3.12: Back From Vacation
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Written by: Justin Spitzer
Summary (NBC): Still in “vacation mode” after his trip to Jamaica, Michael tries to hang on to his relaxed island vibe despite a wave of office hassles. But it becomes too much when an e-mail containing a racy vacation photo is forwarded around the office. Pam gets caught in the middle as Jim and Karen argue.
Icon courtesy of imaclanni at LiveJournal.
Tidbits
- Deleted scenes: 1 | 2
- Blogs: John the prop guy’s MySpace blog | Angela’s MySpace blog
- Reviews: TV Guide | Entertainment Weekly | Northern Attack
- Buy Back From Vacation at the iTunes Store
Favorite quotes
Jim: You’re not allowed to take off your pants in the middle of the office.
Jim: Dwight, you know what, just back up, okay, that’s making me uncomfortable. This is sexual harassment, by the way. Omigod! He’s got a knife!
Dwight: I do not have a knife!
Jim: No, let the record show that Dwight K. Schrute is now completely nude and is holding a plastic knife to Stanley’s neck?!
Dwight: Let the record show that Jim Halpert is a liar!
Jim: Dwight Schrute is now wearing a baby’s bonnet!
Karen: Dwight, what is that on your stomach? Is that a Muppet Babies tattoo?
Jim: Omigod, Karen, you’re right, that is Animal from the Muppet Babies.
Andy: I am now chopping off Phyllis’ head with a chainsaw!
Michael: Aren’t you going to ask me how Jamaica was? Say it. Ask me.
Michael: At Sandals, Jamaica, when somebody says ‘hey mon,’ everybody says ‘hey mon’ back.
Stanley: I am not doing a lick more work until I get my full bonus check.
Karen: He said it would be like we were living together. In different houses. Two blocks away.
Michael: Feelin’ hot, hot, hot!
Michael: I want us all to start having pina coladas every day at three.
Michael: I specifically went on vacation so I would miss it.
Michael: Inventory is boring.
Michael: Tonight, we are going to have an inventory luau.
Michael: The Jamaicans don’t have a word for ‘impossible.’
Michael: How hard is a luau. All you need are some grass skirts, pineapple, poi, tiki torches, suckling pig, some fire dancers, it’s all you need.
Pam: Omigod. Is that Jan?
Michael: That’s a German woman named Urkel Grue.
Michael: Officially, I did not see her. But I did see Jan there. In our room. At night. And in the morning. That’s all I’m going to say. Sex. We had sex. I had sex with her. I had sex with Jan.
Packer: You took the ice queen? I don’t buy it.
Packer: They wouldn’t give you a subscription to Maxim.
Michael: That was supposed to go to Packer, not “packaging.”
Andy: Call me if she rolls over.
Michael: The file name is “Jamaican Jan Sun Princess.”
Pam: Honestly, I think you should go easy on her.
Pam: That’s what friends do. I help Phyllis all the time. Just yesterday, I untangled a piece of tape from her hair.
Pam: It’s better than listening to Michael play a conch shell.
Jim: What happened there? Kidnapping?
Toby: Michael, nine different people emailed me that photo, including my ex-wife.
Michael: Skeevy little perv.
Michael: Got enough, weirdo?
Phyllis: I called every grocery store in Scranton, and no one sells whole pigs.
Angela: Did you try the petting zoo?
Michael: I hit a deer with my car. Tell her I hit a cat.
Roy: Mike, you are a rock star, man. You are the man!
Roy: That corporate booty, he likes to hit it!
Dwight: I have disconnected the office T1 line.
Karen: The Day’s Inn room 228 was starting to get really depressing.
Dwight: So you’re PMSing pretty bad, huh?
Jan: I was in Scottsdale visiting my sister.
Jan: My psychiatrist thinks that I have some self-destructive tendencies.
Jan: I think I owe it to myself to find some kind of happiness.
Jan: You’re wrong for me. In every way.
Michael: And I, to you, in addition, feel the same feelings that you are as well.
Jan: Wait 15 minutes, find an excuse, and meet me at your condo.
Michael: You complete me.
What does PMSing stand for?
289 | Jess Tue. Aug. 26, 2008 at 3:05pmI love the scene between Dwight and Pam. When he takes off his coat to wrap around his waist, very funny.
Jan and Michael, romantic and cute in a weird way.
288 | Mrs. Michael Scott Sat. Jun. 14, 2008 at 8:54pmOh, I love that episode. That PMSing line is the best of the season. I laugh so hard every time I hear it.
287 | BenA Thu. Jul. 12, 2007 at 10:23pmNot funny. Wished it would’ve been, hoped for it. But not.
286 | Jake Thu. Jul. 12, 2007 at 6:23pmMrs. Michael Scott,
I believe its from Michael. I think its sorta unspoken that Darryl possibly asked Michael for it and in exchange he wouldn’t forward the picture or possibly say anything to Jan.
285 | WhatsUpDawg Mon. Apr. 9, 2007 at 5:19pmI am the only one whos a little bit confused when Darryl finds the ipod? Did Michael give him that? thanks to anyone who responds.
284 | Mrs. Michael Scott Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 8:56amRoy didn’t say “corporate booty”, Darryl did…
283 | Ken Fri. Feb. 2, 2007 at 8:37pmTodd Packer finally reappears!! WHATS UP MY NERDS
282 | Steve Mon. Jan. 15, 2007 at 11:03amin response to Gruel Omlettes post, they cant get rid of the credits, thats one of the best parts. i even have it as a cell ringtone!
281 | officefreak711 Fri. Jan. 12, 2007 at 8:58amI am STILL laughing when I think of this line:
Michael: And I, to you, in addition, feel the same feelings that you are as well.
Clearly, the funniest moment! Why isn’t it on the site header?
Dwight, chivalry is NOT dead. After Pam used a thermometer to time you running and pretended she was the CIA, you managed to be there for her!
280 | Joseph Tue. Jan. 9, 2007 at 8:12pmsomeone needs to make a wallpaper of the picture of jan and michael
279 | brent Tue. Jan. 9, 2007 at 1:00pmForgive me, but I do not know where to post this.
278 | Stephanie C. Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 1:41pm–On televisionary.blogspot.com there is an article that says that Joss Whedon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) could possibly direct an episode of The Office. I don’t know if its true or not, but its a geek’s dream come true. You can also go to whedonesque.com and click on the link for ultra easy access. I hope someone finds out if this is true or just a rumor.
Does anyone have the link to the “Jamaican Jan Sun Princess.”
277 | lloyd Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 1:40pmDoes anyone think they’ll ever get rid of the opening credits to give the episodes just a little more time?
276 | Gruel Omlettes Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 11:41amKeyser - your point of view that the Office is a comedy, there fore it should be nothing but funny is ridiculous. It would be completely unrealistic for the show to be funny all the time, without any kind of drama. The scene with Pam crying was pivotal to the story line. It was important to explain how Pam is feeling about Jim. It was genius for the writes to take such a serious moment, and make it light hearted with Dwight comforting Pam. You obviously didn’t appreciate that, since all you care about is laughing
275 | Corporate Booty (formerly littlekidlover) Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 10:02amSomeone posted that the whole show was Jim and Pam, granted a large part of the show is about Jim and Pam’s relationship or rather non-relationship but I think the other characters make the show just as much if not more so. Don’t get me wrong I am hands down a JAM fan I want them to get together but I understand that every show has their reasons for not doing something so I live with it and wait for the episode where they finally get together but I thoroughly enjoy the little nuances that is The Office. I think characters interactions make the show what it is Jim/Dwight’s interactions are always great, Michael and…well just Michael actions and reactions to everything. Little things like that to me make the show for but then again that’s just my feeling. I don’t think we are going to find another show with the same qualities.
274 | Mindy Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 9:50amCan someone please post a link to that picture that shows michael and Jan on the beach in Jamaica, that is turned into a poster in the warehouse. THANKS!
273 | Drew Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 8:04amAndy W (post 276) - great picture!
272 | rachel (2) Mon. Jan. 8, 2007 at 2:22amkeyser- i disagree. sure michael has done some out-of-character things, but that’s what the show is TRYING to do. their FLESHING out the characters. no one has just one characteristic. everyone has different qualities. sure, michael is a complete nuissance sometimes, but he’s not JUST a nuissance. he has a good heart. and he cares about people. just like dwight. i mean he’s completely weird, and even he has nice qualities in him.
i guess what im trying to say is that no one is one sided. michael isn’t JUST wacky all the time…that would get old after a while. people are complicated, we all have different characteristics- the good and the bad.
and as for the comedy thing, this show focuses most on the realism. i personally think “the office” labeled as a comedy was a mistake from the start. i don’t think funny things happen ALL the time in life. sure, occasionally it would be nice if everything in life was light-hearted, but as of now, the people in the office (ex. pam) are going through some hardships. and i can completely relate to it because im going through some crap myself. and it doesn’t just last a day and then it’s over. it takes a long time to figure things out and fix things before everything is back to normal.
271 | jack m. fan Sun. Jan. 7, 2007 at 9:43pmCorporate Booty- 1. Pam and Jim has always been ONE part of the show-not the whole show. If you really think otherwise, then they should get rid of all the other characters. See how much of a show you have with Jim and Pam, but no Michael or Dwight 2. If you read my post carefully (which you clearly did not), I didn’t say that I didn’t like Pam and Jim-I want them together-I simply don’t like the agony of their situation week-by-week. They should resolve it one way or another and be done with it. Your attitude of you must love every single aspect of every single show or leave is Nazi-esque, simple-minded and is very hostile. That kind of attitude doesn’t belong here. I am able to think for myself and I don’t come here 5 minutes after the latest episode so I can be the first to blindly declare that it is the “best episode ever” (of course until next week,right?). If you don’t like what I have to say, too bad. At least I’m not telling you to go to another site.
Acoustic-I disagree with your contention that office romances are as common as portrayed in the show. Sure they happen, but not to that degree. In my twenties office romances happened but were not all that common. Your points are well taken about Michael and Dwight. I guess I am more tolerant of unrealistic plot elements that I find enjoyable as opposed to those I do not. But even so, there are things that even Michael can do that I feel are not part of his outrageous character. I mean the characters are what make things funny. If the characters actions don’t stay somewhat reasonably close to the character most of the time, the show suffers in believability and humor. I mean if anyone can say or do anything at any time, what’s the point of even developing a character?
270 | Keyser Sun. Jan. 7, 2007 at 3:04pm