[Lecture Circuit.]
After enough time spent on the island and getting to learn its varying levels of weirdness, Karen knew there was nothing she could really do when, for three days in a row, all she get off the bookshelf was the same reel of The Office. And she knew if she ever wanted to watch another movie or read another book or comic or magazine again, she was
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A very pregnant version of her. He actually forgot to breathe for a few seconds, until she answered Michael's question.
"Oh, thank god," he said outloud without thinking, then winced when he realized he said it for her to hear. It wasn't that anything back home actually mattered here, but for that brief moment, a panic had set in at the mere thought that he was going to have a kid back home with her, too. The relief that hit him right afterwards when she said it wasn't his was palpable, and he leaned against the doorframe to shake it off.
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If there was anything stupider she could have done back home, it was go back to Jim Halpert. No offense to Jim here, of course.
"Yeah, that," she said faintly.
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"Wow," he finally managed out, letting out an uncomfortable laugh. "I did not mean to say that outloud. But - I mean -"
He was stammering and he knew it. He stopped himself before he made an even bigger idiot out of himself. In the background, Michael was doing an even better job at doing just that.
"Sorry," he settled on, focus on her, sounding close to meek. "Do you want me to, uh, not stick around?"
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"Yeah, alright," he said, watching the scene switch to him. It was still bizzare, to this day, to realize he was a TV show character. He didn't really think he'd ever let it sink in, purely because it was something he didn't want to think about often.
"Why are we putting a party together?" he wondered, watching the scene. A part of him was trying to keep off the subject of her surprise pregnancy until she brought it up - or the show did, again. He had a feeling that wouldn't be the last scene of it. "I didn't even know they sold balloons in those colors."
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"It's good to see Michael's still exactly the same," he sighed, pulling a face as he realized he was lying about death to an entire group of people. Karen on screen didn't seem too pleased either.
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"You get used to it after a while," he said, and it was almost sad how true that was. The sad thing was, he never really seemed to mean to be insulting. He just didn't have the normal thing in his head that kept him from opening his mouth. As it turned out, the show apparently was showing that right as he thought it. "...Did he just call that woman sugarboobs?"
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She'd never really been a fan of 'getting used to' Michael. "This is kind of amazing. In a totally horrifying way."
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As was watching the Andy guy, too. Of everything he'd seen of him - this scene now, too, with him singing to Stanley and the girl - he was starting to really think he was as bad as Dwight was. "Wow. You know, I'm starting to think I'm glad I've never met this guy."
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"We're from a comedy show, right? They wouldn't have anyone get any limbs cut off on a comedy show," he said, almost as if he was trying to convince himself that. He actually felt himself a little on edge seeing him have that near the two of them. It was almost a relief to see it not start up. "I can't believe he made Pam lug that -"
He trailed off when he realized Pam was talking about the baby with her. Jim knew enough this was something she probably wanted to listen to, so he went quiet. Truth be told, he found himself a little curious about it, too.
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Actually, Karen didn't know what this was. She was still confused and a bit shocked, but also just plain pleased to realize that she was as happy back home as she was here. And she couldn't stop noticing every time she touched her stomach on the screen.
"No," she gasped, when the camera focused on a truly dorky picture. "Oh my God, look at that," she laughed.
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