Jim, Darryl and Kevin chat in the break room about sports, until Jim bites his lip and takes it so hard that he lets it ruin his whole day by biting his lip. In fact, he interrupts a TH with a going-home tantrum.

After the credits, Pam comes into the office for the day looking so bedraggled that Erin mistakes her for Meredith at first. Foreshadowing! Pam THs about all the stuff she's been covering (poorly) at home while Jim's been off working in Philadelphia. The worst part is that Cece got lice, so Pam was up all night disinfecting everything. "But don't tell Jim. He has a huge meeting today. Under a lot of pressure, and he's doing it all for the family." Cut to Jim in a crowing-head from the "sports marketing" company's loft office in Philly saying, "I am meeting Dr. J. today!" But like Pam, he'd rather be discreet about his day, because he knows how he'd feel if she were off go-karting with John Stamos. They talk on the phone, each avoiding getting into details, until the limo comes to take Jim to the meeting. Yeah, that's another detail that Jim doesn't get into.

Darryl and Val appear to be having a Serious Conversation in the parking lot. Darryl THs that getting Val to dump him was part of his plan so he can work in Philly, and explains how he made it happen: "First you say, 'what are you gonna do, break up with me?' Like that's a joke. And then you gain a lot of weight."

Pam drops off a request for Meredith, who seems to think Jim left her because of her nagging. Pam looks ready to get into it, but when Meredith starts furiously scratching her head, she bails on the conversation quickly, although Pam hopefully THs that maybe Meredith is just confused.

Cut to Meredith at Reception, where Erin is using a fork and a flashlight to inspect her scalp. "Between the foster homes and the orphanage, I had lice 22 times," Erin assures Meredith knowledgeably. Dwight enters the bullpen just in time to hear Erin's confirmation that yep, the critters are in the house, and he orders a full lockdown. It seems he still holds a grudge against lice since his own childhood trauma, as he explains it a TH: "For fifteen years they called me 'freak' and 'four-eyes' and 'sci-fi nerd' and 'girl-puncher,' all because I had lice when I was seven." Erin inspects Dwight's scalp and declares it the cleanest she's ever seen, and he explains he uses lice shampoo every morning. Then he busts out a can of bug spray to cover his escape from the bullpen.

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