Ryan Howard was lucky he didn’t go to prison for defrauding shareholders. Instead, he just had to do community service, but it didn’t take long for Michael to hire him back through a temp agency as a fill-in receptionist. A lot of fans seem to take umbrage with this fact that Ryan got off pretty easy, despite doing something highly illegal.
Redditor u/Lady_Ghandi even points out how Ryan gets some comeuppance in a deleted scene, writing, “In one of the extended episodes when Ryan is in the front desk and David Wallace rips him a new one. Wallace ain’t happy about the whole situation.” It must’ve been pretty satisfying for fans dismayed to see Ryan’s lack of punishment to see him cry after getting a new one torn open. Some viewers even wonder how the government didn’t get involved with Ryan’s new employment, with u/CommentsOnOccasion saying, “It’s entirely likely that as a part of a plea deal for committing fraud you would swear upon the stipulation that you would never work at the place you stole from again.”
However, others could see a situation where no one would really mind about Ryan back at Dunder Mifflin because at least he has no power this time around. This is precisely what u/CrabWoodsman points out, “I seriously doubt that the shareholders would care that a former exec took a minor functionary role at a branch after being disgraced. He has authority over no one and works in a closet – they might even think it was funny.” Clearly, B.J. Novak doesn’t mind being affiliated with a criminal, as he told Insider, “I hope people see me as Ryan for the rest of my life.” More than likely, fans will be happy to oblige.
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