About.com talks to Jenna
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007SPOILER WARNING! Article and subsequent comments will contain spoilers. (It’s not too spoilery, though.)
Once again, a lengthy interview with Jenna about Blades of Glory, and once again, she says some interesting stuff about The Office:
I don’t know if Jim and Pam are ultimately meant to be together. I say this to producers all the time: ‘Sometimes that person helps you become the person that you’re supposed to be to meet the person you’re supposed to marry.’ Maybe that’s our story. And if that’s our story, that’s still a beautiful story to tell.
Jenna’s comments here worry me because it is contradictory to what she has expressed in the past. There have been other shows where comments like this have been made by the actors and it was to prepare the audience for the idea that the “It” couple wouldn’t end up together. i want to be clear, I am not saying that this is the case here. I’m a JAMmer all the way and I hope they end up together. I just hope people realize that there ain’t nothing wrong with a happy ending.
40 | Archer Sat. Mar. 31, 2007 at 12:46amehh. i just want to be happy when the series is over.
39 | JimHalpertIsLife Fri. Mar. 30, 2007 at 7:16pmFor everybody freaking out over Jennas comments in the interview…she said the exact same thing in an interview before Season 3 started. I think it’s just one of her standard responses to throw people off a little. The last thing an actor wants to be in is a show that’s completely predictable…she just doesn’t want everybody assuming that Pam and Jim will get together.
P.S. - Duh, they are totally getting together.
38 | PamsTeapot Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 9:09pmHow can she be describing anyone other than Roy? I’m not saying Jim and Pam have to get married, but if it wasn’t for Roy, Pam would never have become Fancy New Beesley. If Pam and Jim had been together, it would have been Jim pushing her to become more independent, not Pam making the change to Fancy New Beesley all on her own.
37 | CorNOT University Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 6:51pmJenna hit the nail on the head. I think everyone wants Jim and Pam to get together and stay together, but isn’t it a bit idealistic? It’s a better story if their relationship never quite comes to frutation, because it’s something I think a lot of people can relate to.
I think the characters should date for a season or so, break up, be awkward for a while, and then come to realize that they’re much better as friends. It’d be a bit of a heartbreaking realization, but it’s far more real and better for the show, in my opinion.
36 | Luke Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 2:53pmI agree with #15 Amy, there could be tons of humor in watching a jim and pam that are persuing a dating relationship. Season 2 felt very much like jim and pam were “dating”,(though they were not) and it was still very funny- all of the pranks and “field trips”.
It wouldn’t be jumping the shark completely. I mean it isn’t the Jim and Pam show! There are tons of other things happening in that office!
But if they did hook up- and then later on, like the last season, break up I would be rather heartbroken!
Ok- my inner jam says to be “optimistic”… better head over to “the jim parradox” for some moral support! :) he-he!
35 | Rachel Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 2:27pmEven if the season ends with Jim rejecting Pam, I don’t think that spells the end for JAM. We’re SUPPOSED to feel agony if that happens - and it’ll only make a JAM victory that much sweeter if/when it happens.
34 | AndDon'tCallMePammy Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 2:26pmI am at the point with this “will they or won’t they” that I really just want them to get together so the show can get back to being about the funny things that happen in an office. Now it is show wrapped up in Jim, Pam, and Karen that the show has gotten so DRAMATIC! I am a total jim and pam fan so I care when it looks like jim is really into karen or pam goes back with roy but enough, it is getting ridiculous with the suspense. Have them get together so we can enjoy another Dundie Awards or something. I guess my point being that unlike other shows where the chemistry IS the show, the office can stand on its own if there isn’t the main character romantic drama. Anyone agree?
33 | barbara rix Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 12:50pmpam and jim are SO going to get together. i don’t see why everyone acts as though a jam relationship would be a death sentence for the show. i think there is lots of room for cute and funny moments within the context of them dating and figuring out their thang. i have faith that the writers can handle it.
ONE MORE WEEK!
32 | am-Pay Eesly-Bay Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 12:07pm“Of course, if the season ends with a ring on Karen’s finger, I think I will break my TV.” -Lauren, #22
What she said.
I do think it’s possible to have a fulfilling storyline that does not involve a Jim/Pam relationship, but it can’t involve a Jim/Karen relationship. I think I read somewhere that even though the deleted scenes are edited out, they are still a part of the storyline as far as Greg Daniels is concerned. If that’s the case, then Karen isn’t as laid back as she seems on the televised show. And I agree with someone else who said that the producers have gone to great lengths to show just how awkward that relationship is. I don’t pretend to know what will happen with PB&J, but I hope the writers will at least give us some sort of closure if they don’t end up together.
And Karen can date Andy.
31 | mycapawasdetated Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 11:51amI just hope that JAM doesn’t turn out to be like Joey and Dawson in Dawson’s Creek… not that I watch the show or anything.
0_o
30 | Clark Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 11:50amI agree with a couple previous posts—I’m not sure how well this summer would go for Jammers if Jim rejects Pam in the finale.
29 | CH Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 11:19amI know it would be a long….long….long….long…LONG hiatus for me if that is the case!
“We’ve had all these hurdles and I feel like we’re going to break the mold on the relationship curse. I really do.” In this sentence, Jenna’s saying that “we are going to break the curse,” which leads me to believe that they’re definitely going to get together soon. So, putting that in the context of what she says about the upcoming episodes, I’m pretty optimistic. I think we’re going to be happy with what happens Jam-wise in the season finale.
28 | Whitney Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 11:18amThanks NoGould (#20)! Someone posted on Usenet a while back that if “My Name is Earl” ended with Earl not completing his list, it would be a mild disappointment, but if “The Office” ended with Jim and Pam not getting together, it would be a tragedy. My faux-stoicism in #10 aside, I really really hope Jim and Pam happens someday.
27 | _bales Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 10:59amThe part where Jenna was talking about her scene with Will Ferrell was ROTFLMAO all the way.
26 | Samuel L. Chang Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 10:25amI guess if Pam confesses and Jim rejects her that means he’s gone from being “happy to be with Karen” to “REALLY happy to be with Karen.”
25 | Elisabet Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 10:06amI agree with DunderSnob, I think we’ve been thrown several curves through cast members’ comments in the media just to keep us guessing. Though I’m not sure how it will all occur, in the end Karen will be gone and Jim and Pam will give this relationship thing a try. If not, they’d better to be able to convince us that Jim and Pam could be TRULY happy with other people that we can love as well.
24 | threec Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 9:59amI think maybe she’s right, but hearing that statement it occurs to me that the person helping her along was probably Roy–her relationship with Roy has given her the assertiveness (Fancy New Beesly Style!) to pursue a relationship with Jim (in my own little Office world, he be-all-end-all of Pam relationships).
And whether or not they get together (AHEM: they *will*), their relationship *is* a really beautiful thing.
23 | Tessie-holic Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 9:57amI agree that Jenna may be trying to throw us off the trail a bit. I would be so disappointed if they didn’t at least try to be together. I think the season finale will have a stresser in it that makes either Pam or Jim say something about their feelings. It is probably going to be Pam this time. I have a feeling that one of them may leave for another job offer. Remember Pam has been going to art classes that could lead to a new opportunity for her or Jim may get an offer from corporate.
It is so obvious that Jim is just going along for the ride with Karen. His feelings are not genuine. You can tell the way a guy looks at a girl and he definitely doesn’t look at Karen the way he looked at Pam, especially during season 2. I believe that Karen will ask him for more commitment maybe move in together?
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the writers know what they’re doing.
22 | Phyllis Vance Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 9:56amOh, that Jenna. She’s all smiles whenever an interviewer asks about Jim and Pam and the end of the season, then she has to go and say this. I really hope she’s just throwing us off the scent.
But I understand what she’s saying. The people of the Office are not static caricatures, they’re characters who are changing and evolving as time goes on. Jim and Pam are not the same people they were last May, so it’s natural their relationship with change and evolve as well. If they don’t end up together, I’ll be sad, but I’ll deal. I don’t want to see yet another tv couple that are kept apart for whatever reason for 5,7,9 seasons, then miraculously get together in the last episode (even the original Office fell prey to that cliche).
Of course, if the season ends with a ring on Karen’s finger, I think I will break my TV.
21 | Lauren Thu. Mar. 29, 2007 at 9:53am