In one of the most momentous episodes The Office has given us, Pam and Jim's baby finally arrives, though they do try to put off the moment as long as possible. Meanwhile, Michael tries to make a new Jam coupling in the office after thinking he's the mastermind behind the first. Let's get started, shall we?

The episode kicks off with Jim and Pam exploiting their baby by using the news of their impending child to get sympathy sales. Dwight decides that he now needs a baby so he can out sell them. "Also, I've been noticing a gaping hole in my life," he says. Aw.

During lunch with Kevin, Pam's contractions kick in. She says it's nothing to worry about, since she's not quite in labor yet. Plus, they're trying to wait out their HMO plan by checking in to the hospital after midnight. Michael pushes that he should get to drive them to the hospital, but they insist on waiting.

Dwight tells Angela that he wants her to bare his child for business reasons. "Let's meet at 4pm in our old meeting spot and bang it out," he says after she doesn't disagree. They later meet to work out a birthing contract, but Dwight's demands are quite outrageous.

In dealing with her contractions, Pam deduces that distractions are helping. Michael calls a meeting in the conference room to help. Problem is nobody can come up with any good ideas. Andy tries dancing, much to Erin's excitement. Ryan reads poetry, while Erin names prized race horses. Nice work guys.

Pam eventually kicks Jim out because he wants her to go to the hospital. He gets very "frazzled," and acts like a crazy father-to-be. While trying to comfort him, she accidentally spills that they're having a girl. Despite earlier making jokes that he wouldn't help with the baby unless it was a boy, he's game. His happiness if short lived when she admits her water has already broken.

Through contractions, Pam tries to enjoy "ultra feast" with Kevin. When he, Michael and Jim try once again to get her to go to the hospital, she breaks down. "I'm not going today because I can't do it," she says tearfully. "I'm real scared," Jim says, "but the best news is we're going to have a baby today." Ruh-roh. They waited too long. Pam's contractions are now only two minutes apart.

Dwight leads the escort to the hospital, with Michael driving Pam and Jim. The convoy sits in traffic until Dwight turns on a fake police siren. It doesn't help though, as a cop immediately pulls him over while he ditches knives. He's later tasked with picking up Pam's missing iPod from her house, which ends up as an overnighter so he can repair their mold problem. Unfortunately, he basically knocks out their kitchen.

At the hospital, Jim shares his excitement, even though it's been 19 hours. Michael accidentally walks in on Pam trying to push the baby out. "I'm going to go wash my eyes," he says. "That kid is going to have a lot of hair." Oh boy. He's also the first to light up a cigar in the hospital once he hears the baby has been born....


 This is my final Office recap. I honestly was just hanging on for the birth because, come on, how exciting is this? Really, I want you to answer how exciting it is in the comments. Thanks all!