Hot Girl (The Office)

Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski) use the situation to play another prank on Dwight (Rainn Wilson).

Corporate informs Michael Scott that an incentive program has been set up where the top Dunder Mifflin sales representative will be rewarded with a prize of up to $1,000.

As Michael decides on the prize, Katy Moore, a pretty young purse saleswoman, comes into the office to sell her wares.

'"[6] Several years after she left the show as a recurring character, B. J. Novak wanted to write her a cameo in the seventh season episode "Threat Level Midnight", but she was unavailable for filming.

[7] "Hot Girl" was one of two first-season episodes, the other being "Health Care", that did not contain commentary by members of the cast and crew on the season DVD.

[5] In its original American broadcast on April 26, 2005, "Hot Girl" was viewed by an estimated 4.8 million viewers and received a 2.3/5% rating share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.

[9] "Hot Girl" received the lowest rating in the show's history[9] until it was beaten by the season eight episode "Tallahassee" almost seven years later.

[10] After the lackluster reception of the episode, Media Life Magazine erroneously predicted that "Hot Girl" would also serve as the de facto series finale.

Alli noted that the episode was largely the "play on the same joke", featuring Michael and Dwight "making idiots of themselves over Katy".

Furthermore, he complimented the appearance of Katy, noting that she causes a rift between Pam and Jim, but due to "the confidence of Adams' performance and some hidden compartments in Kaling's script", she also has "legitimate agency".