As the holidays approach and no new episodes are set to air, I guess it is time to review/analyze/ramble my way through past episodes of The Office. I shall start with what is by far my favorite episode of The Office – "Drug Testing." I have to say that at ScranCon (thanks to Christina for that) I had a mini-heart attack when I meet Jen Celotta. What does one say to someone who writes your favorite episodes? "Uhm – nice to meet you"? I do have to say that I froze just a little when I meet her and if I could, I would go back and talk her ear off. So, this blog is dedicated to Jen Celotta and to all that I would say to her.
Ok! Where to start…? From the opening scene you knew something was going to be just a little bit different. Hello – Dwig
ht in a Lackawanna County Volunteer Sheriff Deputy uniform. I can see Dwight finding the joint in the parking lot and going home to research everything there is to know about marijuana. He would then sit down in the kitchen with all his information and plot out just who would be the culprit. "I like the people I work with generally, with four expectations." Mmm… I just wonder who the four people are? The obvious would be Jim and Pam, but just who are the other - maybe Phyllis, maybe Toby (just because Michael has distain for him)?? Also for the first time on record, Dwight spends his time "goofing" off (did Dwight do any work at all?). How and why is it Dwight's responsibility to find the culprit? Maybe he has something to hide. (I find it funny that later on in "Dunder-Mufflin Infinity" we learn from the pizza guy that Dwight has weed growing on his farm. Does Dwight know this? Is there another side to Dwight that we don't know yet?).
The "B" story in this episode is a turning point for me in the Jim/Pam storyline for season 2. The Jinx has so much subtext to the underlying issue between Jim wanting to tell Pam just how he really feels. I say kudos to John and Jenna because there is so much told in their silence (I would love to get my hands on the shooting script of this episode). In his silen
ce throughout the episode, I believe that Jim begins to realize that he has to do something-- anything-- in regards to Pam. With the final comment, Jim asks, "What is he getting out of that relationship?" Off camera, Jim went home and planned just what he was going to do. It was now or never and he picked Casino Night to lay it all on line. If the jinx had never happened, I think Jim wouldn't have had a catalyst to take a chance. He spent the whole day sitting back idealizing, unable to interject comments and think. Jim is in love with Pam. Head over heels he would do anything for this woman and maybe even walk away, in love. It is killing him each day to watch the days slowly come closer to Pam and Roy's wedding. He has to act and soon; before he never knows what might have been.
I heart Pam, in this episode (as always) for this is the start of Fancy New Beesly. Her first baby step to FNB is when she pulls a prank on Jim even though she thinks it backfires on her (fake crying). I believe that in the break room, as Pam is saying to Jim that he can tell her anything, that Pam 100% realizes that Jim has feelings for her. (Again kudos – the silence tells so much). She tries to laugh it off at first. However, I can even feel through the TV that her heart is starting to race. She knows, but she is not yet FNB so she doesn't know what to do besides buy Jim a coke to end the silence that is so deafening.

In addition, how can you not swoon with the two little words spoken between Jim and Pam: "Hi!" "Hey!" – Mrh!!!!
I want to say Thank You to Jen Celotta for writing such an amazing episode and the cast for acting out her words so beautifully.
Ok! Where to start…? From the opening scene you knew something was going to be just a little bit different. Hello – Dwig

The "B" story in this episode is a turning point for me in the Jim/Pam storyline for season 2. The Jinx has so much subtext to the underlying issue between Jim wanting to tell Pam just how he really feels. I say kudos to John and Jenna because there is so much told in their silence (I would love to get my hands on the shooting script of this episode). In his silen

I heart Pam, in this episode (as always) for this is the start of Fancy New Beesly. Her first baby step to FNB is when she pulls a prank on Jim even though she thinks it backfires on her (fake crying). I believe that in the break room, as Pam is saying to Jim that he can tell her anything, that Pam 100% realizes that Jim has feelings for her. (Again kudos – the silence tells so much). She tries to laugh it off at first. However, I can even feel through the TV that her heart is starting to race. She knows, but she is not yet FNB so she doesn't know what to do besides buy Jim a coke to end the silence that is so deafening.

In addition, how can you not swoon with the two little words spoken between Jim and Pam: "Hi!" "Hey!" – Mrh!!!!
I want to say Thank You to Jen Celotta for writing such an amazing episode and the cast for acting out her words so beautifully.
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