The Office: "Niagara"

Jim and Pam's wedding episode was a nice installment, with funny moments (most notably Kevin's hairpiece, indignation at Oscar's revulsion at him being his date, and the tag of him resting his feet in the vending machine cooler), and the sweet, poignant ones (notably Jim's toast before his verbal faux-pas, Pam's mini-breakdown after her veil got torn and Jim cheering her up by cutting his tie "now we're even"). After "Phyllis' Wedding" was arguably one of "The Office's" weakest episodes, it rebounded nicely here when it matter for the union of the show's first couple. The Niagara falls wedding (where the real wedding took place) is undoubtedly the highlight, and Jim's delighted glance at the camera was priceless (also great was his TH that Plan A was to marry Pam the day he met her). The romance was nicely understated, and the episode gave more of a sense of joy and delight at the felicitous occasion. Did I like it as much as I would have liked? No, but I liked it plenty. It's hard for the wedding to live up to the momentous events in Jim and Pam's relationship, especially after they have been together for so long now that the wedding feels almost like an afterthought, a formality to what was already a happily ever-after following the delightful season 3 finale "The Job" (my favorite "Office" ep). Make no mistake though, from the 27 seconds of silence, Jim's heartbreaking confession of love to Pam, the pain of their separation, their aforementioned longwaited reunion at the end of season 3 (and that's not even taking into account Jim's proposal to Pam that had "Office" fans all over grinning cheek to cheek), this has been one of the most endearing, compelling screen romances ever. Fairy tales do happen after all.