Date: September 07, 2021 12:11 pm Title: Casino night and the documentary
Cece in Pam’s Casino Night dress, and Jim and Pam’s reactions to that, is a brilliant moment to imagine. Ouch. I love the idea of them waiting to tell their kids the full story, it feels very realistic. And them all sitting down to watch the documentary together! This was so good. I especially loved this part:
‘“What do you expect me to say to that?” she watched her mom ask on screen.Â
“That you love him,” Cece thought, “that you can, and that you will.”
She's seen her mom twirl her wedding ring a million times, it's a way that she grounds herself, so seeing her do it with another man's ring was horrifying, it was all wrong, so wrong.’
The idea of the wedding ring having such different connotations for Cece is a fantastic touch, as is her view that Pam’s answer should have been so simple. Phil running away to play Minecraft instead of watching more lovey dovey stuff made me lol - but Cece seeing herself as a bump at the wedding is so adorable. Â
This is such a great look into Jim and Pam’s views on their relationship/the documentary years later, and how their kids might have responded to it.
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Date: September 03, 2021 09:00 pm Title: Casino night and the documentary
Oh, man. The image of Pam and Jim coming upon Cece in The Dress is KILLER.
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Date: September 03, 2021 12:51 pm Title: Casino night and the documentary
This is a very interesting way to bring this one about. I'm kinda surprised Pam still has that dress, but it ened up working out for the best in the long run. I wonder if this is also the first time Pam has sat through and watched some of the later episodes. In the finale she said she had to stop watching because she wanted to scream at her younger self. However sitting there with her family, years later, could absolutly give her a new perspective. Felt like a shock at first to Pam and Jim to see that old dress, but they were able to get over it and then ultimatly end up enjoy a nice trip down memory lane with Cece and Phil till he dissapeared.
Nice way to bring the dress back as well as the whole story of the doc to Cece and Phil.