Office. During the six episodes of Season 1, Dunder-Mifflin tackles tough subjects including company layoffs, diversity initiatives, health care, and office alliances. His staff includes his dedicated-to-the-point-of-annoying assistant, Dwight Schrute, office receptionist Pam, and likable sales rep Jim. In his mind, he is their guru, their mentor, and their cool friend. Michael has no clue that his employees can barely tolerate him.

In this first season, Dunder-Mifflin Regional Manager, Michael Scott (Carell) leads the documentary team and his staff on a journey through inappropriate behavior, well-intentioned but misguided comments and a myriad of poor management techniques. Told through the lenses of a documentary film crew, The Office exposes the humorous and often foolish events at Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) stars in this sitcom based on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's award-winning comedy.

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