Season 4
According to a preview clip on NBC's The Office website, Jim had dumped Karen and left her "crying by a fountain in New York City" following the events of Season 3. After being dumped by Jim, Karen explains to Jim that they will still have to learn to cooperate as co-workers. However, the next morning, Jim discovers that Karen's desk is empty, and that she has left Scranton for good.
Ryan mentions in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity" that Karen sent an e-mail months earlier asking him to go out with her, but that he turned her down because of his commitment to his relationship with Kelly Kapoor. (This was in fact a lie, as it was previously established in Season 3's "Women's Appreciation" that it was Ryan who had asked Karen out in an e-mail, only to be rejected, as she was dating Jim).
In "Branch Wars," it is revealed that Karen has become the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin's Utica branch. She offers Stanley Hudson a pay raise if he transfers to her branch and he accepts. Michael believes that Karen is doing this to get back at Jim for dumping her. Karen is not impressed with Michael's idiotic offer for her to take Toby instead of Stanley and scoffs at his plan to poach Utica's top salesperson in retaliation. In an attempt to get back at her, Michael, Dwight and a reluctant Jim (Michael and Dwight got Jim to accompany them by telling him that they were going on a sales call) travel to the Utica branch to steal a copier. Michael tries to persuade Jim to have sex with Karen in order to distract her while they escape, but Jim is left to be discovered by an irritated but highly amused Karen. The three are discovered, and Karen chastises them and later scolds Jim privately. She tells him that he should have called her before coming to Utica, to which Jim responds by telling her that it wasn't his intention to see her, since he is now happy with Pam. Karen responds with withering sarcasm. Jim meekly says he thinks he should leave Utica to beat the traffic rush back to Scranton, and Karen snaps that he should do just that.
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