yes, i think you do have a point. I mean with Ryan not having made one sale yet, it's seems a bit of a stretch to give him a job at corpoarte based solely on his MBA degree. I'm thinking Ryan could have been talking to...Karen...and he's excited about them going out on a date (remember he already asked her out once - "Women's Appreciation"). This is assuming ofcourse Jim broke up with her in New York. makes any sense?

i was confused about that, too. im not all that sure that ryan got the job, but i dont think he was talking to karen, either.

she just got dumped. why would she ask some guy out so quickly?
also, when he sent her that email, didnt she read it to jim and they both had a laugh over it?

i just cant see karen liking ryan.

honestly, i think he was on the phone with someone else.

I won't rule out the possibility, because obviously these writers find ways to surprise us ALL when we least expect it. I mean, did anyone predict Jan's surgery? I suspect there's more to it than any of us have considered yet.

umm, this is the office, not lost. i don't think there's anything fishy or suspenseful going on in the finale. i think it is just what it looks like it is.

haha that last comment was really funny! i mean i think that they like to throw in twists, but i do think that ryan got the job. i mean he's in buisness school so he has that expirence, for the most part the office is pretty straight foward except for things to make a joke, aka jans new boobs. it could be a possibility, but i do think he got the job.

I think Jim got the job and he's going to take it. I think that Ryan was talking to somebody else. Even though I agree that they won't make it an outrageous twist, I do think that they won't make it so easy for us to guess what is going to happen either. Look at how season 3 ended, I don't think anybody was expecting Jim to ask Pam on a date.

This is supposed to be filmed in the style of a documentary. Why would a documentary crew try to mess with it's audience like that? I would be pretty disappointed if it wasn't a conversation between Ryan and David Wallace.

B.J. Novak said something in his blog about Ryan becoming Michael's boss. If I hadn't read that though, I would be worried that you were right.

Yeah BJ Novak & the other writers were on a live blog after the finale and he mentioned that Ryan would be back and he was definitely implying that he was going to be Michael's boss...it's going to be interesting! Oh yes, and they said that in season 4 we are going to find out why Michael hates Toby so much...I can't wait for that one!

I think Ryan did get the job based on just the education. I don't think anybody else (including Jim) knew he was applying for the job, and I think Jim figured Karen was the only one who would actually get the job, so he thought she'd be in NYC and it'd all be over so he could go out with Pam, but Karen I think will be back, and Jim will be stuck in a hard place and won't actually date Pam.

i don't think karen will be back she has a pilot on fox. as for ryan, i don't think the office was trying to trick the viewers, that would be something for lost or 24 (if there setting was an office place, could you imagine?). although i would not rule it out.