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Character Analysis

Melora Hardin

Jan Levinson

Played by Melora Hardin

85 jokes across 32 episodes of The Office

WAR

48.2

Total Jokes

85

Avg Craft

7.2

Avg Impact

7.2

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Jan delivers 85 scored jokes across 32 episodes of The Office, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 on impact for a career WAR of 48.2. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Jan Lines

All Jokes — 241 total

S1E01

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Corporate really doesn't interfere with me at all' — immediately cut to Jan calling.

7.06.7
S1E01

Pam · Michael · Jan:Pam reveals to Jan that the fax went into the wastepaper basket — Michael's 'special filing cabinet for corporate documents.'

7.57.3
S1E01

Michael · Jan:Jan delivers the news of potential branch closure; Michael responds 'alarm bells are kinda going ringy dingy dingy!'

6.86.3
S1E01

Jan:Jan's deadpan clarification: 'Not downsizing himself, but is he concerned about downsizing?'

6.86.0
S1E01

Michael · Todd Packer · Jan:Todd Packer calls Jan 'Godzillary' and asks 'Does the carpet match the drapes?'

6.06.7
S1E03

Michael · Jan:Michael insists the 'gold plan' includes acupuncture; Jan tells him she's not even on that plan; Michael says 'Well I recommend it, it's very good.'

6.46.0
S1E03

Michael · Jan:Michael calls picking a healthcare plan 'a suicide mission' to Jan's face, expecting sympathy.

6.35.8
S1E03

Michael · Jan:Jan: 'Yeah, when have you ever done that?' Michael: 'I'm doing it right now. To you.'

8.08.0
S1E03

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Last night on Trading Spouses... have you seen it?' Jan: 'No, I have a life.' Michael: 'Interesting, what's that like?'

7.27.3
S1E03

Michael · Jan:Jan: 'You should try it sometime.' Michael: 'But then who would watch my TV?'

7.47.3
S1E03

Dwight · Jan:Dwight calls Jan to get permission to fire Jim — using Michael's cell phone.

7.47.8
S1E03

Dwight · Jan:Jan: 'Dwight, listen to me very carefully, you are not a manager of anything. Understand?' Dwight: 'That's not entirely true, because he put me in charge of picking a healthcare plan.'

7.17.0
S1E03

Dwight · Jan:After Jan says no to firing Jim: 'Please don't use my cell phone ever again.' Dwight: 'This is your cell? I thought this was your off—'

6.76.5
S1E06

Michael · Jan:Michael pretends to check notes for what Jan just said, stalling with 'Let me, uh... check my notes' before repeating her words almost verbatim

6.05.5
S1E06

Michael · Jan:Michael interrupts a serious corporate call to ask about Alan and tell him 'the Mets suck. From me, big time. Go Pirates!'

6.36.0
S1E06

Michael · Jan:Michael asks if 'top salesman' includes people 'who were at one time such outstanding salesmen that they've been promoted to...' — Jan cuts him off before he finishes

6.46.5
S2E01

Michael · Jan:Jan says she's not coming. Michael's response: 'You could take the bus, work on the way here, sleep on the way home.'

6.96.5
S2E01

Jan:Jan: 'We don't approve of this Michael. You only have the budget for one office party a year, so we're not paying for this.'

7.27.2
S2E01

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'You're dropping an A-bomb on me here!' Jan: 'Really? I'm dropping an atomic bomb on you.'

6.96.5
S2E01

Michael · Jan:Jan reveals Michael already spent the party budget on a '05-05-05 party.' Michael: 'It happens once every billion years!'

7.67.5
S2E01

Michael · Jan:Jan mentions the 'tsunami relief fundraiser that somehow lost a lot of money.' Michael: 'It was a FUN-raiser. I think I made that very clear on the flyers. Fun, F-U-N.'

8.38.3
S2E01

Jan · Michael:Jan arrives at the Dundies. Michael: 'Jan Levinson Gould!' Jan: 'Good, I'm just in time for Ping.'

7.27.2
S2E01

Jan:Jan arrives and immediately asks for a drink. The camera/audience registers this is significant.

7.27.2
S2E01

Michael · Jan:Michael and Jan drinking from apparently empty glasses. Michael: 'I think those might be empty.' Jan: 'No, 'cause the ice melts, and then it's like a second drink!'

7.37.2
S2E02

Michael · Jan:Michael introduces 'James P. Albini, I believe you may recognize his face from the billboards. He specializes in free speech issues. And motorcycle head injuries, worker's comp, and diet pill lawsuits. This guy does it all.'

7.57.3
S2E02

Michael · Jan:Jan reveals Michael's hired lawyer is actually the corporate lawyer — Michael: 'So I'm not in trouble?' / Jan: [pause] / Michael: 'I am so used to being the bad boy. I am so used to fighting corporate that I forget that I am corporate.'

7.37.2
S2E02

Jan:Jan's 'He said what?' — the final line of the episode, after the camera has pulled back

7.27.5
S2E07

Michael · Jan:Oh, I changed it to Chili's. / Chili's is the new golf course. It's where business happens. Small Businessman Magazine said that. It will. I sent it in. Letter to the editor.

8.08.2
S2E07

Michael · Jan:Mm-hmm. Power trip. What?

6.35.7
S2E07

Michael · Jan:Actually, they just don't get very much work done when I'm not here. That's not true. I know how to delegate. And they do more work when I'm not here. Not more... the same amount of work... is done whether I am here or not.

7.67.7
S2E07

Michael · Jan:We should come up with a signal of some sort. Why would we need a signal? Well, in case one of us gets into trouble... What kind of trouble are you planning on getting in, Michael?

6.46.0
S2E07

Michael · Jan · Christian:Just Jan Levinson. No Gould? No. / Is Gould dead? / We got divorced, okay? / Wow, you're kidding me. Do you wanna talk about it?

7.37.7
S2E07

Jan · Michael:We got divorced, okay? / I'm so sorry, excuse me. Wow, you're kidding me. Do you wanna talk about it?

7.37.5
S2E07

Michael · Jan · Christian · server:Awesome Blossom? I think we should share an Awesome Blossom. What do you say? They are awesome. Extra awesome?

6.87.0
S2E07

Michael · Jan · Christian:Hey, I heard a very very funny joke the other day. You wanna hear it? / Just the one. / Well, if it's just gonna be one... I will think of a different joke.

6.76.2
S2E07

Michael · Jan · Christian:Did somebody say baby back ribs? Hmm? Hmm? / I don't think Christian has time for that, Michael. / I have time.

6.97.3
S2E07

Michael · Jan · Christian:Well, corporate's gonna go ballistic, but you think we could, Jan? [implied signal] / So, I guess I'll see you in...

6.86.7
S2E07

Michael · Jan:Yes! We did it. We got it! Nailed it, nailed it! Come here. / Let's go. / What? Let's go. / Go and... okay. Where are we going? / Doesn't matter. Goin' to the go-go.

6.56.8
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Michael on the phone with Jan keeps referring to their romantic moment as happening "in the parking lot of the Chili's"

7.67.8
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Jan tells Michael to exhibit completely professional behavior. Michael immediately responds: "I'm thinking about you."

7.27.3
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Jan asks Michael on the phone if the cameras are in his office. Michael says no. Cut to: the cameras are clearly in his office.

7.07.0
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Michael holds the door for Jan, says 'Apres vous,' Jan thanks him, he responds 'Nice to see you.' Jan: 'Nice to see you too, Michael.' Michael: 'Really?' Jan: 'Not like that.'

7.27.3
S2E08

Jan:Please don't smell me, Michael.

7.58.0
S2E08

Dwight · Michael · Jan:Dwight's case for a raise: "Let me bring up one word. Dedication." — followed by a pause — "I have never been late." / "I come in on holidays." Jan: "You do? How do you get in?" Dwight: "I have a copy of your key." Michael: "That's a serious offense." Jan: "That is a serious offense."

7.17.0
S2E08

Jan · Michael:Jan's revelation that the deer jerky Dwight brought in was deer: "That was deer? Gross."

7.17.2
S2E08

Jan:Jan outside Michael's office, to the documentary crew: "I know it's your job, I know you have to ask. But I promise you, I'm not going to discuss it with him. I'm certainly not going to discuss it with you. Do you have a light?"

7.47.3
S2E08

Dwight · Michael · Jan:Dwight's closing argument for his raise quotes Lex Luthor: '"Dad, you have no idea what I'm capable of."' Michael: 'That's from Superman?' Dwight: 'Smallville.'

7.98.2
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Michael chases Jan to her car begging for closure: "Never as in never, ever, ever? Or never as in there's no chance?" Jan: "Never for me always means never, ever, ever."

7.57.3
S2E08

Jan:Jan catalogs Michael's flaws: "You're obnoxious, and rude. And stupid. And you do have coffee breath by the way. And I don't agree about the B.O."

7.77.7
S2E08

Jan · Michael:Jan: "You cried with me and I appreciate that." Michael: "No, I wasn't, I wasn't crying."

7.06.8
S2E15

Michael · Jan:Michael barging into Jan's Women in the Workplace session despite being explicitly told he's not allowed, then launching into a rambling 'speech'

6.86.5
S2E15

Michael · Jan:"What is more important than quality?" / "Equality."

8.07.8
S2E15

Meredith · Jan:Meredith begins introducing herself in the women's seminar: 'Hi, I'm Meredith, and I'm an al...' — then cuts herself off and pivots to 'Good at supplier relations.'

7.78.0
S2E15

Jan:Jan responding to Meredith's sobriety goal: 'That is an excellent goal. 4 1/2.'

8.08.3
S2E15

Jan · Female employees:One woman says she doesn't want to schlep kids in a minivan; another says she wants an SUV with three rows of seats — Jan nods approvingly at both

6.86.3
S2E15

Jan:Jan's seminar pivoting to 'dress for the job you want, not the job you have'

6.46.2
S2E15

Michael · Jan:Michael to Jan: 'Don't get hysterical.' Jan: 'I'm not.' Michael: 'Part of my job is knowing how to talk to women. Let's... be... rational... here.'

7.57.8
S2E15

Michael · Jan:Michael telling Jan about the union: 'Don't get hysterical.' / Jan: 'I'm not.' / Michael: 'Part of my job is knowing how to talk to women.'

6.96.5
S2E15

Jan:Jan: 'The cons are that everyone will lose their job, Michael. Everyone. Office, warehouse. What do you think the pros... are... here?'

7.47.0
S2E15

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Come on, Jan. After all we've been through. We have history. Between us.'

6.86.7
S2E15

Jan · Female employees:Jan's sports metaphors explanation: 'Fumble means... Mistake. Slip. Right.' / 'Par for the course is a golf term. It means right on track. Uh, below par means worse.' / 'Wait, that should mean better. That doesn't make sense.'

6.76.5
S2E15

Kelly · Jan:Kelly: 'What about second base? Like if Michael said he got to second base with you?'

7.47.5
S2E15

Jan:Jan's corporate threat to the warehouse workers: 'If there is even a whiff of unionizing in this branch, I can guarantee you the branch will be shut down like that.'

7.17.0
S2E15

Jan:'They unionized in Pittsfield, and we all know what happened in Pittsfield.'

7.97.8
S2E15

Pam · Jan:Pam's confessional about her terrace dream — 'I don't know. It was just something I read in this book when I was 12.' / Jan: 'So you're not doing it?'

7.26.3
S2E16

Jan:Jan's talking head: 'And, well, it is Michael. So, yeah, I'm very nervous.'

6.96.7
S2E16

Michael · David Wallace · Jan:Michael begins his presentation: 'What is a business? Is it a collection of numbers and sales reports?' [Long pause.] 'Sure.'

7.87.5
S2E16

Craig · David (CFO) · Jan:Craig's explanation for having no financial presentation: 'I was under the impression this was more of like a meet-and-greet type deal.'

6.76.5
S2E16

Craig · Jan · Michael:Craig blames Michael's video: 'You know what? Michael made that stupid movie. He doesn't get in any trouble. Maybe I should've slept with you too.'

7.68.2
S2E16

Jan · Michael:Jan to Michael after the Craig disaster: 'I just don't know what to do anymore, Michael.'

7.06.7
S2E16

Michael · Jan:Jan: 'The CFO thinks that we slept together.' Michael: 'Technically, we fell asleep in the same bed.'

7.67.5
S2E16

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Surely, you cannot be serious.' Jan: [presumably mortified] Michael: 'I am serious, and don't call me Shirley. Airplane.'

6.87.0
S2E16

Michael · Jan:Jan thanks Michael for defending her to the CFO. Moment of genuine warmth. Then: 'So, uh, happy Valentine's Day.' 'Yeah, happy Valentine's Day.' — beat of longing between them.

7.36.8
S2E16

Michael · Jan:The long pause after the 'Happy Valentine's Day' exchange between Michael and Jan — inferred from [20:07] to [20:31] timestamp gap — before the scene ends

7.06.2
S2E16

Jan:Jan's final muttered line: 'Oi vey... schmear.'

7.16.3
S2E19

Michael · Jan:Michael calls Jan saying it's 'urgent,' then reveals it was just to wish her a happy birthday — she doesn't have the same birthday as him.

7.06.8
S2E19

Jan · Michael:Well, today's not my birthday, so. / Really? 'Cause I thought we had the same birthday.

7.37.3
S2E22

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Top 80%' in response to being told his branch is fourth out of five

8.58.5
S2E22

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Emeril. Oh, actually, while I have you — not that I have you or have ever had you.'

7.47.0
S2E22

Michael · Carol · Jan · Pam:Michael invites Carol to Casino Night mid-call, then Jan calls on line two, and Michael invites her too — double-booking two dates in real time

7.37.5
S2E22

Michael · Jan · Carol:Jan arriving and Michael's awkward 'open relationship' explanation to Carol

7.07.2
S2E22

Jan · Carol:Jan introduces herself to Carol as 'Michael's boss' — the hierarchy clarification as its own power move

7.67.3
S2E22

Jan · Carol:Jan's interrogation of Carol about where she's staying — working through every hotel ('Radisson? Super 8? Motel 6? Best Western? Holiday Inn? The Hyatt in Wilkes-Barre?') — ending with 'Are you staying with Michael?'

8.08.0
S3E01

Michael · Jan:Michael to Jan on the phone: 'I watch The L Word, okay? I watch Queer as— ' Jan: 'That's not what it's called.'

7.46.8
S3E01

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Could Oscar and Angela be having a gay affair?' Jan: 'No... Maybe.' Michael: 'Is that what this is about? No. I don't... No. It's not possible.' Jan: 'Anything's possible.'

7.06.7
S3E02

Jan:Jan's exasperated reaction to Michael on the phone: 'You can't wait to get out of here, ARM.'

6.86.2
S3E02

Michael · Jan:Jan meeting Michael's eyes and attempting to set ground rules — Michael tells her nothing can happen between them at the convention because he's still dating Carol: 'Step away from me, Michael.'

6.96.8
S3E02

Jan · Michael:Jan to Michael: 'I can't stay on top of you 24/7.' Michael's silent reaction to camera.

5.45.7
S3E02

Jim · Jan:Jan arrives late to lunch ('Sorry, my meeting ran late') with a new client lead from Hammermill — supposedly exclusive with Staples. Jim: 'Used to be.' They've landed the account.

7.47.3
S3E02

Jan · Michael:'Am I the first to arrive?' Michael: 'People have been filtering in and out.'

7.06.8
S3E02

Jim · Jan:'Blood, urine, or semen.' Jan: 'Oh God, I hope it's urine.'

7.98.2
S3E03

Michael · Jan:People work faster after. / Magically? / No. They have to, to make up for the time they lost watching the movie.

7.67.5
S3E03

Jan:Do I need to hire a babysitter for you, Michael? Some little 14-year-old girl whose job it is...

5.55.2
S3E03

Dwight · Jan:Dwight calls Jan and offers to meet her at a Liz Claiborne outlet — because he has catalogued her blouse brands.

7.07.0
S3E03

Jan · Dwight:Jan's shopping bags visible as she meets Dwight — she did go to the Liz Claiborne outlet.

7.27.3
S3E03

Dwight · Jan:I could save the branch. Really? If you let me run it.

7.57.3
S3E03

Jan · Michael:JAN: Michael! Hi. I had a very interesting conversation with one of your employees. / MICHAEL: Oh, that's nice. / JAN: No, it wasn't.

6.86.5
S3E04

Michael · Jan:Michael asks Jan 'does somebody miss me?' in response to a call informing him his former boss died

7.06.5
S3E04

Michael · Jan:Michael argues for a day off, then reverses himself: 'You don't understand these people. That is the last thing that they would want is a day off.'

6.25.8
S3E04

Michael · Dwight · Jan:Michael and Dwight's escalating robot-memorial plan: a life-sized robot of Ed with light-up eyes and moving arms. Michael: 'Better make it 2/3. Easier to stop if it turns on us.'

7.98.2
S3E04

Michael · Jan:Jan ends the call; Michael shouts 'You know who wished they could get back to work is Ed Truck! But Ed Truck can't because he is—' Jan hangs up mid-sentence: '—dead!'

7.17.0
S3E04

Michael · Jan:Michael to Jan: 'You know who wished they could get back to work is Ed Truck! But Ed Truck can't because he is— [Jan hangs up] —dead!'

7.37.3
S3E05

Jan · Michael:Jan says 'I don't care how your day was, Michael.' Michael petulantly responds 'I don't care how your day was either, Jan.'

6.86.2
S3E07

Michael · Jan:Michael immediately asks 'Am I a small number person or a severance package person?' — then Jan's pause followed by 'But you're a severance package person.'

7.77.7
S3E07

Michael · Jan:Michael begs Jan: 'Don't hurt me like I hurt you.' — while she's trying to leave.

7.57.0
S3E07

Josh · Jan:Josh announces he's leaving for a senior management position at Staples — he leveraged Dunder Mifflin's restructuring into another offer. Jan explodes: 'Damn it, Josh, this whole restructuring thing was based around keeping you.'

7.88.3
S3E07

Jim · Jan:Jan calls Jim to offer him the number two position at Scranton — Jim hesitates, citing 'some personal stuff' and being 'not ready to revisit that.' Jan says simply: 'Michael.'

7.67.5
S3E07

Jan · Stanley:Jan announces to the Scranton office: 'Your branch is not closing. Stamford is closing. For the time being, it seems that all of your jobs are safe.' — collective eruption, then Stanley asks: 'Is it because of Michael? Did he actually do something?'

7.37.5
S3E07

Jan:Jan: 'Well, reasons are not important.' — declining to explain why Scranton was saved.

7.77.5
S3E08

Michael · Jan:Jan calls Michael about Tony: 'You do realize Michael that now we have to pay him severance?' Michael: 'Yes.' Jan: 'You do?' Michael: 'But, do you realize that was actually Dwight's idea?'

7.57.5
S3E08

Michael · Jan:Jan tells Michael that Jim is his number two, not Dwight. Michael: 'Yes, I know that, or I do read the memos.' Then: 'So, after a great deal of thought and introspective-shun, I have decided to make Jim my new number two.'

6.05.7
S3E11

Michael · Jan:Jan arrives at the office and Michael greets her: 'Hi, Jan. You look tan.' Jan: 'I was in Scottsdale, visiting my sister.'

7.16.8
S3E11

Jan:Packer's colleague (offscreen) asks 'How was it?' about Jan's Scottsdale trip; Jan responds: 'Very sunny. Family's important.'

7.87.3
S3E11

Jan:Jan's speech to Michael about her psychiatrist, her self-destructive tendencies, and 'lowering my expectations or redefining the word itself' — all as a preamble to saying she's attracted to him

7.87.7
S3E11

Michael · Jan:After the emotional confession, Michael says 'So, thanks for coming by' and Jan says 'Yes... I... Oh. Good. Okay.'

7.77.3
S3E11

Jan:Jan says 'Wait 15 minutes, okay? Then find an excuse and meet me at your condo, okay?'

7.87.8
S3E11

Jan:Jan's response to 'You complete me': 'Oh, God.'

8.18.0
S3E14

Michael · Jan:Michael tells Jan about the stripper at work — Jan's reaction: 'You went to a bachelor party at work? / Yes, I kind of arranged it.'

6.66.5
S3E14

Michael · Jan:So you don't want to end our relationship? / I'm closer to firing you. / That is so sweet. You are the best GD girlfriend in the world. Do you know that?

8.18.2
S3E17

Jan · Michael:Let's just blow this party off. MICHAEL: That's what she said. Yeah. JAN: Am I on speakerphone?

7.47.7
S3E17

Jan · Michael:Jan on speakerphone: '...just, like, rip into each other like we did on that black sand beach in Jamaica.'

7.37.7
S3E17

Michael · Jan:I'm still on speaker? I... I... I don't know. Are the cameras there? Maybe.

7.47.2
S3E17

Jan · Michael:You're dressed exactly like the servants. Shut up.

7.17.3
S3E17

Jan · Michael:Okay, change shirts with me. Wait. I don't think yours will fit me. I don't care.

6.96.8
S3E17

Jan · Michael:The love contract scene: Jan asks Michael to sign a legal document releasing the company from liability if their relationship interferes with work. Michael: 'Awesome. I'm gonna frame mine.'

7.67.3
S3E17

Jan · Michael:You realize this is... This is a legal document that says you can't sue the company... Over our love.

8.18.0
S3E17

Jan:I am taking a calculated risk. What's the upside? I overcome my nausea, fall deeply in love, babies, normalcy, no more self-loathing. Downside? I date Michael Scott publicly and collapse in on myself like a dying star.

8.89.0
S3E17

Jan · Michael:What's this over the 'l'? It's a heart.

7.87.5
S3E17

Jan · Michael:Why is this so hard? That's what she said. Oh, my God, what am I saying?

8.28.5
S3E17

Michael · Jan:I love this woman! Oh, God.

7.57.8
S3E17

Dwight · Rachel · Jan:Rachel, your house is beautiful. Thank you. What's the square footage? About 5,000. Does that include the garage? Dwight, wow. That's not appropriate.

7.06.5
S3E17

Michael · Jan:You and the missus should join us in Sandals, Jamaica next Christmas. Michael, I think David probably wants to spend Christmas here with his family. Yeah. They don't allow kids at Sandals. They are persona non grata there.

7.77.8
S3E17

Jan · Michael:The bathroom scene: Jan pulls Michael into the bathroom for what she implies is sexual, he resists. 'No means Please don't. Means... Slam me up against the wall right here.' 'I'm not going to slam you up against anything. You're acting inappropriate, Jan.'

7.27.0
S3E17

Michael · Jan:What has gotten into you? No, no, no. / What? / Come on, let's get back to the party. Come on. / Wait, let me just take my dress off. We're missing everybody. / Don't take that... No, stop it! Stop it! Jan! No! No! No! / MICHAEL: No means 'Please don't.' Means... Slam me up against the wall right here.

7.77.5
S3E17

Jan:You know, we were good when we were just running around, you know? In secret. It was wrong and it was exciting, and maybe it was a mistake to take it public.

6.66.3
S3E17

Michael · Jan:Why don't you just take your stupid love contract and tear it up into a million pieces? / It was never a love contract, Michael. / Yeah. And besides, I have already given a copy to David. It would be just as embarrassing to get it back from him as it was handing it to him...

7.97.8
S3E17

Michael · Jan:I love you, Jan. Okay.

7.98.0
S3E18

Michael · Jan · Toby:Jan asks if Toby is there; Michael says 'No.' Toby quietly says 'I'm here, Jan.' — Michael has denied Toby's existence to Jan

7.67.5
S3E18

Michael · Jan:Michael says 'Yeppers.' Jan: 'What did I tell you about yeppers?' Michael: 'I don't remember.' Jan: 'I told you not to say it. Do you remember that?' Michael: 'Ye--sh.'

8.08.3
S3E18

Michael · Jan:Michael says 'Bippity boppity' to Jan in the negotiation — a mangled version of Darryl's fake phrase

8.38.8
S3E18

Michael · Jan:Michael threatens Jan: 'You give me a good raise, or no more sex.'

7.98.5
S3E18

Jan · Michael:Jan coaches Michael to ask for 15% so she can say no and give 12%: 'I just need you to ask for it... so I can record that you asked for it.'

7.27.0
S3E18

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'I would like a 15% raise.' Jan: 'No! But we can offer you 12.' Michael: 'But you just said 15.' Jan: 'Negotiation is an art.'

7.16.8
S3E18

Michael · Jan:Michael's talking head continues: 'But, you know, life is about more than just salary. It's about... perks. Like having sex with Jan.' Jan, off-camera: 'Michael!'

7.57.7
S3E21

Jan · Michael:Jan on the phone: 'Michael, come over after work tonight, okay? I miss your body... I'll give you $200. And if I get up before you, I'll leave it on the dresser.'

7.97.8
S3E21

Michael · Jan · Women:Jan's call goes to voicemail while Michael panics. Everyone tells him simultaneously to answer and not answer. The call stops.

6.66.3
S3E21

Jan · Michael:Jan appears in person at the mall, having driven there to apologize to Michael — immediately after he left the breakup voicemail

7.57.7
S3E21

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'So, we're good?' Jan: 'Abso-fruitly.'

7.77.5
S3E21

Jan · Michael:Jan hears the voicemail while standing with Michael — the breakup message plays as Michael suggests dinner ('Maybe some Italian... Chinese?')

8.79.3
S3E21

Jan · Michael:Jan's phone rings while she and Michael are reconciling; she hands it to him — it's his own voicemail playing back

7.98.3
S3E23

Jan · Michael:Jan: 'I tried calling, but I kept getting voicemail.' / Michael: 'Weird. Yeah, I didn't get both of your messages.'

8.18.3
S3E23

Michael · Jan:Michael suggests he and Jan run away to Jamaica: 'Let's just run away to Jamaica and live in a bungalow. You have some savings right? You could pay off my debts. It would be fine.'

6.76.5
S3E23

Jan · David Wallace · Michael:Jan erupts in the interview: 'You son of a bitch! You're firing me?' as Michael's interview continues — the three-way collision of Michael's interview, Jan's firing, and Michael's ignorance

7.17.7
S3E23

Jan · Michael · David Wallace:Jan's breakdown over her augmentation: 'Is it because of these?' as the room's attention goes to her chest; Michael: ''Cause he likes them. Okay? He likes them.'

7.68.3
S3E23

Jan:Jan: 'Okay, you know what? I'm just not leaving. Not leaving.' — sits down in a chair as if that settles it

6.86.8
S3E23

Jan:Jan on the phone, crying: 'It's just so rude, you know? I mean the absolute nerve of that guy!' — then immediately pivots to 'Actually I think it's good... my work has always been the thing that has gotten in the way of my happiness'

7.37.0
S3E23

Jan:Jan's painkiller excuse: 'It's just these painkillers that I started taking since the surgery. They make my moods totally unpredictable!'

7.27.0
S3E23

Michael · Jan:Michael offers Jan his condo — then remembers he sold it — then suggests they 'live together' with Jan as his 'full-time job': 'I could wear stretch pants and wait for you to come home at 5:15.'

7.27.2
S4E01

Michael · Stanley · Kevin · Jan:Stanley has zero sponsors. Michael: 'Come on, man, got to step it up.' Then: 'Jan called this morning and pledged $500.' Kevin: 'And isn't that your money?' Michael: 'It is for a good cause.'

7.26.8
S4E01

Jan · Pam:Jan's apparent jealousy about Pam seeing Michael naked: 'So I heard that you were peeping on Michael.' / 'What? No, it was not...' / 'Look, I don't know what your deal is, but he's mine, okay? So, hands off.'

7.67.5
S4E02

Ryan · Jan:So, elephant in the room, I have your old job. / Well, not exactly my job. I mean, I had a different title. / Oh, well, excuse me. Same office, same responsibilities. Different salary. You'll get there. Don't worry.

7.37.2
S4E02

Michael · Jan:What is the actual deal with these things in terms of testicles? / What? / I don't want to grow weird sperm in case we ever want to have kids.

7.07.0
S4E02

Jan · Michael:He's being a real twerp about it, too. It's all about youth and agility and streamlining and trying to squeeze out the older people. He's such a snake. / I hope he gets hit with an ageism suit.

7.27.3
S4E02

Michael · Jan:So older people have just as many rights as younger people? / Yes, Michael. They do.

7.16.8
S4E03

Michael · Jan:Michael on the phone with Jan: she refuses to go to the party because she was terminated. Michael: 'All your friends will be there.' Jan: 'My friends? Michael, I was terminated.' Then Michael begs not to go alone: 'If I go by myself, everybody'll think I'm a big loser.'

6.96.5
S4E03

Michael · Jan:Michael, after being told not to invite Carol (his ex), says: 'I'm sorry. It's just the first girl that popped into my head. I'll find somebody I haven't slept with.'

7.57.2
S4E04

Michael · Jan:Michael and Jan argue about decorating; Jan dismisses the futon: 'A futon's not a sofa.' Michael: 'It folds up. You've only seen it flat.'

6.66.0
S4E04

Michael · Jan:Michael comes home late; Jan: 'How was yoga?' Michael: 'I didn't go.' Jan: 'Why?' Michael: 'I just didn't.' Cut to him getting in the car, clearly having just come from work.

7.37.0
S4E04

Michael · Jan:Michael on the train: 'I am out of answers, Jan.' / 'This is who I am now. A guy on a train with no answers. I hope that can be enough for you.'

7.06.5
S4E04

Michael · Jan:Jan on the phone with Michael about her breast implants: 'Don't sell your implants, please.' Jan: 'I'm keeping them. I know you like them.' Michael: 'They're kind of uncomfortable, though.' Jan: 'Looks cute. Kind of painful, and my nipples aren't as sensitive now. Looks cute, though.'

7.37.2
S4E08

Michael · Jan:Tell them how much you're going to get if you win. Come on, Michael, that's tacky. Million dollars. 4 million. $4 million! Man, that is a lot of guacamole! Lot of the green. Lot of green.

6.96.7
S4E08

Jan:People underestimate Michael. There are plenty of things that he is well above average at, like ice-skating. He is a very good ice-skater.

8.18.2
S4E08

Michael · Jan:How could you give up my diary like that? / I had to. I'm sorry, but I need to win this. / How did you even find it? / You keep it under my side of the mattress. I don't like the lump.

7.77.3
S4E08

Jan:All right, I stole your diary and gave it to my lawyer. You e-mailed a topless photo of me to everyone in our company. Let's call it even.

8.28.5
S4E08

Michael · Jan:Fine. I love you. I love you, too.

7.57.2
S4E08

Michael · Jan:What do you want to do for dinner? / How about Chinese? / We should really try to save some money. How about something cheap? / That was my cheap suggestion. Chinese was my cheap suggestion.

7.27.0
S4E08

Michael · Jan:Can you do fast food? / Fine. / Fast food's fine.

6.86.5
S4E09

Jan:Jan thanks Pam for the wine and says 'This will be great to cook with.' — a passive-aggressive slight on the gift's quality

6.46.0
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Michael painted bedroom walls 'eggshell white' to make them softer — 'Guess what? White and eggshell white are exactly the same color.'

7.27.0
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Jan to Michael in front of guests: 'I thought you said you were gonna tidy things up... Shame on you.'

6.86.8
S4E09

Jan:Jan's response to Michael offering tech help: 'I bet you are.'

7.16.7
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Michael says Jan chose the neon beer sign over the Dundies for the living room; Jan: 'I said, honey, keep the trophies.' Michael: 'Oh honey, I have the best trophy right here.'

6.86.7
S4E09

Jan · Pam:The Osso Buco hasn't started braising yet — dinner is 3 hours away

7.27.3
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Jan: 'You know, Pam, in Spain, they often don't even start eating until midnight.' Michael: 'When in Rome.'

7.27.2
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Jan plays Hunter's CD at the dinner party — the song appears to be about a sexual relationship ('the night', intimate lyrics)

8.28.7
S4E09

Jan:Jan: 'I think he's probably just about as reliable as Pam, being that it usually takes you an afternoon to get back to me. Sometimes I think she holds on to faxes.'

7.06.8
S4E09

Michael · Jan · Jim · Pam:Charades game — 'Joe Camel!' / first name of animal + capital state = 'Joe Montana'

6.86.8
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Babe, can you just, like, really... You're just, like, really... Could you just simmer down? Seriously. I'm just making people laugh. No. Yes, I was watching Jim's face. I was watching Jim. And he was laughing. No smile. Look at him. He's laughing.

6.86.8
S4E09

Michael · Jim · Jan:First name is blank, and he goes on a cruise. He goes on a Caribbean cruise. I don't know. Katie Holmes. No, but he's married to her! Oh, Dawson's Creek. No, it has to be a real person, Jim. Come on!

6.46.5
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Michael announces the sliding glass door shattered 'because he thought he heard the ice cream truck'

8.18.5
S4E09

Michael · Jan:You know, honey, that door was extremely clean, and it looked invisible. You are so right! Because before I lived here, the glass was always covered in smudges. And I moved in and I cleaned it, so I guess that makes me the devil.

7.57.5
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Jan: 'Before I lived here, the glass was always covered in smudges. So I moved in and I cleaned it, so I guess that makes me the devil.' Michael: 'You are! She is! She is the devil! I'm in hell!'

6.97.0
S4E09

Jan · Angela · Pam:Jan to Angela in the kitchen: 'You should see our bathroom after Michael takes a bath. But I don't have to tell you, Pam.'

7.88.0
S4E09

Jan · Pam:Jan insists Pam and Michael used to date and she 'sees the way Pam looks at him'

7.67.8
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Michael/Jan argument: 'When I wanted to see Stomp and you wanted to see Wicked, what did we see? We saw Wicked.'

8.28.5
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Jan escalates the vasectomy argument: Michael wanted kids, Jan didn't, Michael got a vasectomy, then reversed it, then reversed it back — 'Snip, snap! Snip, snap! Snip, snap!'

9.29.3
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Jan: 'Do you mean it? You want to have a kid?' / Michael (quietly): 'I hate my life.'

8.18.3
S4E09

Jan · Michael:Jan to Michael: 'Can you not do that? It's disgusting.' Michael: 'You know I have soft teeth. How could you say that?'

7.06.8
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Michael wants to keep the neon beer sign up over Jan's objection: 'I think it ties the whole room together.'

6.56.3
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Michael and Jan fight about Hunter: 'At least he's an artist.' / 'BFD, I'm a screenwriter.' / 'And I'm a candle maker, but you don't hear me bragging about it!'

7.47.5
S4E09

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Man, I would love to burn your candles!' Jan: 'You burn it, you buy it!' Michael: 'Oh good, I'll be your first customer!' Jan: 'You're hardly my first.' Michael: 'That's what she said!'

7.57.8
S4E09

Jan:Jan throws a Dundie at Michael's small plasma TV, destroying it

8.38.7
S4E14

Kevin · Jan · Michael:Kevin calls Michael to the supermarket: there's Jan, very pregnant. Kevin: 'I think you kids have a lot to catch up on.'

7.06.8
S4E14

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'Well, okay. So it's not mine, and it's not somebody else's, so...I know the whole toilet seat thing is a myth, so... I went to a sperm bank.'

7.98.0
S4E14

Michael · Jan:Michael: 'When we were going out, you'd rather have somebody else's sperm than mine?' Jan: 'No, no. It's not just any sperm bank...it's right next to that little breakfast place in the city where you can draw on the tables.' Michael: 'IHOP.'

7.57.3
S4E14

Michael · Jan:Michael can't understand why Jan used a sperm bank instead of him: 'You'd rather have somebody else's sperm than mine?' Jan: 'No, no, no. It's not just any sperm bank. It's a really, really great place. It's amazing, actually. I'm gonna bring you the catalogue.'

7.57.5
S4E14

Jan · Michael:Jan: 'It's right next to that little breakfast place that you like in the city where you can draw on the tables.' Michael: 'Ihop.'

7.87.7
S4E14

Jan:Jan: 'If I was 22 and had lots of time to have lots of children, then sure, let's let Michael have a shot at one. But honestly, I need to make this one count.'

8.08.0
S4E14

Jan:Jan: 'I usually, you know, use a foam noodle instead of a partner' in lamaze class

7.57.0
S5E01

Jan · Kevin · Oscar:Jan shows up at the office to use the copier. 'How's the candle game?' / 'Serenity by Jan is kicking ass and taking names.' / 'You remember last week when that girl went missing — guess whose candles they used for the vigil?' / 'Cool. Thank God they found her, too.' / 'Oh, they found her?'

8.38.5
S5E01

Jan · Jim:Jan stops Jim: 'I don't want you to end up with a surprise pregnancy like me.' Hands him condoms.

7.47.2
S5E03

Michael · Jan · Dwight:Jan simulating labor contractions while Michael coaches her like a birth partner, but they are practicing with a watermelon

7.87.7
S5E03

Michael · Jan:Jan tells Michael her cervix is ripening; Michael says 'Okay, good' as if receiving a routine status update

7.36.8
S5E03

Jan · Jim · Michael:Jan arrives at the office — she has already had the baby, and Michael had no idea

7.57.8
S5E03

Michael · Jan:Michael calls the baby 'Astird'; Jan corrects him: 'Astrid.' Michael: 'Oh!'

6.66.5
S5E03

Jan:Jan dismisses the gift stroller: 'She already has a stroller. And this is way worse than the stroller she came with. She's got an Orbit. That's a $1,200 stroller.'

6.76.7
S5E03

Jan:Jan sings 'Son of a Preacher Man' at the baby shower — she has been singing for 20 minutes

7.47.5
S5E03

Jan · Office Staff:Jan singing 'Son of a Preacher Man' at the baby shower, alone, for 20+ minutes while the office stares

7.88.3
S5E03

Jan:Jan's baby is let outside and nearly goes near a fence/barbed wire; Jan shouts 'Don't hit the fence!' and 'Don't get stuck on the barbed wire!' and 'Playtime is over!'

7.37.5
S5E03

Creed · Jan:Jan: 'No, it's actually really hygienic, Creed. After the birth, you get out—' Creed: 'I'm done.'

8.08.2
S5E03

Jan:Jan asks Michael to remind her to talk to him about Astrid's 529, then: 'Wake me in 20.'

7.27.0
S5E03

Jan · Dwight:Jan asks where the stroller she came in with is — Dwight immediately says he put it in her trunk. The gift stroller he just destroyed is gone.

6.86.8
S5E03

Jan · Michael:Jan asks Michael not to date Holly — Michael: 'That's... I hate her.' — then immediately starts defending Holly before walking back 'not that it matters, 'cause I don't'

7.27.0
S7E04

Jan · Michael:Jan has released an album of Doris Day covers on her own label. Michael doesn't get the reference when she sings the 'Enjoli' commercial jingle.

7.57.0
S7E04

Jan:Jan: 'Michael Scott, you are here for a post-mortem. You wanna dig into our relationship, go over it, see what killed it.'

7.16.7
S7E04

Jan:Jan's analysis of her relationship with Michael: 'Well, there was a bit of a learning curve in the conversation department, but between the sheets, we were like Jordan and Pippen.'

7.57.5
S7E04

Jan · Michael:Jan's 'princess' allegory: Michael asks 'Am I the princess?' Jan: 'No, I'm the princess. And the queen.' Michael: 'So I'm the guy at the station.'

8.08.0
S7E04

Jan · Michael · Astrid:Jan is singing an improvised song to her daughter Astrid (Assie); mid-song, Michael announces 'I have herpes.'

8.28.7
S9E07

Jan · Molly:Molly! / David Wallace is in Vermont. / Oh, my God. Um, I talked to his assistant. And I guess it did get a little confusing 'cause you said not to tell anyone your name. And then also, these bluetooths are very hard to hear with. I know you love the way they look, but Tom never had us use them.

6.66.3
S9E07

Jan · Astrid:Astrid's song: ♪ Mommy, you're a princess / Mommy, you're a superstar / Mommy, you're the greatest / How can I ever fill your shoes? ♪

7.87.8
S9E07

Pam · Jan:Your voice is as lovely as ever. / Well, that was me too. / Oh, okay. It's just that's how Cece does it with the backwards Es.

7.27.2
S9E07

Jan:Well, it's not really much of a comparison, is it? I mean, 'Cece' is two letters, and 'Astrid' is... I mean, there's even some adults who — who — who can't spell it.

7.57.3
S9E07

Jan · Pam:Can you spell it? Try to spell it, Pam. Um... A... X? I don't — you got me.

7.37.5
S9E07

Jan · Pam:Don't patronize me. / I'm so sorry. / I hate this. You're better. Okay, we should go now.

7.87.7
S9E07

Jan · Molly:Jan: 'Could I get some more water?' — Receptionist: 'No.'

7.67.3
S9E07

Jan:I-I-- / Hmm? / I don't recall. / And, yes, Molly is crap.

7.67.5
S9E07

Jan:He's been growing that mustache for weeks. Best he can do... so young.

7.87.8
S9E07

Jan · Dwight:Can you turn around for me, please? / Dwight, you can go.

7.37.2
S9E07

Jan:Do you have a valid passport?

7.57.7
S9E15

Andy · Jan:Andy calls Jan to 'clear up' the Scranton White Pages deal. He says 'coolio' to Jan mid-call while the deal collapses.

7.27.3
S9E15

Andy · Clark · Jan:Jan invokes her 30-day exit clause and cancels the contract. Andy pleads: 'Jan, please do not listen to this boob! Remember Clark. He gave you everything. Everything.' Clark, on the phone: 'Jan, I don't know what he's talking about, but--'

7.37.2