Wow, I saw that video some time ago, obviously before she became Erin from "The Office"
Wonder if they'll put that on the next DVD set.
I thought it was shown as the episode progressed that she was basically scared on having the baby. I agree with you that it was annoying me that Pam of all people would wait, "joke" around with their first born baby....but that went away when she started crying and basically saying she is scared. After that initial hesistation and knowning Michael wasn't going to deliever the baby in a elevator or something, this was a classic episode.the whole premise of Pam not wanting to go to the hospital to save a few bucks really annoyed me. this is their ~first~ baby, you just don't mess around like that. what if there'd been a complication? it was just really contrived.
It wasn't to "save a few bucks," it was about maximizing her time in the hospital with a support staff after the baby was born. Insurance companies generally pay for only 2 nights of hospital stay, unless the delivery is a c-section. Pam wanted to prevent going to the hospital in the evening, work through a night delivery and have that count as her first night of hospital stay, with only one night of rest and recuperation before going home.Originally Posted by EricW
the whole premise of Pam not wanting to go to the hospital to save a few bucks really annoyed me. this is their ~first~ baby, you just don't mess around like that. what if there'd been a complication? it was just really contrived.
That was hilarious.Originally Posted by Dave Ringkor
Dwight getting pulled over for impersonating a cop, and throwing swords and axes out the window as he's stopping the car.
I remember the scene. But during the early stages of active labor, it's very common for women to exhibit exactly the fear of delivery Pam expressed. Pam seemed to have made the plan to delay going to the hospital well before these symptoms of active labor had kicked in however. Which, again, I feel was very reasonable.Originally Posted by Jim_C
As Raymond already pointed out, Pam admitted she was scared of having the baby and that was the real reason why she didn't want to go to the hospital. It was in the scene in the lunch room when Michael said the contractions were 2 minutes apart.
I thought Pt. 2 (the second half-hour) was funnier than the first, and then I saw that it was directed by Harold Ramis (and written by someone else, too!). The wrong-feeding scene was very funny (in a horrible way), and they built it up very well. It was one of the riskiest pieces of comedy this season so far, definitely.Originally Posted by TravisR
And Pam breast feeding the wrong kid was possibly the craziest joke ever on network TV.