Karen and Jim had their first big fight in the relationship. Karen had been living in a hotel since taking her job in Scranton. When she decided to live next door to Jim, he took it as the next step to living together and that was too fast. She was not pleased with his response.
WAR
31.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Back From Vacation” ranks #71 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.0 — Elite. The episode packs 38 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Kevin: I don't have a lot of art.
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Oscar: The Jamaicans don't have a word for 'impossible'. Yep, it's English. It's 'impossible'.
Michael: Why do you think so many businesses move to the Caymans?
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Todd Packer: How do I get you out of this picture?
Jim: How have we not talked about this already? I mean, what happened there? Kidnapping?
Jim Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 38 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight · Unknown: Tape recorder. For what? For recording.
Jim · Dwight: Let the record show that Dwight K. Schrute is now completely nude and is holding a plastic knife to Stanley's neck
Dwight: Let the record show that Jim Halpert is a liar!
Dwight Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Dwight Schrute is now wearing a baby's bonnet... Jim Carrey just walked in
Jim · Karen · Dwight: That is Animal from the Muppet Babies. You can't see my stomach...
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: At Sandals, Jamaica, when somebody says, 'Hey, mon,' everybody says, 'Hey, mon,' back.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Observational ★ Rewatch Michael · Stanley: You are not as much fun as your Jamaican brothers, mon.
Karen: He said it would be like we were living together in different houses, two blocks away.
Karen Observational Character Comedy Michael: Feelin' hot, hot, hot!
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Why do you think so many businesses move to the Caymans?
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Oscar: The Jamaicans don't have a word for 'impossible'. Yep, it's English. It's 'impossible'.
Michael: All you need are some grass skirts, pineapple, poi, tiki torches, suckling pig, some fire dancers. That's all you need.
Michael: No, that's a German woman named Urgle Grue.
Michael Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Sex. Sex. We had sex. I had sex with her. I had sex with Jan.
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Todd Packer: They wouldn't give you a subscription to Maxim.
Michael: I sent it to you at packer@dundermifflin.com... Packaging@dundermifflin.com... Uh-oh.
Michael Physical/Slapstick Escalation ★ Rewatch Todd Packer: How do I get you out of this picture?
Todd Packer: Call me if she rolls over.
Dwight: The filename is Jamaica Jan Sun Princess.
Dwight Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dwight: Unless you're willing to tell me everything, I cannot accept this assignment. Okay, then forget it. Okay, I accept it.
Dwight Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Pam: Just yesterday, I untangled a piece of tape from her hair.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Jim: How have we not talked about this already? I mean, what happened there? Kidnapping?
Jim Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Well, this is probably the icebreaker you need.
Michael Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Kevin: Did you try the petting zoo?
Kevin Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: I've ran out of gas. I hit a deer. I hit... I hit a deer with my car. No. I hit a cat. Tell her I hit a cat.
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Warehouse workers: Hit that corporate booty. Nice to hit it!
Michael · Kevin: Apparently, there is an e-mail circulating around that contains a very PG-13 rated picture of me and a woman. Jan. No, Kevin, a woman. Maybe Jan, maybe... Urgle Grue.
Karen: The Days Inn Room 228 was staring to get really depressing.
Karen Observational Visual Gag Kevin: This is the greatest night of my life.
Kevin Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Unknown: Who did this to you? Where is he?
Michael: So you're PMSing pretty bad, huh?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jan: I was in Scottsdale, visiting my sister. Very sunny.
Jan Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jan: I am attracted to you. I don't... I don't know why, I... But I am
Jan Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Michael: And I to you, in addition, feel the same feelings that you are, as well.
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael Cringe/Discomfort Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Roy: You remember when we were planning our honeymoon, and you wanted to go to Hawaii and I wanted to go to Mexico? I was definitely right.
Roy Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Kevin: I don't have a lot of art.
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 15:00-16:00 range with visual gags that lack strong comedic foundation as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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