<P> The series--presented as if it were a real documentary--depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company . In this episode, the whole office participates in a company - wide weight loss contest . Pam (Jenna Fischer) is in New York City for art school, which causes her and Jim to have to adjust to being temporarily apart . An awkward tension between Michael (Steve Carell) and Holly (Ryan) develops after she accepts a date with another man . Meanwhile, Angela (Angela Kinsey) and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) continue their secret relationship despite Angela's upcoming wedding to Andy . </P> <P> The office partakes in a company - wide weight loss competition, with the 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 . </P> <P> Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) begins a three - month graphic design class in New York City . Wanting to see her, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) 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 . </P> <P> Plotting his return to the company, Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) apologizes to various people around the office for his past behavior . Most notably, he apologizes to, and then proceeds to ask his former girlfriend Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) out, only to be rejected when she tells him that she is dating Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson). </P>

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