 The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton , Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company . In the episode , Michael Scott ( Steve Carell ) helps Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson ) with an important speech that he is going to give . Meanwhile , Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski ) plans a vacation to avoid Pam Beesley 's ( Jenna Fischer ) wedding . 
