Karen is Staying!! Big News for The Office Season Finale
WARNING: This post contains spoilers.
Rashida Jones, who plays Karen on The Office, will be here for Season 4. I originally thought that if Rashida would be back for season 4 then that would mean that her pilot “The Rules for Starting Over” did not get picked up by FOX. But as someone over at Netscape.com has just posted, that pilot did get picked up by FOX. I’m not sure what this means for Karen on The Office or how much we’ll see of her, but I’m glad that she’s staying. I used to not like the character of Karen simply because it messed with Pam and Jim, but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Pam and Jim never getting together. I think they are great friends, but may have grown apart romantically.
Here’s what OfficeTally.com found out about the whole season finale situation…
The scoop: There’s an opening at Dunder Mifflin corporate, and Michael (Steve Carell), Jim (John Krasinski) and girlfriend Karen (Rashida Jones) all want it. “Somebody does take the job,� cocreator Greg Daniels tells Us (best bet: Jim). “We’ll see more of the New York offices next year.�
Office crush: Fans rooting for Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer) to revisit romance may be disappointed: Jones is back for Season 4, and, says Daniels, “Pam is on a journey of self-discovery. Her happiness may be more about her self-realization.�
So it looks like the world of The Office will be expanding quite a bit. If Jim does get the corporate job, it makes one wonder about how that will work with him and Karen. I guess New York isn’t too far from Scranton. The comment that Pam is on a journey of self-discovery was an interesting one. Perhaps getting another boyfriend is not in the cards for The Office receptionist. I would like it if, through this self-realization, Pam stops glancing longily at Jim and starts being or at least acting more like a independent woman whose happiness does not rely on a guy. That’s my opinion anyway.
Season 4 might just prove to be a very interesting and a very different season. I do find it interesting that with this kind of comedy where absurdity is rampant, that they would choose to include such meaningful storylines such as Pam journey of self-discovery. But I suppose the big-wigs at NBC and the writers for The Office are smart enough to know that comedy alone will not carry a show.
Tell me what you guys think about Karen staying. Are you for it or against it? Vote on the poll below and I’ll post results tomorrow.
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-Anna
May 9th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I like the idea of Karen staying because Jim and Pam getting together would ruin things. As much as many of the viewers, myself included, *think* we want it, we won’t like it. Remember a show called Who’s The Boss? It went downhill the second Angela and Tony got together. I think the tension is the best part and we’d lose that. Plus Pam doesn’t know what she wants and Jim deserves better. Not saying Karen is it, but I know Pam isn’t either.
May 11th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Totally disagree. It’s completely out of character for them to NOT get together. It was out of character last season and it is this season as well. People are rarely this romantically stupid. Oh, and what’s with deciding whether they get together based on what happens to Rashida Jones. That seems totally insincere from the writers’ perspective. Either they should be together or shouldn’t, but having two endings and deciding based on a pilot is just crap. I love the American Office, but I’m starting to think that from a character development perspective, the British 12-episode office+special was the way to go. At least there the story arc was more believable and less frustrating to viewers.