What Did You Think?
I just had to share this story with someone. First of all, the context: the events that I am managing are all a part of my college’s Senior Week. Tonight was the bar crawl, which is always an adventure. As my fellow organizers and I tried to herd the masses onto our buses, I saw a fellow Office fan and asked him if he had seen Thursday’s episode. Immediately, he began expressing how happy he was that Pam finally came clean with Jim. Then, another friend jumped in and said that Pam ‘totally copped out.’ The first friend argued, “But in front of her co-workers–that takes a lot!” and I agreed.
Sure, Pam may not have dropped the ‘L’ word or even implied that she wanted more than friendship. But I was proud of her! I want to know how other people feel on this issue:
Pam–total courage or total copout?
I think you know which one gets my vote 
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May 12th, 2007 02:28
Who says she copped out at all? Who says she does love Jim? She DID say she fvcking cancelled her wedding for him. That’s a big admission. But I think what she said WAS the whole truth which is that the biggest thing for her is she just misses her frickin’ buddy!
May 12th, 2007 04:35
I think what she did took all kinds of courage. I was so proud to see her for once say what she felt, even if it wasn’t ALL of what she felt. Like myself, it seems like she supresses her opinions and feelings for the sake of others. I need to find my own Fancy New Beesley.
May 12th, 2007 06:11
Are you kidding? That was Fancy New Beesley in action! It was awesome. Pam and Jim are barely even friends at this point. Even though they both harbor secret feelings. She can’t just blurt out she loves him. They don’t have the relationship now that they did when Jim made his announcement last May during Casino Night. Pam handled things perfectly. Now Jim has alot to think about….
May 12th, 2007 09:03
I absolutely agree with you.
Pam had a total courage moment, and it wasn’t necessarily Jim!coruage. Her speech wasn’t supposed to be about getting Jim (in my opinion), but rather about finally being brave enough to speak. For some, saying what’s been on your mind is a challenge (though not for others).
It’s clear to me that Pam’s been raised, or at some point trained, to think that it’s not always appropriate to share her feelings, frustrations, et cetera–that she thinks what she wants doesn’t matter, or that she doesn’t want to rock the boat. This surge of Beesly empowerment enabled her to make a whole group of her peers just feel genuinely uncomfortable. That in itself takes courage.
May 12th, 2007 09:10
I think what she said was perfect, it would not have been right to be all, “I’m totally in love with you” right in front of everyone else, including Karen. The “I didn’t care about any of them until I met you” part was enough IMO to insinuate more than just friendship =D Loved It! Can’t WAIT for next Thursday!
May 12th, 2007 09:39
Total Courage!!!
I’m proud of Pam.
May 12th, 2007 09:56
I don’t think Pam has ever been in love. For that reason, alone, it should be a very hard thing to admit to ones self, much less all of her co-workers. Give her a break. She’s coming out of her shell.
May 12th, 2007 11:17
Total courage! You know hard that must have been for her to come out like that. I say good for her.
May 12th, 2007 11:59
It really took a lot and i think that it was better that she didnt tell him that she was in love with him. In casino night when jim confessed himself to pam, if she turned him down.. he wasnt really going to be okay.. i mean he left.. but the way that pam delivered her speech, you could tell that even if Jim stayed with Karen, Pam would still be okay. She was asking for his friendship back, that is what was most important to her. It was also huge that she said it in front of the entire office. A lot of them never knew that pam called off her wedding becuase of Jim and now pam admitted it to everyone (including herself). Karen also didnt know anything about pam and roy.. and during womens appreciation, we got hte imporession that karen was having issues with jim.
there was so much stuff lying underneath her speech. i can not wait until the season finale.. but you know that they are going to leave us hanging and were going to have to wait all summer to see what would really happen
i was so proud of pam.. she finally stood up for herself and finally told jim how it really was after an entire season of them ignoring eachother.. if beach day had happenned in season 2.. jim would have been there with pam helping her out of her misery of having to take notes for michael all day.. she would have had fun playing pranks on people.. but no he wasnt there… and you can really see where pam is coming from when she says she misses him.
I think that jim got the idea that pam was in love with him.. she didnt even need to say it.. jim knew.. the look of astonishment on his face “oh shit” was perfect.
ugh.. t his episode was truly amazing..
michaels last line was the best way to follow the speech too.. he didnt take away from it.. but he also kept the humor there
GO PAM!
May 12th, 2007 12:37
Courage. In the past, Pam only would have given that speech after several drinks. (and several SECOND drinks!)
May 12th, 2007 13:48
I say “way to go Pam!!!” I was so excited to see her finally say something to Jim. The look on Karen’s face was fantastic. Needless to say I don’t like her very much…
May 12th, 2007 15:02
Complete and total courage - and it would have been courageous even if she had only said it to Jim and not in a circle of coworkers. Asking them why they did not go to her art show - that was terrific (although actually Oscar and pal Gill were there, remember Gill called it Motel Art!) and Michael was wonderful when he showed up. But yes, to say those things was terrific especially because she did it with enthusiastic energy and not self-pitying crying or a “poor me” attitude. I would have loved to see their faces on the bus ride home. And I still think it would be fantastic for Jim to find out that Karen took down the posters for Pam’s art show. A girl can dream!
May 12th, 2007 18:19
Total courage. Pam’s speech was about setting the record straight– saying the things she was too fearful to say at the time. Pam thinks Jim is over her, so why would he want to have the L bomb dropped on him now? She only wanted him to know that he hadn’t misinterpreted things. At this point, she doesn’t expect anything from him.
May 12th, 2007 18:49
Courage, baby!
I think that if she had told Jim she loved him in front of his girlfriend, that would have been quite the uncool move. Instead, she spoke up, and gave him something to think about, and confirmed that she did break up with Roy because of him. If Jim wants to know if she loves him, the door is open for him to go find out.
What our little FNB did took courage, and I’m proud of her! I think it was mature and classy of her NOT to mention her current feelings for him in fron tof Karen. As much as we were wanting her to say it, I don’t think she was “copping out” - I think she was smart. The ball is in Jim’s court once again, yet she didn’t give everything away.
May 12th, 2007 19:04
so who thinks Jim really knew the Harry Potter stuff because he read the books/saw the movies, or because he knew Dwight was into it and so he (Jim) learned about it to eventually use it to aggravate Dwight? either way…!
May 12th, 2007 19:23
Courage all the way!
May 13th, 2007 05:37
Pfft… Pam needs to move on. Maybe she should draw herself a boyfriend!
May 13th, 2007 10:47
while it did take courage to say what she said, I think she wiennied out at the end, she should have told him everything.
officefan, I have never seen or read any harry potter and I still know who voldemort is. so i think it was just something he knew
May 13th, 2007 11:08
Pam Rocked. It was enough to get Jim to think Oh Crap.
I can’t wait until Thursday but I am going to hate the wait until next season.
May 13th, 2007 18:45
COURAGE!!!!!!