Comments on: “The Office” — Fun Run http://www.magneticmediafed.com/nbc/the-office/the-office-fun-run News, reviews and commentary for the TV obsessed. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kevin http://www.magneticmediafed.com/nbc/the-office/the-office-fun-run#comment-11545 Kevin Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:27:11 +0000 http://www.magneticmediafed.com/?p=1084#comment-11545 You nailed it with the sense of dread. I felt that way the whole episode, and I just kept expecting something horrible to happen to throw off the "happily ever after. (I suppose putting a live cat in a freezer to die is pretty horrible...but I guess I mean a different kind of horrible, and to different people.) Specifically, there was a moment when Pam and Jim stumbled across Michael in a heap, short of the finish line, and Michael was talking about how disease can get you, the camera was just on Pam and Michael, and I thought "Oh jeez--they're gonna turn around and Jim will have had a heart attack...or something." Illogical? Maybe, but I felt like, excuse my french, some "crap" needed to go down somehow. And I thought striking Jim down (not permanently) would maybe be a shocking early season twist, and serve to keep those kids apart longer. Sure it's nice to see them happy, but jeez o' Pete are couples who completely get along uninteresting to watch. You nailed it with the sense of dread. I felt that way the whole episode, and I just kept expecting something horrible to happen to throw off the “happily ever after. (I suppose putting a live cat in a freezer to die is pretty horrible…but I guess I mean a different kind of horrible, and to different people.)

Specifically, there was a moment when Pam and Jim stumbled across Michael in a heap, short of the finish line, and Michael was talking about how disease can get you, the camera was just on Pam and Michael, and I thought “Oh jeez–they’re gonna turn around and Jim will have had a heart attack…or something.”

Illogical? Maybe, but I felt like, excuse my french, some “crap” needed to go down somehow. And I thought striking Jim down (not permanently) would maybe be a shocking early season twist, and serve to keep those kids apart longer. Sure it’s nice to see them happy, but jeez o’ Pete are couples who completely get along uninteresting to watch.

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