 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 the episode , Michael Scott and his girlfriend Jan Levinson ( Melora Hardin ) , the former Vice @-@ President of Regional Sales at the Dunder Mifflin corporate office in New York City throw a dinner party and invite Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski ) and Pam Beesley ( Jenna Fischer ) , and Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms ) and Angela Martin ( Angela Kinsey ) , as well as an uninvited Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson ) . The party ends with Michael and Jan having a loud argument ; Michael leaves with Dwight on the advice of two police officers who respond to a domestic disturbance call after the fight . 
