Talk:Brian/@comment-2600:6C5E:547F:D2A3:3537:7034:207A:D47A-20171123003353/@comment-47.33.217.177-20180427081559

It was awkward and cringy writing meant only to fuel the show with cheap drama. Brian's sole purpose was to be forcefully injected into the story to create a wedge between Pam and Jim, to make the audience worry about their relationship. It was done so poorly that no one would ever make that mistake but the most dense viewers, though, because just recording someone for so long isn't a good enough reason to know them or to be comfortable talking to them (how does she even know his name, he's a boom operator of a cast that never interacts with its subjects beyond someone asking questions at specific segments so as to avoid altering the results).

In the context of the show's world, he's a nice guy with a shit job. In context of the real world, where The Office is a television show, he's a poorly-written-in character with no place in the show. He shouldn't have ever walked in front of the camera. He was a desperate move to make a slowly dying show more interesting.