Jim apologizes, though he realizes Cathy is not being entirely honest when she cuddles up next to him in bed. Cathy feigns shock and disbelief, and assures Jim that her visit is purely innocent. He immediately expresses his discomfort and reminds Cathy that he's happily married to Pam. While in a bathrobe on his bed, Cathy tries to get Jim to feel her legs. Dwight clears the room of the imaginary bed bugs, though his appearance leads to Cathy claiming that she's grossed out and that she needs a shower, which she proceeds to take in Jim's hotel room. He desperately tries to make it so he's not alone with Cathy, even calling Dwight under the pretense that there are bed bugs in his room. Jim hesitantly agrees, aware of the potentially inappropriate nature of Cathy's visit. She claims that there's a problem with the heating in her room and asks if she can hang with Jim while she waits for it to be fixed.
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Later, Cathy, dressed in a revealing outfit, shows up at Jim's door where he has been relaxing and watching basketball on TV in his room. One night, after Jim leaves the group's gathering at the hotel bar early, Cathy looks visibly upset and also leaves. Upon arriving in Florida, Cathy sticks close to Jim, flirting with him (though Jim does not seem to notice, and doesn't reciprocate) and trying to establish a closer relationship with him. She also mentions her belief that Jim and Pam's relationship has fallen apart. Before boarding the bus, Cathy is talking on the phone with an unknown person implying that she believes she and Jim will hook up in Florida. In " After Hours" Cathy joins Stanley, Dwight, Jim, Erin, and Ryan on a business trip to Florida. She is also seen having a nervous breakdown because Pam is back and that she will be removed because there is no work for her. Although she wants to get back with him, she convinces herself not to because she was unhappy. In Season 8 Episode 14, when Pam is back from her maternity leave, in one of the deleted scenes, it is shown that Cathy has just broken up with an abusive boyfriend. Pam quickly discovers Jim has high blood pressure, and forgets about the issue in order to focus on her husband's health. Dwight initially deduces that Jim is not being truthful about not finding Cathy attractive, but also notes that Jim's blood pressure is high on all his answers, including his baseline question.
To do this, Dwight devises a lie detector test in the form of a store blood pressure monitor. It's true, but it doesn't help anybody." Pam enlists the help of Dwight to determine if Jim is lying about being attracted to Cathy. Just like I’m not going to tell my two-year-old daughter that violent video games are objectively more fun. Jim justifies his answer in a talking head interview, saying “I'm not going to tell my nine-months-pregnant wife that I find her replacement objectively attractive. Jim repeatedly denies it, but Pam is skeptical. She asks Jim if he finds Cathy objectively attractive. This causes Pam to feel somewhat insecure, though less because she is jealous of Cathy and more so because she feels everyone except Dwight is being untruthful to her. Several of the office workers take notice of her attractiveness, but reassure Pam that she is also beautiful. Cathy is introduced in " Pam's Replacement" as a temporary replacement for Pam, who is nine months pregnant and about to go on maternity leave.