How Jenna Fischer Changed The Office Finale Forever

What did Jenna Fischer call the "heartbeat" of "The Office," and how did it almost get destroyed? Here's how Jenna Fischer changed the finale of "The Office" for the better.

#JennaFischer #TheOffice #Shorts

[elizadaleniemann]

I'm so glad she did save the painting. It was super symbolic and made for one of the most poignant moments of the finale.

[Dan]

I'm so glad Jenna was so strong in making sure that didn't happen. She was 100% right. That painting was the heart of the show and the memory with Michael Scott as the boss and his genuine pride in Pam's abilities that night. That painting on the wall symbolized the whole show. HURRAY FOR JENNA!!! That was the right decision!

[varella]

I love it when actors stand up for their characters
Kudos for Jenna, our eternal pam

[Scorchy]

She was SO right. It seems at times the actors knew better than the writers. There was something about John Krasinski pushing back on a storyline about Jim potentially cheating on Pam.

[FloridaManRacer]

Jenna was 100% right. If that painting is not there for the final episode, you don't get the full circle moment of her taking her painting home as a keepsake of memories from her job. Jim says in the episode that it was a boring job but it gave him everything he had in his life... That painting is symbolic of that for Pam...

[ashleytuchin]

Coincidentally, I only just listened to that episode of Office Ladies a little while ago. An additional fact is that they actually did film the scene where the painting got destroyed and it wasn't until the very last minute that they agreed to remove it from the final cut of the episode. As a result though, there are actually several episodes in a row where the painting is inexplicably absent, before it makes an equally inexplicable return.

[RyneMurray]

That painting is really important to the show. Michael wanted it for the office and was willing to buy it from his friend.

[NinjaNuggets]

She is 100% absolutely right. Years later that Michael and Pam scene gets new fans to discover the most amazing series.

[j.bernard]

I agree w/ Jenna. I love that painting! I have it on my fridge.
It's a beautiful lil piece of The Office, not only due to its awesome lil two-point perspective presentation, but also b/c the greatest character in The Office (Michael G. Scott; Regional Mgr) took it so seriously.

[marktasico]

The art getting destroyed would have not been a good ending.

[laluenbaires]

I love it when actors fight for their shows and specially their characters. When they say stuff like "no, this is not something my character would do". Jim was supposed to cheat on Pam on season 9, I think, and John Krasinski said heeelll no.

[SirenaWomanWarrior]

The way Michael felt about the painting was defining to Pam and to the audience how important the office was, so yes I’m glad she did save the painting.

[cassiehintermister]

When she took the painting home at the end that was the whole show for me. Cannot imagine wrapping it up without reference to the painting

[merlinhot]

I agree with her, ruining it for a gag would shit all over what in my opinion was the best scene in the entire show, Michael buying it from her.

[Christos_Kurios]

I wonder how much that original painting would sell for.

[MisaelMatute]

I would have been ok with it, if at the end she painted another one with a few updates

[AdmiralFroggy]

Personally I got sad when Pam took the painting in the final

[TheSuperNats]

The gag wouldn’t have even been funny just annoying. Thank god Jenna fought that.

[ShyiaRobinson]

My favorite memory connected to the painting is Dwight calling her an amateur artist bc the building had two shadows 😂😂😂

[tecateconquest]

It's like when the writers wrote Jim cheating on Pam, but John Krazinski talked them out of it because it wasn't something Jim would do, so we get the hilarity with bed bugs and Dwight instead.

These actors knew their characters better than the writers.