20 Years Since Jim and Pam's Iconic Kiss on 'The Office': Fans Reflect on Season 2

Will SayreTue, April 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM UTC

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For all the die-hard fans of The Office out there, we can agree season 2 was the best of the bunch, no?

Like a great album where "every song is good," go back and look at the second installment's episode breakdown. You might find yourself saying, "Wow, every episode is good."

Standouts include "The Dundies," "The Injury" and the finale of all finales — known as "Casino Night."

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This coming May 11 will mark 20 years since season 2 concluded, but not before the romantic tension between coworkers Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) finally boiled over to a surprise kiss.

What an epic way to cut to the end credits, leaving fans simply stunned. Sure, we could already tell the beloved office pals had feelings for each other — but Pam was engaged to someone else at the time. Oh, and in an earlier scene of "Casino Night," Jim had professed his love to her, to which Pam certainly did not reciprocate...

But then came the shocking moment when Jim came swooping in on Pam while she was off having a private conversation with her mom about his awkward reveal.

"We really shot it in a way that was like we were eavesdropping on Pam, and one of the things I love about the shot is that when Jim walks in, Pam’s back is to us," director Ken Kwapistold Entertainment Weekly when the episode celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016. "He walks up to her and kisses her, and with that angle, you see his face quite clearly, but you really don’t see her expression. As an audience member, you get to fill in those emotions that you can’t see on her face. You get to imagine how she’s reacting."

Kwapis, 68, continued, "In a funny way, it puts you in her shoes. In a more conventional approach, you’d have a reverse close-up on Pam for her reaction to the kiss, but what makes this one of the great advantages to the mockumentary style is it forces you to get involved in a different way."

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