Best part of the Office is when James Bond figures out Jim is a lazy shite slacker in 5 min

Is it the best though?

Is it?

What's taking so long with that rundown?

I feel like this isn't the first sitcom related deep thought you've had post-midnight before and I love every one of em. Need more.

Liked it better when Jim calls him out for being a yes man kiss arse during the buyout.

I am always conflicted by this period of time in The Office because I love the Charles Minor stuff but hate the Michael Scott Paper Company storyline.

Makes me wish Elba had been saved to take over as manager when Michael leaves for good….obviously it doesn’t work that way but it would have been superior to what ended up happening

Jim showing up to work in a tuxedo is on one my favorite scenes. The torture on his face when he realizes he's stuck in it to meet the new boss

And of course it just keeps getting worse. Two-way petting zoo, etc.

I think that episode is a reflection of the writers understanding that the audience had turned on Jim and Pam.

Charles was an awful manager who had no idea how to even identify strengths and weaknesses of his employees (Kevin is on the phones?) much less get the most out of those talents

I’ve basically rewatched the show every 5 years since it came out. As I age, I dislike Jim more and more.

I think that’s a good measure of his character. He’s got an apathy that a young person idolizes. But that “too-cool-for-school” attitude eventually gets super annoying and makes him seem self-important. Then even when he does show some ambition, it still comes through as pompous and selfish (I think of his need to move to Philly, seemingly with or without Pam).

Throughout the show he screws multiple people over, sometimes for personal gain and sometimes for cheap amusement. He’s obviously a sadist, displayed through his torment of Dwight. In general I think he’s a self-serving, self-aggrandizing scumbag.

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