TV Review: The Office - "Gay Witch Hunt"

I started watching the Office last season. Trouble was I never could remember when it came on, so I only caught it sporadically. Over the summer I managed to figure out the time slot and catch most of the season’s episodes. By the end of the season I saw the finale ending with Jim finally telling Pam of his love and kissing her as the credits rolled. All summer I’ve waited for tonight to see exactly what Pam is going to do.

And here we are.

Jim transferred to Stamford and we get a few quick looks into how things work in another office. Jim has been promoted, but we quickly see that none of the employees like him. They certainly don’t take to his practical jokes (he puts Ed Helms' calculator in some Jello, and Helms promptly has a total freak out), or his mugging for the cameras.I’m not sure how Stamford is going to work out. Ed Helms is a brilliant addition, and could create some wonderful comic moments, and the rest of the cast seem okay. They at least seem somewhat more normal than the Scranton bunch, and watching Jim try to find acceptance there could be very funny indeed. However, the overall cast is already almost too large, and adding an entirely new office may prove to be way too much for the series to hold. It seems highly difficult to handle plot lines for both offices which may mean Jim get regulated to quick gags, which would ruin the show.

Who knows, though — maybe he’ll work something out with Pam and move back to Scranton.

Which brings us to that relationship. Part of what made The Office work was the relationship between Pam and Jim. They have a great deal of chemistry, and the awkwardness between their obvious feelings for each other and their inability to do anything about it brought a nice bit of drama to the otherwise outrageousness.

Pam broke off the marriage and the relationship with Roy, though they had to keep all the food, now frozen. Roy doles it out at lunch time. He seems to have had a rough go of it, but promises he’ll get her back.

So now Pam and Jim could feasibly get back together. But as everybody knows, putting the couple together when it so much fun that they're apart is never a good idea. Just as with Sam and Diane or David and Maddie, I hope they don’t ever get together. I hope Pam feels too hurt over the breakup and doles out many more seasons of "will they" or "won’t they."

Article Author: Mat Brewster

Mat Brewster is a periodic ex-pat wondering if he'll ever find a home. You can find him musing on pop culture, and obsessing over concert bootlegs at The Midnight Cafe.

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