Talk:Brian/@comment-71.13.228.27-20170817202329/@comment-2607:FB90:6056:F229:BC6B:CC8D:6C69:B7EA-20180731185249

I believe that the obvious is always missed. Since this is the final season which ends with the release of the documentary they we're drilling the idea home more than usual and I believe that they needed to. When the show aired there weren't as many options to watch it and I knew people that weren't aware that as we watched each week, we weren't watching a part of the documentary. We we're watching them film it. By adding in not just Brian but showing camera operators and other crew it helped bring home those facts. I've had conversations with people after watching an episode where they asked why a character didn't mention something that they would have learned from watching the footage from the previous episode. Like when it was clear that Oscar and the State Senator were having an affair, they didn't understand why Angela didn't know about it the following week. She wouldn't have know until either she found out because one of them told her or when the documentary aired at the end of the series. So yes, this was thrown in towards the end of the series but I feel that it wasn't simply for drama in Pam and Jim's relationship. As the rift between them really wasn't something that they couldn't work out easily. He doesn't need depth because the character was a vehicle to show the inner workings of the documentary.