How Michael and Jan Became TV's Most Toxic Relationship

The Office, whether it's the original UK Version or the US Remake, is known for it's cringe inducing comedy. Though nothing is more cringeworthy than the relationship between Dunder Mifflin Manager Michael Scott and his boss Jan Levinson. Throughout the entire run of The Office, Michael and Jan's will they won't they was a storyline many fans wished would never come to be. As the antithesis of Ross and Rachel on Friends, Michael and Jan gave The Office fans one of the worst couples ever put on television. Michael Scott would eventually move on from Jan, but The Office made that timeline almost unbearable to watch.

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[williamcooper]

I like how at the start Jan is the mature one and Michael is the immature one but as their relationship progresses you realise it’s actually the other way around

[claymathewselevator]

Kevin is definitely the father of Jan’s daughter

[zhishihuangdi]

Ryan and Kelly are like literally definitive toxic symbiotic relationship

[Ridisword]

When i started the show i was like "What does Jan see in Michael" but it quickly turned in "what does Michael see in Jan"

[Dan-cmow]

Didn't work? It provided some of the best comedy from the whole series!

[nickfromm]

Loved to see their romance flourish in The Dinner Party, cutest couple!!!

[Eric-xopm]

It's weird how i find so much comfort in this show

[ak_hoops]

I just want to say, Michael is legit one of the greatest characters of all time.

[Memento_Kuzeh]

their relationship might be the funniest relationship in tv ever man. what do you mean it didn't work

[mistermkultra]

Holly: And this is where I make my epic entrance

[lzq]

I thought Ryan and Kelly is the most toxic one.

[chadhenderson]

Dinner party is one of the show’s best episodes

[bold_n_brash]

Dinner Party was like a case study of my home life growing up

[gregbors]

My favorite “will they, won’t they?” couple is Bert and Ernie

[larrydavis]

What are you talking about? That relationship was never meant to be taken seriously

[DibbzTV]

They were honestly perfect for eachother in the most toxic ways possible lol

[onlychild]

The dinner party is iconic..The best toxic couple of all time. That episode just made it more intense especially with no laugh track..you can hear the awkwardness

[filmlife]

I disagree with the title “didn’t work” because this was important in Michael’s (and I guess Jan’s) development as characters in the show. We rooted for him, realise she was cray-cray and started noticing his personality and confidence change in a nicer way seeing him get with other women like Carol, Holly, “the lover” and even Helene! This relationship was funny, dysfunctional and vital to the plot!

[j.a.greene]

What made it compelling is that almost everyone had, at least one time in their life, a relationship like Jan and Michael.

[rickylafleur]

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