In "The Dundies", Michael gives Ryan the "Hottest in the Office" award and slaps Ryan's buttocks after congratulating him. In "The Chump", he approaches Erin's desk and bluntly tells her that he would like to sleep with her. As of the beginning of season 6, he is dating Kelly again. B. J. Novak's continued inclusion in the opening credits was sometimes questioned in the later years of the series, as the role of Ryan Howard had been significantly downplayed since season 5, and was considered to be no more significant than other characters whose actors were not given an opening credit. While Kelly is angry, she goes along with it in exchange for Ryan being a dutiful boyfriend. Nellie Bertram announces her intention to adopt Drake. Services . Drake's only appearance is in the "Finale". This leads to Ryan becoming an egotistical braggart despite lackluster sales skills. He's the sixth-ranked player in the world and he's won four grand slams." Ryan goes to his first sales call in "Initiation", where he is subjected to a series of tests by Dwight. "[7] In interviews during the retrospective airing prior to "Finale (The Office)," Kaling and Novak revealed that their characters' turbulent on-again, off-again relationship was inspired by their relationship in the writers' room where they were best friends but often argued. When Michael starts his own company in "Dream Team", he convinces him to leave his job at the bowling alley and join his newly formed paper company. In the last scene of "The Job", Ryan receives a call from the New York headquarters, offering him the job previously held by Jan Levinson and making him Michael's immediate superior. Infuriated that Ryan is back at Dunder Mifflin, Wallace abuses Ryan by telephone in front of the staff. In the season 4 finale "Goodbye, Toby", Ryan is arrested for committing fraud. Many of the staff, most notably Jim and Pam, note Ryan's ineptitude as an employee and that he sponges off his parents by living with them and driving his mom's car. This only upsets Ryan more and leads to him attempting to have her job outsourced to India. Ryan is not seen again until the episode "Dream Team" in which he is seen working at a bowling alley until being hired by Michael to work at the Michael Scott Paper Company where he makes his first sale. This prompts Michael to defend Ryan and save his job. In "New Guys", Kelly Kapoor moves with Ravi, her Indian-American pediatrician fianc, to Miami, Ohio although she believes she is moving to Miami, Florida. In the first episode of season 5, it is revealed that Ryan has been released with a sentence of community service, and has gotten sober. In "The Inner Circle", Ryan lies to Deangelo about his job at the Scranton Branch. Ryan's contribution to the office workers' version of "Seasons of Love" is that Michael helped him get off drugs. If I had to I could clean out my desk in five seconds and nobody would ever know I had ever been here. Ryan Bailey Howard is an American salesman, former receptionist, and convicted fraudster who works at Dunder Mifflin. [2] During this time, his role is significantly expanded to that of a main character. At the end of "Manager and Salesman", he and Dwight go out and celebrate Jim's demotion to salesman. Novak, who also writes for the show, commenting on the fourth season, said, "We wanted him to dress as obnoxious as possible. He is also seen dancing with Kelly a number of times during this episode. In "The Promotion", Ryan scams Pam out of a wedding gift. Having tended to Drake, Ravi sees that the pair are gone, and Kevin informs him as to what happened. In late 2011, Ryan reappears in the Fashionistas line, AFTER being advertised as early as 2009. Oscar reads on the internet that news of Robinson's death is a hoax and Jim finds that Robinson will be playing in concert only three hours away. And Id forget too. When offered a job for Corporate in the season 3 finale, Ryan relocates to New York City and adopts a nouveau riche persona: becoming extroverted, growing a beard, wearing nice suits, and getting $200 haircuts. In a deleted scene, he receives a call from David Wallace for Michael. Bonding with Pam and Michael over the company's relative success and through the close quarters, Ryan becomes more active and involved. Nellie: Now living in Europe, Nellie gladly takes Ryan's baby. In "The Injury", Michael wants Ryan to pick him up, after falling in the toilet and clean him. In retaliation, Ryan orders Michael to get bottled water for him when returning to Scranton during "Dunder Mifflin Infinity". One of the mysteries of "The Office" like what was in the teapot note from Jim to Pam is who was the father of Jan Levinson's baby. In "The Fire", when the office is playing the game "Who would you do?" While Kelly is angry, she goes along with it in exchange for Ryan being a dutiful boyfriend. Even though Ryan and Kelly continue to bicker, he is sweet to her in the episode "Safety Training". His dissatisfaction manifests itself in his use of sarcasm and general disinterest towards his co-workers. In "Whistleblower" Ryan announces a social networking website he is launching called "WUPHF". Yep, the tennis star. Ryan and Kelly make amends in "Weight Loss", and Ryan indicates a renewed interest in her. In "Double Date", Ryan is shown to have begun photography as a hobby, and gets Kelly to pose topless. It's a puzzle as to why they're still together, but I think Ryan loves being loved-- even though he won't admit it. Ryan was a member of a fraternity in college and holds an MBA from the University of Scranton's Kania School of Management, which he earned during the second and third seasons. In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Ryan presents his concept of Dunder Mifflin Infinity, a new website, to the Scranton branch, and gives a BlackBerry to all of the main employees. Things finally improve a little between the two for most of season five, but they deteriorate anew in season six when Ryan does not take Jim's new position as co-manager seriously. He briefly flirts with Erin when he learns she is planning to remain in Florida, but after she says he could join her as roommates and possibly begin dating in six months, he coldly states he is in love with Kelly. As the series progresses, Ryan begins to display a great deal of contempt and disdain for both his coworkers and his job. TV, that was released before the episode "Business School", B. J. Novak describes Ryan and Kelly as "the worst relationship that all of us have been in." [8] Novak officially left the opening credits in the Season 9 premiere and was credited as a guest star. During a staff debate over who should be hired for the manager position, Ryan states he wants an outsider. This only upsets Ryan more and leads to him attempting to have her job outsourced to India. In "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager", after Dwight accidentally misfires a gun in the office and as Toby is filling out the gun violence accident form, the HR rep asks the staff if they felt like this was a terrorist incident. Michael initially assumes the note is a joke, as no-one who currently works at the branch is named Tom until Phyllis reminds him of the suicide. [4][5] After he hangs up, he immediately dumps Kelly. Susan refers to him as Bryan, and while he corrects her mistake and she apologizes, he calls her a "bitch" in a talking-head interview. Ryan and Kelly then run away from the wedding together. Ryan goes to his first sales call in "Initiation", where he is subjected to a series of tests by Dwight. and tries to create an "unsolvable attitude". Feeling threatened by Jim Halpert's good relationship with David Wallace, Ryan conspires against Jim and sets out to get him fired. In "Nepotism", Ryan advertises his website WUPHF in the Lip Dub the Scranton Branch is making. In the season 4 finale "Goodbye, Toby", Ryan is arrested for committing fraud. Ryan moves back to the annex with Kelly soon before Pam is scheduled to return. Ryan was convicted of fraud for misleading the shareholders of Dunder Mifflin, and was arrested. As Ryan tries to fire Jim under false pretenses, Jim begins to develop raw hatred for him. This becomes more apparent when Ryan is promoted in "The Job" to work at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office in New York. However, after Ryan was promoted to his Corporate post as a Vice President of Sales for the company, he began behaving in a self-absorbed and egotistical manner, causing Jim to lose much respect for him. Jim is also shown to be delighted when Ryan was arrested for sales fraud and is relieved that his job is finally safe from Ryan's paranoid business practices. Initially, Ryan and Jim got along well in the first three seasons, and both seemed to respect each other, almost to the point of being friends. In "Whistleblower" Ryan announces a social networking website he is launching called "WUPHF". He also worked at the Michael Scott Paper Company until the acquisition. His appearance has changed drastically with having a tan from his trip to Thailand (later revealed to be Fort Lauderdale) and his hair is dyed blonde. However, because Deangelo prefers Ryan over Kelly, he appoints him as her official supervisor. Finale B. J. Novak has stated that Ryan and Kelly are going strong, well into the third season: "I think Ryan and Kelly is a relationship that everyone has been in. Then Ryan tells them that he has an offer from the Washington University Public Health Fund (WUPHF), only for Darryl to realize that they are only interested because of the domain name. But the show ended without mention of who the father of baby Astrid was. In a YouTube video entitled "Whoaa!! When working together, Ryan comes to respect Michael's skills as a salesman. In Launch Party, instead of inviting Michael to the Dunder Mifflin Infinity celebration in person, Ryan puts him in a company chatroom where Michael, highly angered, calls Ryan an "asshole" with the entire company watching. The two former lovers make out and leave the wedding, and baby Drake, behind on their final flight of romantic insanity. Ryan's contribution to the office workers' version of "Seasons of Love" is that Michael helped him get off drugs. When Michael gets Ryan's cell phone number, he constantly prank calls Ryan with crude impersonations of various celebrities and also pretends to be Ryan's mad girlfriend ("The Fight"). Ryan Bailey Howard is a fictional character in the American television series The Office. Darryl responds quickly saying "it's cool", with Kelly overjoyed and Ryan shocked. The two "hooked up" on the eve of Valentine's Day, although Ryan was brusque with her the following day. Darryl responds quickly saying "it's cool", with Kelly overjoyed and Ryan shocked. In "Mrs. California", Ryan tells Susan California and his co-workers his "Dream for a Wish" idea. Despite this, Dwight conveyed his intention to establish a good relationship with Ryan, as opposed to his previous relationship with Jim. Exceptions: You can contribute to Dunderpedia by rewriting the copied content. The two dance down the aisle together at Jim and Pam's wedding. Fischer goes on in the podcast to explain why that happened; it turns out that Andy Roddick is friends with Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, and was a big "Office" fan, which is why the role of Jan Levinson's sperm donor went to him. Michael often forces Ryan to carry out menial tasks for him, while at the same time becoming obsessed with Ryan's personal life and trying to gain Ryan's friendship. In a deleted scene of "Safety Training", Michael confesses that he will miss Ryan the most after dying, which angers Ryan. Despite his superior education, Ryan is not a good salesmanhis first client tells him flat out that he does not like him. In Season 3, Ryan begins correcting Michael for embarrassing him as evident by Michael sending Ryan kisses and calling him the belle of the ball in "The Convict". The Belle of the Ball Estaban the Cleaning Man[1] Hottest in the officeLittle Old Man BoyThe Guy Who Looks Like A Murderer, Unnamed Ex-Girlfriend (Drake Howard's Mother)Melissa Hudson (crush from her side), Carol (aunt) Lucas (uncle)Sally Howard (mother), Dunder Mifflin Corporate The Michael Scott Paper CompanyIdle Hour Lanes. Michael is unaware that Ryan has just become his direct supervisor. However, he badly panics because his mother and Kelly are not there to keep him on an even keel, and Jim and Dwight's efforts to calm him down fail and leave Ryan to run out on the team and get on a bus.
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