10 Crazy Foreshadowing In The Office You Totally Missed

5. Michael Inspires Jan's Candle Business

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In the season four episode "Dinner Party," numerous mentions are made of the fact that Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) is now running a clearly doomed candle-making business from home, named "Serenity by Jan."

But the seeds for this subplot were sewn an entire season earlier in season three's "Cocktails," when Michael picks up a candle and says to Jan, "Wow, this one really smells like vanilla."

Hilariously, at the time Jan is totally disinterested in the candle and basically brushes Michael off, though that vanilla scent clearly left some sort of a lingering impression, as a year later, it became the focus of her entrepreneurial pursuit.

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