 The office workers are stuck working overtime on a major assignment . After asking Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski ) to confirm that he has not made any plans for the evening in anticipation of the overtime assignment , Michael Scott ( Steve Carell ) calls corporate and declares that he is releasing the workers from overtime . Michael then proceeds to invite Jim and his girlfriend Pam Beesly ( Jenna Fischer ) to join him and his girlfriend Jan Levenson ( Melora Hardin ) for dinner at his condominium after Jim had previously turned him down nine times . When Jim begins to formulate an excuse , Michael reminds him that he just said he hadn 't made any plans . Jim begins to suspect that Michael fabricated the overtime assignment and the call to corporate just to maneuver him and Pam into coming to dinner . Michael also invites Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms ) and Angela Martin ( Angela Kinsey ) , but excludes Angela 's former boyfriend Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson ) , much to Dwight 's dismay . On a tour of the condominium , Jan shows the workspace from which she runs her candle @-@ making home business . Jan 's dominance in the relationship is apparent from the living arrangements ; Michael sleeps on a small bench due to Jan 's " space issues " , and his sole comfort is a very small " plasma TV , " which he bought for $ 200 . It is also later revealed that Michael underwent three vasectomies in the course of trying to please Jan. Throughout the evening , Jan plays a song titled " That One Night " by her former assistant , Hunter . 
