Lisa K. Wyatt

After Ryan's arrest for the fire, Sandy works his legal magic once again. The two search for Ryan's mother, who surfaces apparently sober and ready to accept her son back into her life. In an attempt to improve everyone's chances for a better future, Kirsten invites Dawn Atwood to a charity casino night. However, Dawn's alcoholic demons resurface, and she makes a drunken scene in front of the entire party.

Frasier grudgingly agrees to take his dad and Niles to a Seattle SuperSonics game, and can't believe his eyes when Niles is plucked out of the crowd and offered a chance at a huge cash prize.

Michael plans to celebrate his 15th anniversary at Dunder Mifflin with a party, but the new Vice President interferes. Jim's most recent prank on Dwight backfires.

Michael's idea to use `Golden Tickets' for prizes for clients causes a problem in the office. Meanwhile, Kevin seeks advice from Andy, Jim, and Pam about dating.

A fully-fledged strike ensues when a group of Cloud 9 employees walk off the job to protest the firing of Glenn.

A mystery woman at the office blood drive catches Michael's eye, Dwight and Kevin both find women at the 'Lonely Hearts Party', while Jim and Pam are forced to leave because of PDAs.