"The big joke around the office was always telegraph, telephone, tell-a-Michael." God, that is so perfect.

This made me laugh too: “Oh, and Michael, I’ll tell you what I used to tell my students. You get three strikes and then you’re out.”

Ugh and Aunt Janet made me groan. Great job making her out to be the perfect caricature of a woman in Roy's family.

Author's Response:

Well that seems to be the favorite line! 

But oh so Michael.

Yeah, well this is why Randall's wife was made to be a former teacher - patience to an extent - honestly I don't know how teachers do it since there is bound to be a Michael in every class (and a Dwight, a Jim, A Meredith, a Kelly, you get the idea). Thinking about this I think I now need to go buy that children's book, A Day at DM Elementary.

I'm so glad it came across - the tone of Roy's aunt. Means well and there's love for Pam, but not a great role model.

Thanks always for your reviews. 

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Ok, I’m very behind on this - but also very pleased that it meant I had several chapters to read! I’m continuing to just love this, it’s so much fun. The Pam and Michael scenes are a delight, I think I could just keep reading these even if there was no Jam (I also really like that time-travelling Michael’s main efforts on Booze Cruise were to stop what he caused: you’ve got the balance between him being completely infuriating and then his moments of sweetness, e.g. with Pam comforting him in the car, so perfect). I also love how well the inclusion of Randall works in this, and the fleshing out of his character (his wife giving Michael 3 strikes, and Pam later adopting that, is genius). Also: “Your best behavior, whatever you think that is, make it even better than that” is just the instruction Michael needs always.

But back to the Jam: Pam hearing Jim describing her as warm and funny is just exactly the moment from that conversation with Michael that I would’ve loved for her to hear, and I thought you wrote it so well with her only catching those couple of tidbits. I’m continuing to enjoy the slow build of her confusion / realisation about Jim, it feels very realistic - also lol at this being the point where Michael suddenly learns to keep a secret. Tell-a-Michael really made me chuckle. The reveal end of this chapter about Roy’s potential motivations from Janet is painful, as is the fact that Pam then tries to dismiss that because they’re getting married…again, it feels very realistic and in character, but just ouch. Come on Pam!

I for one am really glad that it’s all about the journey as it means more to read - can’t wait for the next chapter!

PS I also adored the little glimpse into Dwangela - “Monkey, looking forward to showing you who the real captain is” is just so grossly, brilliantly, Dwight.

Author's Response:

so glad you like the Pam/Micheal bits as this story is not just about the Jam relationship but about theirs too - and we'll be with them without Jim for a while (but not without thoughts of him - I promise)

Also glad you like how Randall is tied in (and his wife) - they have a bit more to come.

thanks for coming back - I do adore reviews and getting your thoughts. 

Happy holidays  

"telegraph, telephone, tell-a-Michael." I lol'd.

You know what? I understand why it's frustrating Pam, but I think Michael deserves a little credit here. For once, he has actually learned from his mistakes and he is not digging the hole any deeper. I'm proud of him. Maybe time travel really is helping him grow?

"looked back at her husband who locked eyes with her in a silent communication that reminded Pam of the way she sometimes passed messages to Jim without ever saying a word." Ugh. OPEN YOUR EYES, PAM. Come on. You can't tell that's meaningful? *grumbles* But seriously - very true to them, and feels like something she'd be thinking about here.

That's actually kind of an interesting relationship test. Could you tell them you think you're stuck in a time warp? Would they believe you? And it's a good note working in Pam's canonical belief in ghosts here.

Oh, Michael. I half expected him to ask Pam for another drink of water here. Pam's lucky to have Gabby there - maybe between a surrogate Mom and a surrogate teacher they can get him to behave.

His point about the grill is kind of smart in a round-about way! Surely regular timeline Michael would notice that his grill was gone, it would be chaos. A whole episode on its own. Wondering if his note idea is going to end up having repercussions.

"only his birthing process was the trip through time and what he forgot was what a baby he himself had been that whole day." LOL. He really is a little boy in this chapter, in a very enjoyable way. I love his spy caper.

Ugh. Poor Pam. She really gets hope dangled right in front of her and then yanked away here. I'm always interested in her relationship with Roy's family, particularly post-Superfan episodes now that we know she's pretty comfortable with Roy's mom. Casts some of her decisions in a different light knowing how intertwined their lives were.

Author's Response:

I truly appreciate your enthusiasm for this story - so much.

That seems to be the line for this chapter - all three review mentioned it. Glad you liked it.

Michael tries to do the right thing, sometime however when he tries too hard that's when things go off the rails...not saying it's going to happen here but certainly what happened in a particular episode that had an Elvis impersonation.

Open your now with perfect vision eyes, but that's the fun of this whole experiment - to bring up all the things she hasn't been able to see.

A test yes, but there might be more to it than that and that's all I'm saying.

Hope you like Gabby, she's kind of the Beth of this story. Every story needs a good OC.

NOw I am a little behind in those superfans, in truth I half avoided if only to not uncanonize things I'd written for this... then I went and watched Booze cruise  and used a tiny bit of it (Ryan in bathroom). But I'm rectifying that now. JUst hope it doesn't bite me.

Thanks again for always leaving such detailed and enthusiastic reviews.