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"The Client" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American comedy television series ''The Office'', and the show's thirteenth episode overall. Written by Paul Lieberstein, who also acts in the show as Toby Flenderson, and directed by Greg Daniels, the episode first aired in the United States on November 8, 2005 on NBC. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) and Michael Scott (Steve Carell) begin a relationship after landing an important client (Tim Meadows). Meanwhile, the rest of the office finds a screenplay written by Michael and they decide to read it together. The idea for Jan and Michael to have a romantic relationship was conceived by Steve Carell as far back as the filming of the pilot episode. The kiss between the two was rehearsed and filmed "many, many, many times", according to B.J. Novak. While filming, Steve Carell and Tim Meadows improvised a good majority of their dinner scene, but most of it never made the final cut. During the production of the episode, the cast and crew were informed by NBC that the show would be picked up for a whole 22 episodes, a move that "surprised" them. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned a Nielsen rating of 3.8 in the 18–49 demographic, being viewed by 7.5 million viewers. ==Plot== Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and Jan Levenson (Melora Hardin) meet a client named Christian (Tim Meadows) at Chili's for an important meeting. Jan is disgusted with Michael's antics (which began when Michael changed the meeting location from a hotel meeting room to Chili's without permission) and refusal to talk business, but discovers at the end of the day that there is a method to his madness when the client bonds with Michael, allowing him to close the deal. Afterwards, in the parking lot, Michael and the recently divorced Jan kiss and leave together. Meanwhile, Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) finds a screenplay written by Michael called ''Threat-Level Midnight'' starring himself as "Agent Michael Scarn", and the staff read it together. While reading the script, the character sequence "Dwigt" appears. Pam explains to the camera that originally, Michael based his incompetent sidekick on Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), but later changed the name with a search and replace. Unfortunately, the search and replace mechanism failed to change Dwight's misspelled name. Dwight is upset and quickly shuts down the exercise to invite everyone to set off fireworks outside, but only Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) follows. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam break off their respective evening plans to enjoy an impromptu dinner on the roof and watch Dwight and Kevin fool around with fireworks. The next day, Jim jokes about their "first date", and Pam, in an unexpectedly blunt tone, tells him it was not a date. Surprised and obviously disappointed, Jim makes an unwise comment that at least he didn't leave her at a high school hockey game, in reference to Pam's earlier revelation of what Roy had done on her worst date ever. Pam is clearly upset and gets up to go make copies, leaving it awkward between her and Jim, who tries unsuccessfully to apologize. Word quickly spreads that Jan and Michael spent the night together. Michael initially tells the documentary crew that "nothing happened", that they just talked for several hours, but his story gradually changes to imply that they did more than that. Jan calls, clearly regretting what happened, but Michael refuses to accept her change of heart. Jim and Michael share a glance at each other, both disappointed in the days' events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Client (The Office)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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