Later in the episode, Michael is direct with Jo and tells her that he is allowing his employees to leave and she complies. The employees then go to the pub, where Packer jokingly humps Michael, only for Meredith to start humping Packer for real, much to his pleasure (causing Michael to wonder aloud, "What the hell is "going on" back there?"). This episode marks Packer's first appearance in the series after a three-year-long absence. In "Whistleblower", after seeing the YouTube video of Michael addressing the rumors of Sabre's printers catching on fire, Packer calls Michael and tells him, in a high-pitched voice, "I saw you on the news and I want to pinch your tiny wiener" before revealing his true identity, much to Michael's surprise. In "Costume Contest", he dresses up as a pregnant nun. He is also present when Jim asks the new salesman, Danny Cordray, why Danny did not call Pam after a date that occurred three years earlier. Packer overhears their conversation and asks Jim, "Are you looking for someone to bang your wife?" which Jim ignores. In "Threat Level Midnight", he has a cameo in Michael's movie of the same name, portraying a drunk in a bar. Upon seeing Michael's character, as well as the other patrons in the bar, dancing the dance known as "The Scarn", he states, "If doing 'The Scarn' is "gay", then I'm the "biggest queer on Earth!"" Packer is the main focus of the episode "Todd Packer". On Michael's recommendation, Holly allows him to return to his old desk job at the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch. Packer alternates between offensive jokes, thereby aggravating almost the entire office, and a half-hearted desire to reform. After he reclaims his old desk (which is now Dwight's) next to Jim, Jim and Dwight lead him to believe he is being offered a job at the corporate offices in Tallahassee, Florida. Michael, however, overhears them, and threatens to tell Packer of the deception. But, after Packer insults Holly, Michael decides against it, letting Packer leave for Florida. As Michael and Holly witness Packer driving his Corvette out of the parking lot from Michael's office, Michael tells her that Packer is "an ass". To Jim and Dwight's horror, Packer returns in "Tallahassee", sinisterly confronting them at the orientation meeting.