# Question: Can we have an Office anticipation thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569 "2006-09-21T15:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/1 "2006-09-21T15:17:32Z")
And may I be assistant manager of it? The revelation! The kiss! Where do they go from here? I’m scared and excited. If they get together - will it be boring lack of URST? If they stay apart or break up soon - will ongoing URST get old and frustrating? If they sneak around, it might be amusing, but will we lose respect for them? I’m tending towards excited though, because I never thought an American version would be worth crap (\*Coupling \* anyone?), but they have done such a fabulous job. That, and I love every single damn character on the show - that will help even if there are Jim/Pam missteps. Break out your fitness orbs and Big Gulp cups of booze - The Office is back tonight! Weeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/2 "2006-09-21T15:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] And may I be assistant manager of it? [/QUOTE] No, but you may be assistant _to the_ manager. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/3 "2006-09-21T15:29:37Z")
[QUOTE=Trion] No, but you may be assistant _to the_ manager. [/QUOTE] It’s the same thing, really. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/4 "2006-09-21T16:01:45Z")
The TV Guide synopsis: > [@](#): > > “Gay Witch Hunt”: > > ``` > The third-season opener is set in the wake of casino night, and things get mighty dicey when Michael heedlessly outs a gay Dunder Mifflin employee. Meanwhile, some details about Jim and Pam’s complicated relationship come to light. > > ``` A NYT article also recently dropped [this little spoiler regarding Jim and Pam](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/arts/television/17cart.html?_r=1&ref=television&oref=slogin): > [@](#): > > [producer Ben Silverman] noted that one of the show’s main characters, Jim, was going to be in a long-distance relationship with another character, Pam, so naturally “they’re going to be text-messaging each other.” John Krasinsky has given a couple of interviews indicating that show is trying follow a scenario which is [true to life](http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Tube2006/SneakPeek/index2.html): > [@](#): > > “I don’t think it’s at all what people are expecting,” John Krasinski says of the aftermath, “but it is absolutely true to how something like this would actually go. It is real and honest and raw, and that’s what I love about it.” [Another quote](http://www.sltrib.com/features/ci_4355022) > [@](#): > > “They’re definitely star-crossed lovers, and I hope it works out,” Krasinski said, not revealing much more…“I love how they’re sticking to the reality of the situation rather than what people want to see in television,” Krasinski said about Jim and Pam’s relationship, “Because sometimes people you love don’t end up with you.” ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/5 "2006-09-21T16:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=Trion] No, but you may be assistant _to the_ manager. [/QUOTE] _grabs white-out_ Seriously, I think I see where the romance is going (now that I spoiled myself - I’m so weak!), and I think it could be OK. I’m hopeful. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/6 "2006-09-21T17:15:02Z")
I just hope it doesn’t turn into a slightly funny soap opera like so many sitcoms do. (_Cheers_ and _Friends_, anyone?) If it does, I’ll just pretend the 3rd season never existed and bask in the hilarity that was Season 2. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/7 "2006-09-21T19:44:27Z")
Jenna Fischer said something to the effect of the premiere picking up three months later and that she is “satisfied” with the way things have been written to progress. I didn’t read the spoilers above but this seems to conflict with the ep being in the wake of casino night (or soon after). ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/8 "2006-09-22T01:15:22Z")
Well I thought that was pretty folkin’ brilliant. I kind of like what they did with the romance, though this show will die if Jim stays in Stamford too long. That didn’t stop me from cracking up at Jim suddenly staring intently at his monitor when Ed Helms lost it. 😃 Other big laughs include Creed: “A man could’ve slipped in there, there’s no way to tell,” and Meredith and the hand sanitizer. Of course, the biggest, falling-off-the-couch laugh was a Big Kiss of an entirely different kind from last season’s. Anyway, so happy this is back, and looks to be going strong. (That’s what she said - or he.) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/9 "2006-09-22T01:22:17Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] Well I thought that was pretty folkin’ brilliant. [/QUOTE] Michael’s line as he was watching Oscar get into his car made me guffaw. Did we know that Michael and Phyllis knew each other in high school? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/10 "2006-09-22T01:23:04Z")
I thought they handled that pretty well. At least Pam is free of Roy, now, so there isn’t a messy infidelity element. I actually felt a little sorry for Roy. My two favorite lines: “I miss that.” 'There’s Oscar’s roommate, Gil. I wonder if _he_ knows." ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/11 "2006-09-22T02:05:22Z")
“I’ve watched Queer as Fuck!” Brilliant. I was happy. It’s a documentary. Real-life doesn’t always have a neat little package, and sometimes the people you love just move away and sometimes you never talk to them again. Obviously, that won’t be the case here, but it’s totally believable. Even the two minutes we got of Jim and Pam was enough for me because it was feasible. I definitely felt sorry for Roy. And damn, if David Denman isn’t freakin’ HOT now. The man is smokin’. I’ll take me some of that. E. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/12 "2006-09-22T02:11:03Z")
Oh, yeah. Yay Phyllis! E. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/13 "2006-09-22T02:15:56Z")
How about Creed’s little momologue about possibly having had a homosexual experience of his own. “We were all having sex in the rain and the mud. A man could have slipped in there easily. There would have been no way to tell.” ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/14 "2006-09-22T02:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Did we know that Michael and Phyllis knew each other in high school? [/QUOTE] Yeppers. Last season Michael referred to Phyllis as a “grandmotherly type” or some such. I think it was in the sexual harrassment episode. She reminded him that they were in the same high-school class, and he tried to make it sound like he was a lot younger because he was right after the cutoff for admission. 😃 Tonight’s episode? Left me satisfied and smiling. I can’t wait for next week! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/15 "2006-09-22T02:38:42Z")
I liked the shows own poking fun at Jim via people in the other office. “I don’t know if that new guy Jim really fits in here. He’s always looking at the camera and doing this (smirk).” Or Michael’s “You don’t call retarded people retards. That’s just unclassy. You call your friends retards when they act retarded.” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/16 "2006-09-22T02:57:19Z")
Was I the only one who felt really uncomfortable during the conference room scene? Michael is usually clueless, but he took it to a new and crueler level tonight. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/17 "2006-09-22T03:08:33Z")
Carrell was on Leno last night, and he described Michael as someone “without a filter”. Is he innocent or ignorant? Great character, whatever the diagnosis. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/18 "2006-09-22T03:52:23Z")
beep beep beep – “oh no… oh no!” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/19 "2006-09-22T04:04:57Z")
What a great episode. I am so happy that this show kept it’s charm and humor. I was so scared that I would be disappointed and I couldn’t be more pleased. This will be a great season. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569/20 "2006-09-22T04:15:20Z")
Great episode. I was happy that I predicted correctly where Jim would be when the series resumed. Incidentally, I’ve only seen one or two episodes of the British Office, and I barely remember them, but a couple situations in the Stamford office gave me flashbacks. First, the stapler in the Jell-o. Second, the Ed Helms character encouraging Jim to date the woman who’s (paraphrasing) “hot but crazy.” Or am I dreaming? If not, is this the first time they’ve gone back to the well since episode one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-can-we-have-an-office-anticipation-thread/373569.md?page=2)