I like Scruffy Jim. Loved Stanley about The Schrute Bucks. Loved the Olympic callback Couldn't really believe Jan Levinson would do that, though I thought it was funny.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Experimental TV: Comedy
This thread is part of an experiment to determine Buffistas' interest in television discussion. It will close on June 1st, 2007, after which there will be a brief skirmish to sort out what we want to do next. This thread is for discussion of all comedy, regardless of airing station. [NAFDA]
erikaj - May 18, 2007 9:21:58 am PDT #419 of 447
Always Anti-fascist!
Fred Pete - May 18, 2007 9:50:41 am PDT #420 of 447
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jan's role in the episode felt like a way to keep the Jan-Michael relationship going without going down the road of possible future sexual harassment questions. Though I do like Michael's "God, I hate myself in this relationship but I can't help myself" vibe.
I also prefer Jim scruffy. I think it's that the scruffy hair frames his face better.
Liese S. - May 18, 2007 9:55:50 am PDT #421 of 447
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, I know I'm in the middle of the Office squee, but I have to say that the HIMYM cuteness rocks! I had no idea that couple was a couple. Daww...
DavidS - May 18, 2007 10:00:47 am PDT #422 of 447
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but I have to say that the HIMYM cuteness rocks! I had no idea that couple was a couple. Daww...
Which couple is a couple? Do you mean in real life?
Liese S. - May 18, 2007 10:06:39 am PDT #423 of 447
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
From tiggy "Experimental TV: Comedy" May 16, 2007 7:11:58 pm PDT
When Ted & Robin get the wrong champagne glasses w/ the ring, the couple behind them whose ring it is, is actually a couple. She thought they were just on set as extras, but their proposal was written into the show. Dawww.
DavidS - May 18, 2007 10:25:50 am PDT #424 of 447
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When Ted & Robin get the wrong champagne glasses w/ the ring, the couple behind them whose ring it is, is actually a couple. She thought they were just on set as extras, but their proposal was written into the show. Dawww.
Oh yeah, I saw that. Very cute indeed. It's funny even as the scene unfolded there was something odd about how it was framed. It didn't seem like they were extras, and her reaction was bigger than you'd expect for an extra too.
Jesse - May 18, 2007 10:30:08 am PDT #425 of 447
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jan-Michael
Vincent??
IAmNotReallyASpring - May 18, 2007 10:40:00 am PDT #426 of 447
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Vincent??
Ha! I thought Gambill.
Fred Pete - May 18, 2007 10:53:36 am PDT #427 of 447
Ann, that's a ferret.
Either one could really complicate the situation.
esse - May 18, 2007 12:51:47 pm PDT #428 of 447
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Oh, The Office. Oh, oh, oh.
When Pam said, "It only took three years for me to work up the courage," all wry and understanding of herself, I did a little fist pump. God, she's so awesome.
And the end--I mean, seriously. Part of me wanted a bigger moment, you know? something more like the denouement in the UK office, where one or the other of them come back and use a kiss to make the relationship. But it was more in keeping with the nature of their relationship that he would ask her out on a date.
I don't think he broke up with Karen before he did that, though. Jim can be kind of an asshole sometimes. Not always on purpose, but I can fully see him driving back, without her (making her take the train or whatever, which is damn assholish anyway) and without telling her he is leaving or why.
Thing is, with Jim, I know the meta reasons for the cast sticking around on the show. But I can't help but think that Jim has some wicked messed up priorities. On the one hand, I do see it as characterization, because this is the same Jim who's worked in the Scranton branch for years and only took a job at Stamford to leave a personal relationship, not for the betterment of his own career. Work, and the possibilities of moving upward in a career, don't seem to hold a lot of interest for him. And if he would rather keep the same sales job at the same branch, without making any kind of change and indeed sacrificing change repeatedly--I just don't understand what he *wants.* Does he have the job because he thinks he has to have one?
I just don't understand why, being intelligent and capable of hard work and knowing the score, he purposefully chooses to keep himself where he is in his career. And I don't think it's all Pam.
On the other side of things, this is, in it's own way, as big a cliffhanger as last season. And I think it's notable that we *did* end on of a Jim/Pam cliffhanger each season--while not entirely about Jim and Pam, it is an important component of the show, and I think they keep a lot of viewers around for the two of them.
Are we going to jump a few months ahead? Are they going to be dating still? How does that affect the rest of the Office? Etc etc. I just really hope that they're happy, but I am not going to hold my breath. *g*
Also, Ryan the temp, you little shit! That was fabulous. I want to know what uncertain note went into their meeting the other day. Also, I hope Kelly ends up finding a job in New York and follows him there, because he deserves it.