INT. MICHAEL'S OFFICE
Michael is sitting at his desk looking absolutely miserable. The phone rings and Michael dejectedly hits a button on it to answer.

MICHAEL
(monotone)
Michael Scott.

INT. PAM'S DORM ROOM
We see Pam sitting Indian style on her bed. She is holding her cell phone.

PAM
(glancing at the camera)
Hi, Michael.. It's Pam...

MICHAEL
Pam! Oh My God, where ARE you? Everything is
falling apart, my... my heart is broken and you're on
the other side of the world...

PAM
New York.

MICHAEL
...thousands of miles away...

Pam
One hundred twenty two.

MICHAEL
... taking a stupid arts and crafts class!

PAM
(annoyed)
Getting a degree, Michael.

MICHAEL
WHATEVER! I need you!
(throws his hands over his face)

PAM
(sighing)
I'm sorry, Michael... I'm.. I'm here.

PAM TALKING HEAD

PAM
Jim told me about how depressed Michael is because
of the whole Holly thing. He's moping around the office,
crying on everybody's shoulder... Jim says it's awful.
So we decided that one of us should speak to him and
try to cheer him up. (beat) And... since I lost the coin toss...
it fell to me.
(frowns)

INT. MICHAEL'S OFFICE

MICHAEL
(head down on desk)
I'm dying, Pam. I feel like my.. my partner, my
blood.. uh...

PAM
Brother?

MICHAEL
No.. blood... um.. lover... is so far away and gone
forever. Ah, you wouldn't understand.

PAM
Nope, haven't a clue.

Michael groans and covers his head with his hands.

PAM
Michael. Why don't you just quit and go
be with her?

MICHAEL
Quit? Here? This is my career, Pam.

PAM
Career is a... REALLY strong word, Michael...

MICHAEL
Alright, it's my life then, ok? This is all I know.

PAM
Well, maybe it's time to learn something else.

MICHAEL
Like what?

PAM
I don't know, Michael. What's up there?

MICHAEL
I don't know... um.. stores... restaurants...
(beat) a lot of trees...

PAM
Trees aren't really hiring, Michael..

MICHAEL
Oh! There's this big park and some state forests
near there! Maybe I can be a park ranger!

PAM
Um...

MICHAEL
THAT would be cool! Do they wear dark green
or brown? I look better in dark green.

PAM
I really don't know what....

MICHAEL
Hey, this would be a great movie. Big city boy
becomes a park ranger and then fights
organized crime.

PAM
In a state park?

MICHAEL
Could happen. "Danger Ranger". Or...
"Ranger Danger". Hm. Either one... Oh!
Oh! Maybe it could even be a comic book!
"Danger Ranger and the Furious Five!"
Hey, maybe you... no, you're a girl. Does
anybody in your arts and crafts class draw
comics?

Pam sighs.

PAM TALKING HEAD

PAM
The bad thing about getting Michael's mind
on to something else is that...
(deflates)
you... got Michael's mind on to.. something
else.

INT. MICHAEL'S OFFICE

MICHAEL
(excited)
And that would be the end of the first issue.
Setting up some major plotlines, you know?

PAM
I don't know, Michael... the villains...

MICHAEL
What? Super-powered bears make good
villains.