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===Part One===

[[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael]] is asked to go around to the different branches to lecture about Scranton's success, except Nashua as Michael says it's still a "little bit raw" there. He brings [[Pam Beesly|Pam]] along as his assistant, mostly just to carry around his belongings,. She's on the trip because she gets time and theira half pay. Their first stop is the Utica branch, where [[Karen Filippelli|Karen]] is the regional manager. Pam is nervous to see Karen as she believes Karen is still mad at her over [[Jim Halpert|Jim]]. When Karen comes to greet them, the two are shocked to see that she is pregnant. Michael immediately asks if it is Jim's, which Karen denies. Michael's lecture to the Utica branch is a failure and Karen brings Michael and Pam into her office. While Michael fools around, Karen reveals to Pam she is due in one month and is married. Pam mentions that she and Jim are engaged, about which Karen hesitantly congratulates her. On the way to the car, Pam mentions to Michael that she is happy she came on the trip because she found closure with Karen. Later, in the car, Michael tells Pam about [[Holly Flax|Holly]] and how he never really found closure with her. Pam suggests that they drive to Nashua so that he can find closure, and Michael agrees.

Back in Scranton, Jim and [[Dwight Schrute|Dwight]] become heads of the Party Planning Committee after [[Phyllis Vance|Phyllis]] blackmailed [[Angela Martin|Angela]]. Michael determined that Angela and Phyllis became too power hungry when they were the sole heads at their respective times, and it would be best for both of them to step down and appoint two new heads. They openly show their disdain for it, which is reflected in their performance of their duties when [[Kelly Kapoor|Kelly]] chastises them for forgetting her birthday. They try to make it up to her by having a party, but do a poor job setting it up as Dwight puts little effort into blowing up the balloons and neither of them know how old Kelly is. Dwight reads through Kelly's file report and finds out that she has been to juvenile hall. He is, however, disappointed when he reads that it has not affected her job performance.