'Cause of the downsizing? Dwight: Do you want to form, an alliance, with me? Dwight: Name, Meredith Palmer. Jim: Pam, he's in a box. Maybe you'll give more than three dollars next time. Pam says that one of the alliances is meeting in the warehouse during Meredith's birthday. Perfect cover. Rumors. Who's the birthday? Wipe it away. You know, a little morale boost. [SCENE_BREAK]
Michael: A check for the kids, and for the team. [SCENE_BREAK]
Michael: [looking at birthday card] Meredith, bad breath.
Plan: A: paranoia; Q: What takes over the members of the office as downsizing rumors swirl? A: Dwight; Q: Who forms an alliance with Jim against the other employees? A: a " Survivor "-esque alliance; Q: What does Dwight form with Jim? A: Pam; Q: Who does Dwight add to his Survivor-like alliance? A: Michael; Q: Who arranges a morale-boosting birthday party for Meredith Palmer? A: Supplier Relations representative Meredith Palmer; Q: Whose birthday party does Michael arrange? A: ( Kate Flannery; Q: Who plays Meredith Palmer? A: her birthday card; Q: What does Michael agonize over writing the perfect greeting for? A: the party; Q: What does Michael's joke ruin? Summary: As downsizing rumors swirl, paranoia takes over the members of the office. Dwight forms a " Survivor "-esque alliance with Jim against the other employees-later adding Pam also. Meanwhile, Michael arranges a morale-boosting birthday party for Supplier Relations representative Meredith Palmer ( Kate Flannery ), although her birthday is more than a month away. Michael agonizes over writing the perfect greeting in her birthday card , and in the end, his joke (and subsequent rejected ones) falls flat, ruining the party.