During his performance review, Dwight asks for a raise, claiming he has never missed a day of work, even breaking into the office to work on holidays. Pam Beesly ( Jenna Fischer) and Jim reinforce this misconception with casual conversation. Michael is satisfied by the rejection, since she implied he was worth having a relationship with.įrom a tense exchange with Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson), Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) realizes Dwight thinks it is Friday instead of Thursday. Jan finally breaks down and vents her feelings about Michael, both positive and negative, and says she is not ready for another relationship. He plunders the employee suggestion box for ideas, but the suggestions - which Jan insists he read in front of her - mostly concern Michael's personal hygiene and include a directive to 'Stop sleeping with your boss.' As Jan storms out of the office, Michael continues demanding to know why she won't have a relationship with him. During Michael's performance review, Jan insists he remain strictly professional and present his ideas for improving business. Jan's message sternly tells Michael not to bring up their recent romantic encounter when she does his performance review, but feeling their workplace standing is on the line, the employees cater to Michael's desires by telling him the message shows Jan has feelings for him. Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) is giving his annual performance reviews but, instead of evaluating the employees' job performances, he asks their opinions about a phone message from his own boss, Jan Levinson ( Melora Hardin). It received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned a Nielsen rating of 3.9 in the 18–49 demographic, being viewed by 8 million viewers. 'Performance Review' contained several pop culture references. Several scenes were created due to onset accidents and ad-libbing, such as Dwight's fitness orb popping and Michael grabbing Jan's breast accidentally. The episode was originally going to be about 'weight loss' and be one of the early episodes of the second season. Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) thinks that it is Friday, when it is in fact Thursday. In this episode, Michael Scott ( Steve Carell) conducts job performance reviews with his employees, and struggles to get Jan Levinson ( Melora Hardin) to talk about their romantic relationship from the previous episode.

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

The episode guest stars Melora Hardin as Jan Levinson. It was written by Larry Wilmore and directed by Paul Feig. ' Performance Review' is the eighth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fourteenth episode overall. 8th episode of the second season of The Office ' Performance Review'

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