You guys remember The Dinner Party right? The episode of the office where to loosely quote Jim "Michael and Jan seem to be having a contest to see who can make us more uncomfortable... and they're both winning." But unfortunately for Jim and Pam, this dinner party needed to happen... with all the parties present.
First off- let's talk about the timing of this episode. It happens right after Jan's lawsuit against Dunder Mifflin in which Michael is caught in the middle... not knowing whether to side with his girlfriend Jan or with the company that has been good to him for years. In the end... the Company ends up winning- which 1) Makes sense because Jan was fired because she's crazy- not because she got a boob job 2) The Company would have probably went bankrupt if Jan had won... and Michael would be out of a job... and Jan would have broken up with him and he would have lost a lot of money. And he was nice enough to let Jan move in with him after Dunder Mifflin fired her! He even took a second job at one point because she wasn't making any money! Michael was good to Jan! He deserved better!
Anyway- so... tensions were high in the Scott/ Levinson household. And Michael needed to get out of that relationship.... so what did he do... He invited his friends to a dinner party.
And sure Dwight would have come over whenever- and if Michael had even told him he was having trouble with Jan- Dwight would have been there for him. Jan knew that- so she didn't want him to invite Dwight to the party. She said it would have to be couples only and they only have 6 wine glasses. Okay... Michael has Andy and Angela and Jim and Pam... Really I think he just needs Jim and Pam... but Andy and Angela would avoid suspicion.
Jim and Pam aren't easy people to get to your party though. Michael needed to ensure it-so he said that Corporate made them work late and then he "called" to cancel... but there was no corporate assignment to work late... so they now had no excuses to not go to the Dinner Party.
Michael and Jan weren't trying to be uncomfortable... that's just how they were together because Jan is crazy. And Michael needed Jim and Pam to see how she was treating him... and they did. And Jan kind of went crazier because of this and that's why they ended up breaking up.
That's probably not what really happened... Michael really loved Jan and she kind of idealized her. And really- the dinner party was probably Jan's idea because she wanted investors for Serenity by Jan and Michael asked Jim and Andy to invest... but maybe that's what Michel told Jan he was doing so that he could really just show them how bad it was for him... probably not though. Michael isn't smart enough for that and he really was too sweet to do that to Jan.
That is however what we had to see to really see what Michael and Jan's home life was like. And we did get small glimpses of it all through the season up to that point- but obviously this episode was where it all really came to light and I think that's why its so many people's favorite episode.
That's just what I think! Let me know what you think about it!
Bye!
-Shannon
-Shannon
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