"I always imagined less manure. I mean, some manure, but less."

[danceswithwords]

Work has been extremely busy, and last weekend kind of sucked, in the way that it does when you discover that your hot water heater is failing when the people downstairs report that water is dripping through their ceiling. Also, there was a DSL modem death

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[vonniek]

Only three episodes in, my love for Emerson has already surpassed my love for most of the characters in my other shows that have been airing for *years*. (Some exception there, of course, including most of The Office gang. Actually, Emerson would be sort of what Stanley would be like if he took up sleuthing.) He's a much-needed tonic to all the impetuous sweetness (not to mention the craziness) spilling over in this universe.

As for The Office, as usual, I don't have anything to add except "what she said!" (which is very different from "that's what she said!".) Big fat WORD to your entire paragraph about Jim/Pam and Dwight/Angela relationship, and the scales in the status of the relationship tipping the other way. I'm finding the difference in the way Jim's and Dwight's heartbreak are portrayed on the show interesting. With the exception of the confession and the kiss scenes in "Casino Night", I alway felt like Jim was holding himself in check, even in the height of his despair, because he never forgot the camera was there to catch every emotion in his face. Dwight's grief feels more naked and raw to me because Dwight lacks Jim's self-awareness.

I loooove Darryl.

[danceswithwords]

He's a much-needed tonic to all the impetuous sweetness (not to mention the craziness) spilling over in this universe.

He balances the tone out nicely by raising an eyebrow at the wackiness right along with us.

I'm finding the difference in the way Jim's and Dwight's heartbreak are portrayed on the show interesting. With the exception of the confession and the kiss scenes in "Casino Night", I alway felt like Jim was holding himself in check, even in the height of his despair, because he never forgot the camera was there to catch every emotion in his face. Dwight's grief feels more naked and raw to me because Dwight lacks Jim's self-awareness.

That's very true. And Jim is, ultimately, a very private person; Dwight just doesn't care that the camera's there, when he's not actively using it as a sounding board. I also get the sense that Dwight is so far gone in his loss--this is such a new and painful thing for him--that he's really not that aware of what's going on around him at this point.