Jim would have left Scranton for a cooler city way earlier.
Pam would have married someone like Roy.
Ive been re-watchingThe OCtoo.
The Office
What can I say?
I live in the past.
WHATEVER, MOM, ITS FINE.
Sometimes I do this stupid thing where I pretend Im not interested in popular things because its soooo predictable.
But then I realize theres a reason many of those things became popular.
And I remember Im an idiot.
The Office
Everyone and their mother is obsessed with Jim and Pam.
Except, lolz, sweetheart…thats not real.
Jim pines for Pam.
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Pam clearly has some sort of affection for Jim.
Season 2 is peak Jim and Pam.
They are at their best when innocently flirting.
When theres something unspoken, but it remains that unspoken.
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At the season 2 finale, Jim confesses his feelings and kisses Pam.
We come back in season 3 to see Pam reject Jim.
Which is the realistic move.
Shes been engaged to Roy, her high school sweetheart, for, what, 5 years?
Pam is not going to be spontaneous.
Shes not going to make a bold choice.
Real life Pam probably marries Roy.
She sticks with what she knows.
Enter Karen, Jims new girlfriend.
The shoe is on the other foot as Pam then pines for Jim.
Also, can we take a second to acknowledge Karen was so, so hot?
Did we appreciate Rashida Jones enough?
Because it feels like we DID NOT.
So there you have it, a classic TV trope the will they, wont they?!
Because they are the coupleeveryonethinks they could one day be.
Because you want to believe you fall in love with the receptionist and things work out.
Timing is on your side.
Hopeless romantics everywhere rejoice!
Yes, they have an easy chemistry.
Yes, they are sweet and funny.
Yes, there are undeniably cute moments between the two characters.
But once they do unite, its a gradual (slow, but still gradual) decline in interest.
I stop giving a shit about them together.
And after they have a baby?
IS MY INSOMNIA CURED???
BECAUSE I AM ASLEEP.
I appreciate aspects to their relationship.
And even though Im not a huge Pam fan (girls boring!
), I understand what she does for the show and the balance she brings to Michael.
Still, the relationship becomes less and less interesting.
Im not mad at that.
They are bound to lose some of the excitement, some of the original appeal.
Its not will they or wont they anymore.
Im sounding like I think all relationships become stale.
Asking for a friend.
Michael leaves and the show falters for a while.
They wobble,(weebles wobble, but they dont fall down!)
but do regain some footing.
Its not ever what it was, but they make it work.
The ninth and final season ofThe Officefocuses a lot on the relationship between Jim and Pam.
Most of the time, I believe in good.
But the realist also emerges and whispers shit like, Pam and Jim are not going to make it.
And I nod in sick agreement.
I think I was just hoping for some catalyst for a divorce.
Jim and Pam do not stay married.
Jim would have left Scranton for a cooler city way earlier.
Pam would have married someone like Roy.
The realist/pessimist in me won this round.
Jim, its not too late.
Karen might be divorced at this point, too.
