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Synopsis

No longer a temp, Ryan Howard accepts the sales position vacated when Jim transferred to Stamford, Connecticut. Pam looks at Ryan sitting at Jim's former desk and flashes back to Pam and Jim's kiss prior to his transfer. In the flashback, Jim tells Pam he has wanted to do that "for the longest time" and Pam admits the same. She stops Jim from another kiss and tells him she's still getting married and they say their goodbyes. In an interview, Dwight feigns tears over Jim's transfer, before indicating he's glad to be rid of him. Ryan Howard, played by B. J. Novak, is a fictional character on the US television sitcom The Office. ... James Jim Halpert is a fictional character on the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Krasinski. ... Nickname: Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Settled 1641 Incorporated (city) 1893 Consolidated 1949 Government  - Type Mayor-Board of representatives  - Mayor Dannel Malloy (Dem) Area  - City 134. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Pamela Beesly is a fictional character on the U.S. television sitcom The Office, played by Jenna Fischer. ...

Michael calls Oscar Martinez "faggy" for preferring Shakespeare in Love to Die Hard. Michael is asked by Toby not to use such terms, but insists it is a harmless synonym for "lame." ("That's what 'faggy' means!") Toby tells Michael that Oscar is homosexual and finds the word offensive. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a fictional character on NBCs The Office portrayed by Steve Carell, and based on David Brent from the original United Kingdom version of The Office. ... Oscar Martinez is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Look up faggot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ... Die Hard is a Hollywood action film released in 1988. ... Toby Flenderson is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...

Michael approaches Oscar at the copy machine and loudly apologizes and invites him for a beer sometime. In a succession of short on-camera interviews, Oscar reveals that he is gay, Angela Martin indicates she hates the whole idea of homosexuality and the jowls of Kevin's face jiggle as he is unable to manage anything but "Oscar...is gay" through his giggles. Angela Martin is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Kevin Malone is also the name of a former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager. ...

Meanwhile in Stamford, Jim's transfer came with a promotion and a modern office where his desk includes a window view. Co-worker Andy, who sits at a desk in front of Jim, calls him "Big Tuna" in reference to his first-day lunch, a switch from his daily ham and cheese sandwich in Scranton. Co-worker Karen, who sits at the desk behind Jim, mocks him for repeatedly smirking at the camera and says she doesn't believe he's fitting in. Andy meanwhile, discusses how he doesn't feel threatened by Jim as he thinks he's an ambitious know-it-all, just as he brags about his wild college days at Cornell. Andrew Bernard is a fictional character from the U.S. television series, The Office. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ...

Back in Scranton, Roy brings Pam lunch in a short, awkward exchange. In an interview Pam says she got cold feet, called off the wedding, ended the relationship, and moved into her own apartment. As a result, Roy and Pam are making the frozen wedding reception meals their lunch for the next five weeks. Roy Anderson is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Cold Feet is a British comedy/drama, made by Granada Television, broadcast on the ITV network and shown in five series between 1997 and 2003. ...

A disheveled Roy is seen in a mug shot as he recalls how being dumped led him to a downward spiral of weight gain, beard growth and a DUI arrest. Roy claims he has recovered, laments mistreating Pam, and vows to win her back. Stanley's only comment on the breakup is that he gave the couple a toaster, was unable to return the discontinued model, and now has two toasters at home. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Stanley Hudson is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ...

Dwight and Michael worry about other homosexuals working in the office without their knowledge. Dwight recalls Jim mentioning "gaydar" being available for purchase online, though Dwight is skeptical because he believes Jim a liar. Nonetheless the pair phone him in Stamford where Jim pretends to check the availability and reports that gaydar is sold out on the Internet. Also in Stamford, Jim recycles a joke he pulled on Dwight by encasing Andy's calculator in Jell-O, with different results: Andy gets violently upset and kicks a wastebasket as Jim silently returns to work, visibly terrified by Andy's reaction. Gaydar (a portmanteau of gay and radar) is the intuitive ability to determine whether another person is gay or bisexual. ... JELL-O is a brand name belonging to USA-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. ...

Kelly approaches Oscar and tells him that he is "super-cool" for being gay. Jan Levinson informs Michael he has outed Oscar, a personal decision Michael had no business making while Toby points out that Oscar feels discriminated against by Angela. Employees gather around as Dwight looks at gay pornography at Michael's suggestion. Angela makes a homophobic comment which offends Oscar who bumps her as he walks past, sending Dwight into a brief frenzy. Kelly Kapoor is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Jan Levinson (formerly Jan Levinson-Gould) is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ...

Michael calls an emergency meeting in the conference room and informs the assembled they are all "homos". Pam looks to Ryan as she holds back shocked laughter (as she would have done with Jim), and is disappointed when he does not do the same. Michael tells Oscar to come out to the office formally, "right here, however you want". Oscar does so reluctantly but unemotionally, concluding his confession with, "whatever." Dwight demands "all the other office gays out themselves or I will do it for them." Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...

Dwight then implies Phyllis might be gay. Phyllis takes offense and announces that she is engaged to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration. Several employees congratulate her, and a surprised, jealous Michael says there is hope for everyone. Phyllis retorts that she and her friends thought Michael was gay when they were in high school together. Michael sheepishly defends his school-age sense of fashion. Creed, in an interview, states that while he's never deliberately made love to a man, it's possible that one "slipped in" during the 1960's. Phyllis Lapin is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about fictional character. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...

Oscar announces he can no longer work at the branch and begins to leave, but Michael stops him and tries to hug as a show of acceptance. Oscar blows up and calls Michael "small," which silences the staff in discomfort and reduces Michael to tears. Oscar apologizes and allows the hug to happen. Believing the hug insufficient, Michael tells the staff to "watch this, and burn this into your brains", and kisses a struggling, reluctant Oscar on the mouth. Dwight, who was seemingly moved by Michael's actions, consequently attempts to kiss Oscar. In interviews, Dwight says he now believes Michael is gay. Michael says any two people who want to should be together. He concludes by saying, "That's what she said...or he said." His facial expressions make it clear he believes he has said something profound.

Pam looks longingly at Ryan's desk, as Jim simultaneously glances at an empty seat next to him as Mr. Brown directs a humorless diversity training in Stamford. Glancing through his office blinds, Michael sees Oscar catch a ride from Gil, and muses, "Oscar's roommate...I wonder if he knows?" Oscar reveals in an interview that Jan gave him three months paid vacation and use of a company car in exchange for signing an agreement not to sue the company about his botched outing. In Oscar's words, "it pays to be gay."

In the final moments, Dwight opens a package from Jim, a novelty "gaydar" machine fashioned from a metal detector and lettered with the prefixes "Homo" and "Hetero". He confirms the device on Oscar, but is dumbfounded when the device goes off as he inadvertently swipes it across his own belt buckle. Pam smiles to herself. Gaydar (a portmanteau of gay and radar) is the intuitive ability to determine whether another person is gay or bisexual. ...

Deleted scenes

• Jan, on speakerphone, demands to know what Michael's plans are for the day. In a talking head interview, Michael explains that every day begins with him reporting to Jan on what he intends to accomplish and ends with him reporting on what he did accomplish. "It's voluntary, really, even though she makes me." Over scenes from the episode "Casino Night", Michael explains that Jan is struggling to get over him. Meanwhile, he and Carol have gone on seven dates. On the phone, Jan suspects Michael is on the toilet and tells him to call her back once he is done.
• Pam will be spending the evening painting her apartment. Michael tries to be supportive but his efforts are not helpful. In a talking head interview, Pam angrily complains, "What do I think? I think everybody should stay out of everybody's personal business."
• In a talking head interview, Meredith frustratedly asks, "Why are all the best-looking single men always gay?"
• Andy asks Jim if he's ever googled Google. Jim promptly does so, but Andy, upset, explains that he was supposed to ponder it, not do it, and that he ruined the fun.

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Behind the scenes

• The shooting draft script of this episode was 33 pages.^[1]
• The cast and crew worked hard to keep the new season's plot elements from leaking and didn't even show clips of the episode until a few days before the premiere. However, in a New York Times article about producer Ben Silverman on September 17, it was written that, in the new season, Jim "was going to be in a long-distance relationship" with Pam^[2], essentially revealing that Jim took the Stamford position.
• The flashback footage of the aftermath of Jim and Pam's kiss in last season's "Casino Night" episode is actually new footage shot a few months after the episode aired. The main giveaways are that the kiss is different and Jim's hair is slightly shorter than in the original episode. Also, the lighting and camera positioning is different.
• The kiss between Michael and Oscar was improvised. Jenna Fischer explained in her MySpace blog: "Steve (Carell) just went into that bit on the fly. It was brilliant! Those looks of shock/giddiness/confusion on our faces are REAL. We were all on the edge of our seats wondering what would happen next. I can't believe we held it together for as long as we did. I'm not sure we've ever laughed so hard on set."^[3] In turn, Dwight's attempt to kiss Oscar after Michael was improvised as well.^[4] Writer Paul Lieberstein explained that in the script, Oscar was supposed to turn his head, with Michael kissing him on the cheek.^[5]
• On Angela's MySpace blog, in response to the question of "Is Oscar really going to be gone for awhile?", she stated "Yes. On the show he and his partner, Gil, are going on a three-month trip to Europe. In real life, Oscar Nunez sold a TV show to Comedy Central called "Halfway Home"^[6]

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Trivia

• This episode marks the second time an expletive has been censored.
• The 'zoom in' of the office park where the Stamford Branch is supposedly located is actually an office park in Stamford, Connecticut. The tallest building in the city, the Landmark Building, is visible in the background.
• Chip Esten's character Josh Porter, the manager at Dunder-Mifflin's Stamford branch and first seen in "Valentine's Day", returns in this episode. This is the first appearance of Stamford employee Andy, played by Ed Helms, as well as the first appearance of Rashida Jones' character. Although her name is not mentioned, the nameplate on her desk reads "Karen Filippelli".
• In the season two episode "Dwight's Speech", Ryan notes that Jim eats the same ham and cheese sandwich every day. In this episode, we see that Jim has adventurously tried a tuna sandwich only to be given a permanent nickname "Big Tuna" because of it. Jim also notes he's been promoted at Stamford, though in "Health Care", he noted that moving up in the company would make paper sales his career, a move which would cause him to "jump in front of a train."
• In his talking head, Andy mentions attending Cornell University and being a part of an a cappella group named Here Comes Treble. Although no such group exists or has ever existed at Cornell, there is an all-female group called Nothing But Treble.^[7]
• Dwight says he was unable to tell that Oscar is gay because he's "not dressed in women's clothes." However, in "Halloween" Oscar wears a dress and a woman's wig as his costume.
• During Jim's first shown meeting in the Stamford office, the unnamed older woman seated to his right has the same hair and blue and white stripped buttoned up shirt that Pam is wearing back in Scranton.
• Near the end of the episode, the character Mr. Brown has his second (but brief) appearance in the series, the first being in the "Diversity Day" episode from season one. He is going over the meaning of "HERO", which was part of his diversity training course. Also, Jim looks towards an empty seat next to him and then his shoulder and smiles. This is also in reference to "Diversity Day" when Pam unintentionally fell asleep with her head on Jim's shoulder.

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References

External links

• Gay Witch Hunt at NBC.com
• Memorable Quotes From "Gay Witch Hunt" at QuotesFromTheOffice.com