Janet "Jan" Levinson (formerly Jan Levinson-Gould), is a fictional character played by Melora Hardin in the television series The Office. She was VP of Northeastern Sales and was later the director of office purchasing for a Scranton area hospital. She is currently the CEO of White Pages.

Contents 1 Season 1 2 Season 2 3 Season 3 4 Season 4 5 Season 5 6 Season 6 7 Season 7 8 Season 9 9 Family 10 Relationship status 11 Trivia 12 Appearances

Season 1 Edit

During the first season Jan and Michael have a traditional boss-employee relationship. Jan is frustrated with Michael's immaturity; Michael in return dislikes Jan because she is demanding and humorless.

Michael refers to her as "Hillary Rodham Clinton", not to her face but quickly stating that he is not afraid of her. During their meeting in "Pilot" a phone call from Todd Packer reveals another nickname - "Godzillary".

Jan appears in "Health Care" where she tells Michael to choose a health care plan for the office, and later berates him for putting Dwight in charge.

Season 2 Edit

Michael calls Jan to attend the Dundees however Jan tells him that she is not coming as she does not want to give the impression that corporate supports this. She tells Michael that they simply do not have the funds to afford all of Michael's parties (The Dundees).

Jan shows up to talk to Michael about the recent allegations of the company's CFO having had inappropriate relations with his secretary. She shows up just as Michael comes out of the conference room and announces to the office that one of the girls in the video on sexual harassment he had to watch had slept with Darryl. During their meeting Michael becomes angry that he can no longer make inappropriate jokes and announces to the office that he must "retire" from comedy. Jan becomes annoyed when Jim tricks Michael into saying "that's what she said!" (Sexual Harassment).

Jan had told Michael to fire someone by the end of the month however Michael procrastinated. When Pam asked Michael why he had put this off until Halloween Michael replied "because its very scary stuff" (Halloween).

Jan arrives to help Michael land a very important client. Michael finds the various charts and graphs she has impressive. Jan becomes irritated upon learning that Michael had changed the location of the meeting place to Chilies as he believed the Radison was to snooty. When Michael learns that Jan is divorced he becomes shocked and keeps barraging her with questions. Jan attempts to convince the man to buy from them however Michael keeps distracting the man with jokes. Jan becomes bored and starts drinking heavily being stuck with the two men. When Michael finally lands him, Jan becomes impressed and starts viewing Michael in a different light. In the parking lot, a slightly drunk Jan kisses Michael and coaxes him to go to a hotel with her. Jan is later spotted the next day getting into her car still in the Dunder-Miflin parking lot where she is spotted by Dwight and the cameras. Jim learns about this and finds it amusing and shares it with Pam. Jan calls later and wants to know if Michael had put something in her drink (The Clinet).

Jan comes over to give Michael his performance review and finds him to be irritating as he can only focus on romancing her. Jan later sits in on a meeting of staff giving advice on how to improve the office and Michael ends up insulting the staff. Jan becomes angry upon learning that Michael told the entire office of their one night stand. She leaves saying she will just conduct the review over the phone (Performance Review).

Jan comes to conduct a girls in the workplace seminar and tries to find someone who is corporate material. She becomes annoyed when Michael bothers them. Jan's authority becomes undermined when the staff keep bringing up how Jan had slept with Michael. Upon learning that Michael had accidentally inspired the warehouse to form a union she goes to the warehouse and advises them not too unless they want the branch to be shut down. She advises Pam to take a design class as well. She leaves the office looking quite depressed (Boys and Girls).

When Michael learns that Jim had a crush on Pam he tries to compare himself by telling Jim "You know, I made out with Jan" to which Jim replies "Yeah, I know" (Booze Cruise).

Season 3 Edit

At the beginning of the third season, Jan often gets angry at Michael, such as when she yells at Michael for

holding Movie Monday (The Coup). As Dwight puts it, 'ever since Michael dumped Jan, she's been bitching out on him.' After Carol breaks up with Michael in A Benihana Christmas, Jan is invited by him to go with him to Sandals, Jamaica, which she agrees to. In Back From Vacation, it is revealed that the two had sex several times. In Cocktails, the two become an official couple. However, the two break up in Women's Appreciation, after the women of the office discover that he is unhappy when he is with her. In The Job, Jan convinces Michael to get back together with her, using her nice set of breasts. It is revealed that she had breast augmentation surgery, which accounts for the bigger rack she displays in Michaels office. This happened in spite of the fact that the women were urging Michael not to get back together with Jan. She was fired for being extremely unstable. Her boss said she would smoke in her office all day,

took too many days off without explanation, and took too many trips to Scranton. After Michael told her they were going to fire her, she cursed at her boss on the way out the door. She then moved in with Michael.

Season 4Edit

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Jan has moved in with Michael. Her insanity has grown, as she recklessly spends his money and sleeps at home

all day. She has, however, started her own company, a candle business called Serenity by Jan. Michael and Jan break up in Dinner Party after a large argument culminating with Jan throwing one of Michael's Dundies at his television. Jan then presumably moves out of Michael's house, living somewhere else. It is implied in this episode, that Jan possibly has a thing for Jim. She tries to dance with him during a song called That One Night, sung by her former assistant Hunter (a song about losing your virginity.) In Chair Model, Michael accidentally calls Jan when trying to show a picture of her to his date. In Goodbye Toby, Jan reveals to Michael that she is pregnant, but Michael is not the father: She got inseminated at a local sperm bank.

Season 5Edit

Jan's only appearances in Season 5 are during episode 3 "Baby Shower" and episode 1, "Weight Loss". She makes a trip into the office for her new baby Astrid's baby shower. Michael and all the other office employees are surprised that Jan has already had the baby without anyone knowing. Most of the baby shower's games are based around the idea that Astrid was not born yet. She says to Kevin that her candle company is 'kicking ass and taking names,' although this statement is debatable due to the apparently terrible smell of her candles (Dinner Party). In a deleted scene in Stress Relief, she tells Michael that he ruined her life and goes on to belittle him (in a pretty cruel manner) over a phone, but it is still not known where she "is." Also, in Employee Transfer, Michael tells Holly that he hates Jan.

Season 6Edit

Melora Hardin stated that she would reappear, but never did. She only appeared in a clip in The Banker.

Season 7Edit

While visiting all his ex-girlfriends, Michael visits Jan who now works as supply shoppers for a hospital. She thinks that Michael is here to learn why their relationship didn't work. Michael then blurts our that he has herpes while Jan is with her daughter, Astrid (Sex Ed).

While watching a home movie from years ago, Jan appears as a singer named Jasmine Windsong. The cameras later interview Jan about it who doesn't seem to care as she struggles to unlock her locked car (Threat Level Midnight).

Season 9Edit

Jan at some point becomes the CEO of White Pages. She later learns of David Wallace's return as CEO of Dunder-Miflin and plots her revenge by offering the company her business. She plans to make David Wallace realize how powerful she has become but is disappointed when Pam and Dwight show up instead. She reveals she really wasn't going to sell to them however Dwight has an idea and runs off. Pam comments on Astrid when she notices a picture of her on Jan's desk and Jan forces her to watch a slideshow on her. Dwight brings in Clark knowing that Jan is attracted to young men. She has Clark spin around, becomes attracted to him and promises to give Dwight her business. She then asks Clark when they leave if he has a passport (The Whale).

When Andy returns and learns that Dwight offered a discount to Jan that he was not authorized to, he calls Jan to tell her. Jan becomes annoyed upon learning that Andy is asking for more money and she tells Andy that a part of their contract says that she can back out within 30 days which she plans to do. She then hangs up much to Dwight's anger as Andy had just lost the company's biggest client (Couples Discount).

FamilyEdit

Jan has a sister in Scottsdale, Arizona. She often uses her as an excuse for her various unexplained absences such as going to Jamaica with Michael (Back From Vacation*).

Jan admits (Cocktails*) to being overly litigious with her family. Her family will not talk to her "on advice of counsel." (Money).

Jan delivered a baby girl, Astrid, shortly before the season five episode "Baby Shower." Astrid's father is an unknown sperm donor. (A deleted scene implies that, to Jan's horror, the donor might well be Kevin.) Jan's nickname for her daughter is "Assy".

Relationship statusEdit

• Married (Pilot - The Client) 13 Episodes
• Divorced/Single (The Client - A Benihana Christmas) 26 Episodes
• Dating Michael (A Benihana Christmas - Women's Appreciation) 11 Episodes
• Single (Women's Appreciation - The Job) 3 Episodes
• Dating Michael (The Job - Dinner Party) 9 Episodes
• Single (Dinner Party - ) ? Episodes
• Michael-Jan Relationship

Trivia Edit

• Jan worked for corporate until season 4.
• After leaving Dunder-Mifflin, Jan took up Candlemaking, and launched a line of homemade candles called "Serenity by Jan", which reportedly smell awful.

AppearancesEdit

• Pilot
• Health Care
• Hot Girl (voice)
• The Dundies (voice)
• Sexual Harassment
• Halloween (voice, deleted scene)
• The Client
• Performance Review
• Booze Cruise (deleted scene)
• Boys and Girls
• Valentine's Day
• Drug Testing (voice, deleted scene)
• Casino Night
• Gay Witch Hunt
• The Convention
• The Coup
• Grief Counseling (voice)
• Initiation
• Diwali (voice, deleted scene)
• Branch Closing
• The Merger (voice)
• The Convict (voice)
• Back From Vacation
• Traveling Salesmen (voice)
• Ben Franklin (voice)
• Cocktails
• The Negotiation
• Women's Appreciation
• The Job
• Fun Run
• Dunder Mifflin Infinity
• Launch Party (voice)
• Money
• The Deposition
• Dinner Party
• Chair Model (voice)
• Goodbye, Toby
• "Weight Loss"
• Baby Shower
• "Stress Relief" (voice, deleted scene)
• Sex Ed
• Threat Level Midnight
• Threat Level Midnight: The Movie (As Jasmine Windsong)
• The Whale
• Couples Discount (voice)

Characters of The Office
Main characters
Jim Halpert | Pam Beesly | Stanley Hudson | Kevin Malone | Angela Martin | Phyllis Vance | Dwight Schrute | Meredith Palmer | Creed Bratton | Oscar Martinez | Ryan Howard | Kelly Kapoor | Andy Bernard | Toby Flenderson | Michael Scott | Darryl Philbin | Erin Hannon
Other characters
Gabe Lewis | Jan Levenson | David Wallace | Nellie Bertram | Roy Anderson | Karen Filippelli | Robert California | Bob Vance | Hank Tate | Pete Miller | Clark Green | Nate | Holly Flax | Todd Packer | Robert Lipton | Calvin Tenner | Mose Schrute | Cathy Simms

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