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The Best Episodes of The Office Season 3

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The Best Episodes of The Office Season 3

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

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  1. 9.2/10(8.6k votes)

    #1 - The Job

    S3:E23

    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 speech she gave to Jim in front of the rest of the staff; in fact, she was happy that it only took her three years to summon the courage to say what was on her mind.

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  2. 9.0/10(8.2k votes)

    #2 - Beach Games

    S3:E22

    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 things on his mind. Beach Day was coming up and he was taking the crew out for some fun in the sun. Not before reminding Toby he couldn't go because somebody had to stay in the office.

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  3. 8.9/10(9.6k votes)

    #3 - Gay Witch Hunt

    S3:E1

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

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
  4. 8.9/10(7.7k votes)

    #4 - The Negotiation

    S3:E18

    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 get pepper sprayed in the eyes by Dwight, who managed to spray everybody around him, as well.

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  5. 8.8/10(7.9k votes)

    #5 - Business School

    S3:E16

    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 on by her art class. Pam later admitted she was very happy she was back together with Roy because it showed maturity. Jim feigns indifference to the reconciliation.

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  6. 8.7/10(7.4k votes)

    #6 - The Return

    S3:E13

    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 Jim actually wishing Dwight would come back.

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  8. 8.6/10(7.4k votes)

    #7 - The Merger

    S3:E8

    The Scranton branch was getting ready for their new employees to arrive in from the defunct Stamford branch. Pam was especially excited to be reunited with Jim. While, Michael was most concerned with impressing his new staff.

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  9. 8.6/10(7.7k votes)

    #8 - A Benihana Christmas

    S3:E10

    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 to whisk her away on a romantic vacation to Jamaica. Carol came by the office early to have a talk with Michael and it didn't go well.

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  10. 8.6/10(7.2k votes)

    #9 - Safety Training

    S3:E19

    Andy was back to work, fresh from anger management training. He insisted on being called Drew, even though Jim continued to call him Andy just to toy with him. Meanwhile, Dwight had decided to shun Andy for the next three years.

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    Director:Harold Ramis
    Writer:B.J. Novak
  11. 8.6/10(7.2k votes)

    #10 - Women's Appreciation

    S3:E21

    Phyllis walked into the office looking pale and shocked. A concerned staff surrounded her for comfort. She told them she had been flashed in the parking lot. Jim alerted the police and they already had three other incidents of flashing in the area. Michael didn't think much of it, because it was Phyllis.

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  12. 8.5/10(7.1k votes)

    #11 - Branch Closing

    S3:E7

    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 severance package; the others would be going to work at the Stamford branch. She informed Michael that he would be one who would get a severance package.

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  13. 8.5/10(7.0k votes)

    #12 - Back from Vacation

    S3:E11

    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 decided to live next door to Jim, he took it as the next step to living together and that was too fast. She was not pleased with his response.

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  14. 8.5/10(7.0k votes)

    #13 - Traveling Salesmen

    S3:E12

    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 they wanted their partners to be. Phyllis chose Karen, Stanley chose Ryan and that left Jim and Dwight paired together. This wasn't the first time Dwight and Jim had done sales calls together.

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  15. 8.5/10(7.0k votes)

    #14 - Product Recall

    S3:E20

    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 popular orders of paper. Michael called the staff into a meeting and pointed the blame on Creed, who was responsible for quality assurance at the paper mill and blew it off.

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  16. 8.4/10(7.4k votes)

    #15 - The Coup

    S3:E3

    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 of Varsity Blues, but Jan made an unexpected visit and did not like what she saw.

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  17. 8.3/10(6.8k votes)

    #16 - Cocktails

    S3:E17

    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 party. Jan wanted to spend a night alone with Michael, but he thought it was important to come out as a couple to all of their co-workers.

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  18. 8.2/10(7.4k votes)

    #17 - The Convict

    S3:E9

    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 for hiring an ex-convict. Michael swore he never hired an ex-convict. Jan informed him that the person must have come from the merger.

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  19. 8.0/10(7.1k votes)

    #18 - The Convention

    S3:E2

    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 should freak her date out by wearing her wedding dress.

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  20. 8.0/10(6.9k votes)

    #19 - Phyllis' Wedding

    S3:E15

    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 would-be wedding. Meanwhile, Michael was very excited to be in charge of pushing Phyllis's father's wheelchair down the aisle.

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  21. 7.9/10(6.9k votes)

    #20 - Initiation

    S3:E5

    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. Before that, the men took a little side trip to the Schrute family beet farm. Dwight thought it would be funny to leave Ryan on the farm.

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  22. 7.8/10(7.1k votes)

    #21 - Grief Counseling

    S3:E4

    Jim felt awkward at the morning meeting when his boss put him charge of managing Karen and her responsibilities. The other co-workers looked at Jim as a kiss ass. Later on, he flirted with Karen in the break room and told her she shouldn't work until she found her favorite snack chips.

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  23. 7.8/10(6.8k votes)

    #22 - Ben Franklin

    S3:E14

    Michael celebrates Phyllis' wedding shower by bringing two adult performers into the office, a stripper and Ben Franklin. Meanwhile, Karen confronts Pam about her past history with Jim.

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  24. 7.7/10(7.1k votes)

    #23 - Diwali

    S3:E6

    Michael was educating the entire staff about Diwali, the Hindu holiday that Kelly celebrated. Kelly had invited everybody from work to the celebration. Pam was unsure if she was going to make it, she later confided in Angela that she was saddened because she had nobody to attend the celebration with.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Job" is the best rated episode of "The Office" season 3. It scored 9.2/10 based on 8649 votes. Directed by Ken Kwapis and written by Paul Lieberstein, Michael Schur, it aired on 5/17/2007. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Beach Games".