question:

I've never been one to get wrapped up in television shows, save a brief yet serious addiction to Survivor in 8th grade, but something about my lack of social life last semester drove me to extremes. Plus, it's a quality show. Allow me to indulge for a minute...


What's up with Jim lately? He clearly doesn't have any real feelings for Karen, so why doesn't he just end it? He pretty much admitted on the Christmas episode, while projecting his own feelings onto Michael, that Karen is just a rebound, and he's back to thinking about Pam, the girl who broke his heart. And lately, he is obviously trying to keep Karen at a distance by not letting her move into a house in his neighborhood.

Okay, so if you don't really want to get close to Karen, and you know Pam is the one for you, why can't you just man up and break up with her? I can understand he's still a little hurt over Pam "turning him down" last season, but seriously, the girl had no choice. And as soon as he came back to the Scranton branch, she asked him out for coffee or something. He turned her down. Now, the ball is in his court, but he's got too much pride to do anything about it. Meanwhile, the new-and-improved Roy is beginning to win back a lonely Pam. It's going to get worse before it gets better Jim, and this time it is your fault. Also, does anyone remember how Toby seemed to have a little crush on Pam at the beginning of the season? Whatever happened to that plotline?

Don't worry, I understand this has to be a long, drawn-out process, and once they do finally get together, the entire show will be over. And if they don't take it off the air, by then it will have jumped the shark. Just allow me to get caught up in the drama as I live vicariously through the employees of Dunder Mifflin.