Weight Loss (The Office) - Plot

Plot

The office joins a company-wide weight loss competition, with a prize of extra vacation days for the winning branch. Initially enthusiastic, the competition eventually weighs on the staff, especially Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) who stops eating and tries numerous diets, eventually passing out during one weigh-in. Corporate responds with a memo that staff should not resort to drastic weight loss measures. The Scranton branch ends up losing the competition, although Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker) is proud of his individual results.

Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) begins a three-month graphic design class in New York. Wanting to see her, Jim meets Pam for lunch at an interstate rest stop between Scranton and New York City. He proposes to her outside in the pouring rain, and she accepts ecstatically.

Plotting his return to the company, Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) apologizes to various people around the office for his past behavior. He also apologizes, and asks out, his former girlfriend Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling), only to be rejected when she tells him that she is dating Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson).

Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) yells at Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) for chastising Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner), still believing he is mentally retarded. He awkwardly reveals he is not retarded, and an embarrassed Holly apologizes and walks away. Holly continues to show interest in Michael Scott (Steve Carell), now with a David Brent style goatee, until she catches him talking to a pregnant Jan Levenson (Melora Hardin). Holly then goes out on a date with Oscar's yoga instructor, and buys Counting Crows tickets as a surprise for their next date. When he never calls her, Michael berates the yoga instructor to Holly's pleasure, then offers to buy the tickets from her only to tear them up.

Phyllis Lapin-Vance (Phyllis Smith) takes over the Party Planning Committee by blackmailing Angela with her knowledge of Angela and Dwight's secret affair. After Angela shoots down all of Andy's wedding ideas, she warms up to him until he tells her that he booked his a cappella band to play at their wedding.

Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) is briefly seen in a Costa Rican hospital due to a neck injury while zip-lining.

Deleted scenes

The Season Five DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode. Notable cut scenes include:

• Michael tells Jim that he wants to pop grapes into Holly's mouth, but Jim advises him to take it slow, stating: "Friends don't go around popping grapes in each other's mouths."
• Holly and Michael joke around, and Dwight abruptly ruins the joke.
• Kelly and Meredith curse each other out while putting up the weight loss chart.
• Holly (still thinking that Kevin is mentally retarded) is surprised when Kevin uses the word "carbohydrates."
• Michael orders Dwight to remove Jim's chair because he thinks Jim messed him up by advising him to take it slow with Holly.
• Jim uses paper for his new chair.
• Oscar asks Andy to turn the heat down. Andy starts freaking out thus Oscar walks away.
• Ryan is dropped off by his mother, and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
• David Wallace is furious when he finds out Ryan is still working at Dunder Mifflin. Wallace yells at Ryan through the phone.
• Holly brings Michael some documents while Michael is talking about Ryan in a phone conversation with David Wallace. While leaving, she overhears the conversation they are having and is pleased when Michael saves Ryan's job.
• When Michael tells Ryan that he saved his job, Ryan expresses displeasure about staying as a temp.