The Office

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Predictions? Fears? Theories? Rumors?

I want Pam to piss on Roy's face and be with Jim as bad as you do. But if that happens...where does our show go? Where's the drama, where's the tension? It would take the poignant sting out of the narrative. All that would be left are the aspirations of Dwight and Michael. Which, while interesting and worth tuning in for, are (let's face it) auxiliary. The story is about Pam and Jim. Either they get together or they don't.

Will it all work out like it did overseas? Or will the writers turn everyone on their heads (as if they haven't already) by out-glooming the BBC and turning it into a near-miss tragedy?

If I were a writer on the show, with the same affection for the characters that the viewers have, but with an equal respect for the staying power and continued relevance of the series, there are a few plot points I would consider.

1. Pregnancy. Maybe Pam decides to make the right choice. But then she finds out she's pregnant - making her and Jim impossible and effectively dooming their romance. This would be a MAJOR talking point if I were on the staff. The show is already fucking hilarious, Steve (who wrote the note-perfect season finale) will make sure it stays funny. Honing the dramatic component to a bleeding edge would be the thing that really takes the series into the realm of immortality.
a) A delivery room scene. With this roster? How could it not make television history?
b) A miscarriage. You would cry. PAM having a miscarriage? You're a monster if you wouldn't cry. And you know these guys have the acumen to make you laugh a minute and a half later.
c) Wouldn't necessarily have to be Pam's pregnancy. Maybe Dwight becomes a father!

2. Make us identify more with Angela.
They started doing this in Conflict Resolution. She's not rotten to the core. Her relationship with Dwight could almost compete with Jim and Pam's. Think about it - they're the oddballs, the underdogs...neither one thought they'd ever find someone. If they stopped dismissing Dwight's frequent anguish as goofy and overdone, and made him a bit more human...as well as developed the side of Angela that has feelings and hopes to be liked...more gold.

3. A third man enters Pam's life.
Maybe she realizes how wrong Roy is for her. But maybe she's too afraid to admit to herself and especially to Roy that Jim is the reason for her change of heart. These two guys work in the same building. Pam might choose to be selfless enough to forego her feelings for Jim in order to keep things running smoothly. At which point she may meet someone else. Someone both Roy AND Jim can envy. And maybe he's a really nice, sharp, perfect guy for her. What then?

4. Jim hooks up with Jan.
You heard me. Anyone with an eye for foreshadowing who caught the season finale noticed the "wait a second" moment between Jan and Jim when she left the party to have a cigarette. Plus, Jan is obviously a woman who, though she hides it, is looking for love (was even seemingly willing to settle for Michael) and feels burned after Casino Night. Maybe Pam isn't resolute enough about leaving Roy for Jim...and Jim, thinking all hope is lost, in a moment of indiscretion (talking to corporate about a transfer, maybe over drinks = perfect opportunity) hooks up with Jan. What does Pam think about him then? What happens to the whole infrastructure?

5. Ryan marries Kelly.
It would be funny and ironic as well as sweet. She's a writer on the show, so is he. It would be perfect. He's so reluctant and standoffish, and she's so smitten. A sudden change of heart on his part would make viewers smile, AND it wouldn't break the comedic mechanisms for either character. We'd change things up at this point and maybe have PAM be a bridesmaid at KELLY'S wedding. (Kelly asked Pam if she could be one)

6. JOKES

There are at least five active, monolithically talented jokewriters on the show. Steve is God, B.J. and the guy who plays Toby create humorous story devices that trump Seinfeld easily. The actress who plays Kelly wrote a Broadway comedy on her own...these people will keep the humor coming. As far as story ideas...if I wrote for the show, episode titles would be "Fireworks", "Two-hand Touch", "Tornado", and so on. These would be the lighter, less big-picture episodes. "Pam and the Baby" and "Pam and the Baby pt. 2" would be the ones that make everyone hold each other and sob.


This thing is, as of right now, and will soon be recognized as, the greatest show on television. If they hire me to write for them, it will be in the running for "Greatest Thing" - a category that includes all feelings, objects, events and entities that have been observed or experienced since that point at which reality was inspired to invent itself.

STAY TUNED.

[Sentence]

Homie, get a life. That's like a novela man, go out and do something productive.

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Jose, stfu. Somebody delete that useless reply.

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That's a pelicula for women, yo.

[Prospect]

hold on...is this a real show, or more rf shit...

im confused...ya'll are weird

[Contract]

Dude...you are an inert, barely sentient little glob of irritation. This show is watched by our country's most beautiful and brilliant. Go play with that equipment you bought with your settlement money or whatever it is you do.

[Prospect]

hold on...so this is a REAL show?

wow, how lame is that...dont they already have the apprentice

[Sentence]

Dude...you are an inert, barely sentient little glob of irritation. This show is watched by our country's most beautiful and brilliant. Go play with that equipment you bought with your settlement money or whatever it is you do.

Took you long enough for a reply, and it still was weak as fuck. Maybe watching the show IS right for you. Please, continue. It'll keep your depressed and suicidal ass off the streets.

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Prospect, you're dumb.

Joey, don't make me get mean.

[Prospect]

...shred, you and sever need to be on the next real world

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Delete allllll these replies.

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Joey, don't make me get mean.

Fuck you gonna do kid? All I gotta do is give you one of your damn pills.

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all these are good ideas.

i think there will be addition of characters in the 3rd season, via a branch incorporation.


i really like the pregnancy, but with angela and dwight. that would kick ass. i want michael to stay with the real estate lady and follow that ball of awkwardness and shame.

jim and jan would be kick ass if not for him spilling his guts to pam. i dont think pam will follow through, though.

it's very possible that the show divides into 2 branches for 10 episodes, scranton being the focal point and the other being strictly a Jim + Jan thing. maybe Jan will make Jim her asst. manager and they'll visit Scranton together?

we'll see.

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Wow. This is bad. The Office is one of the funniest shows on TV right now... right next to Scrubs. That's the only reason I checked out this topic

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scrubs is borderline torture.