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Am I the only one that hated Jim and Pam as a couple?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:14 pm
I found them completely unwatchable after they were made a couple. Not funny, boring, and to use a wrestling term lost all their heat when they were given their happily ever after ending in season 4, on a 9 season show.
For a comedy built on awkward situations, there was so much more potential to keep them apart, keep the tension bubbling, maybe have them date and then break up but still have to work together. At the start of the series I was way more interested in Pam. By the end, Angela was a far funnier and more interesting character.
I thought the writers completely screwed Jim/Pam up, especially in comparison to Tim/Dawn from the British version. From making Roy into an insensitive oaf just to make Jim look better, to them fully going with Jim/Pam together so early in the series, I just hated it. I liked these characters in season 1-3, by the end I didn’t even want to see them on the show .
For a comedy built on awkward situations, there was so much more potential to keep them apart, keep the tension bubbling, maybe have them date and then break up but still have to work together. At the start of the series I was way more interested in Pam. By the end, Angela was a far funnier and more interesting character.
I thought the writers completely screwed Jim/Pam up, especially in comparison to Tim/Dawn from the British version. From making Roy into an insensitive oaf just to make Jim look better, to them fully going with Jim/Pam together so early in the series, I just hated it. I liked these characters in season 1-3, by the end I didn’t even want to see them on the show .
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Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:18 pm to Boaz
No
They aren’t very liked by this board. Especially after season 5
They aren’t very liked by this board. Especially after season 5
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:25 pm to Boaz
Kind of a no-win situation. A case of the writers giving the audience exactly what it wanted but at the same time removing the primary conflict from the show—and so early into its run. I’m grateful they didn’t just toy with the audience like Cheers but also recognize how the narrative suffered as a result.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:27 pm to Boaz
The reason I enjoy the original UK Office much more than the US version is because Gervais never gave in to the "Ross and Rachel-ness" of his show. Jim and Pam are just another version of that, and Jen a Fisher is very meek and unlikable.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:35 pm to Boaz
No I agree completely. Just kinda lost interest in the show after they got together and Michael started becoming more and more bombastic with his humor.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:50 pm to Boaz
There wedding episode was funny.
— Dwight K. Schrute
quote:
I'm ravenous after a night of love making.
— Dwight K. Schrute
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:56 pm to Boaz
I always liked them. I never found them to be boring. Maybe in the later seasons, but the whole show falls off once Michael leaves.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:27 pm to Boaz
I liked them better as a “will-they-or-won’t-they” duo.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:40 pm to Boaz
It's funny if you just go back on Youtube and watch a collection of Jim's pranks on Dwight, he comes across as even more the villain of the show and a total douche.
Rewatching the show, Jim and Pam just get worse and worse and nothing they do is funny, just smug and self-centered.
Rewatching the show, Jim and Pam just get worse and worse and nothing they do is funny, just smug and self-centered.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:47 pm to Boaz
I hated them together, and it made the show worse when they kept having to one up themselves with the "cuteness" shite
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:09 pm to Boaz
Most shows with the will they won’t they fall off when they do
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:42 pm to Boaz
Pam was the worst. After she went to the retreat, she just got too mouthy. Seems like she's like that in real life too.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:49 pm to Boaz
Holly/Michael > Jim/Pam
Posted on 6/13/21 at 10:38 am to Boaz
I feel like putting them together took away a lot of the comedic tension the show had. Similar to putting Niles and Daphne together on Frasier. Would have been better off for both shows if the couples were kept apart
Posted on 6/13/21 at 10:48 am to Boaz
Its easy to say they should have been kept apart, but how much longer could it have been done without it becoming old and repetitive? Another season with a different boy/girlfriend? A post season 3 breakup?
At least Jim and Pam getting together allowed the rest of the cast to get more of the spotlight.
A bigger issue to me was that Pam should have never left reception. Once she went to sales, they changed her character to make her fit, and the show was worse off for it.
At least Jim and Pam getting together allowed the rest of the cast to get more of the spotlight.
A bigger issue to me was that Pam should have never left reception. Once she went to sales, they changed her character to make her fit, and the show was worse off for it.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 7:06 pm to Boaz
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By the end, Angela was a far funnier and more interesting character.
If you think about it, the real arc of the show was Dwight & Angelas relationship and not PB&J.
The show ended with them finally being together happily ever after (although they neutered Dwight a bit in that last season).
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