Michael thinks he has impressed Jo, only to discover that someone else in the office has caught her eye. Dwight makes trouble for Jim on his first day back from paternity leave. Andy and Erin go on their first date, with interesting results.
Tropes
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Michael struggles to earn admiration from his new boss Jo, feeling especially slighted by her condescending remarks in response to his wanting to leave, and instantly promoting Darryl when he gives a reasonable suggestion to improve shipping. However, she finally acknowledges him in earnest when he decides to get assertive with her and tell her he's allowing his employees to go home.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Dwight, who has been deliberately making Jim feel homesick all day so he can have "Megadesk" back, gets ready to leave for a meeting with a client. However, Jim turns the tables on Dwight by calling Jo from his desk and lying that he himself has a meeting, while emphasizing that they usually never have meetings after 5PM. This allows Jim to leave work early and spend time with his newborn kid like Dwight wanted while Dwight himself is forced to cancel his meeting and stay.
- When Dwight returns to work the following day, Jim has grouped all the desks together into his own formation called "Quad-Desk" and leaves Dwight a tiny nook between two of the desks for his phone and computer.
- Incest Subtext: Mark likes to get strangely close and intimate with Erin despite being her foster brother. Erin seems oblivious to the extra attention.
- Non-Indicative Name: "Quad-Desk" is made up of three desks. Dwight takes notice of it (which was likely Jim's intention).
- St. Patrick's Day Episode: Jo Bennett and Michael clash during Jo's last day at the Scranton branch, when Jo makes the whole office stay late at work, which angers the branch especially since it is St. Patrick's Day and they were planning on going out drinking.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: Dwight instills these feelings into Jim (to the point of even playing the eponymous song "Cat's in the Cradle") knowing that Jim misses being home with his wife and newborn daughter, all so that he'll return home and Dwight can go back to grouping all the desks together as "Megadesk". Jim admits that he isn't surprised Dwight is using his own child against him, but he is surprised that it's actually working and he wants to be home with Cece.
- Workaholic: Jo Bennett, to the point that she works uneven hours and expects everyone else to keep working for as long as she is, even if it's well past when they were supposed to finish work and go home.
