Top 5 Television Couples of the Past Decade, Number 1: Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley, The Office
Describing this couple is almost difficult for me, as someone who literally screams during episodes central to this couple’s storyline. The glances. The pranks. Casino Night. Watching Jim’s apparent and silent pain throughout the first few seasons was endearing and crushing at the same time—and it was all too real. The thing about The Office is that it can almost be real life. Jim and Pam are among the most believable on the show when it comes to the reality of the characters and as real people intaking their saga, we identify with them. We’ve all felt that love for someone—the love that can never be. Couple that with the notion that these are the only sane people in a world of lunatics and we find ourselves drawn closest with them. Jim and Pam represent so much of what love is these days, keeping with The Office’s ability to capture the public zeitgeist almost perfectly. I feel almost ashamed when I think of how much I care about Jim and Pam, but feel better while browsing tumblr or twitter any given Thursday night to find a great deal of others who feel the same. Thank you, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Greg Daniels, for this gift to humanity.
June 10th, 2009 45 notes #photo #tele #list
