Jim & Pam’s Relationship Timeline, Season By Season

Fans of The Office were wondering from the beginning when do Jim and Pam get together, but their relationship took some time. Throughout the nine seasons of the hit sitcom, these two saw their relationship taken in a lot of different directions with audiences wondering if they would get together, falling in love with their romance, and witnessing their struggles at times. There are plenty of key episodes in their timeline as a couple, such as when Jim and Pam got together, and these moments stand out in The Office.

From the first episode right until The Office‘s ending, the relationship between Jim and Pam was always at the center of the series. In many ways, it was the show’s heart and showed the kind of beautiful things that can spring out of even the most mundane workplace setting. The ups and downs of their romance made for some great must-watch television and cemented them as one of the great sitcom couples of all time. Looking back at the milestones in the timeline of Jim and Pam on The Office shows why they worked so well.

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Season 1: Best Friends Who Need Each Other

• Season 1, Episode 2: Pam rests her head on Jim’s shoulder

• Season 1, Episode 6: Jim asks Katy out

Season 1 of The Office only had six episodes as an introduction to the series to see if NBC would pick it up. Luckily for the cast, crew, and viewers, it was a hit. In the pilot, viewers learn that Jim and Pam are close friends and each other’s allies in the office. However, it’s suddenly revealed that Pam is engaged to a man named Roy, who worked in Dunder Mifflin’s warehouse. This cemented them as the classic sitcom will-they-won’t-they couple.

Most of the first season found Jim pining after Pam while being tortured by the fact that she was with someone else. There were still sweet moments between the two, such as in “Diversity Day” when Jim loses a huge sale yet when Pam falls asleep on his shoulder, it causes him to conclude it was a pretty good day. However, the season finale finds Jim trying to move on from Pam and deciding to ask out Katy, The Office guest star Amy Adams.

Season 2: A Fun Night At The Dundies Changes Everything

• Season 2, Episode 1: Pam kisses Jim for the first time

• Season 2, Episode 7: Jim and Pam have their first “date”

• Season 2, Episode 10: Jim writes Pam a note

• Season 2, Episode 22: Jim tells Pam he loves her and kisses her

By season 2, fans got to see more of Jim and Pam. In the opening episode of the season, Jim and Pam are each other’s buddies at The Office‘s first Dundies. Since Pam was arguing with Roy at the time she just wanted to spend the night hanging out with her friends. After joking with Jim the entire night, the two accidentally kissed but brushed it off as nothing happened. Their relationship continued to border on flirtatious as in “The Client” with Jim and Pam sharing a pseudo date night when everyone works late at the office.

As the season went on, it became increasingly clear that Jim couldn’t hide his feelings much longer. In “Christmas Party,” he wrote a note to Pam as part of her present which explained his feelings for her but ultimately decided not to give it to her. By the time “Casino Night” rolled around, Jim and Pam continued to grow closer. Because of their similar personalities and love of pranking, he told her he loved her and the two shared their first official kiss. Pam, however, refused to end things with Roy and Jim moved on.

Season 3: Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

• Season 3, Episode 5: Jim and Pam reconnect

• Season 3, Episode 8: Jim returns… with Karen

• Season 3, Episode 13: Jim admits he still has feelings for Pam

• Season 3, Episode 18: Roy comes for revenge

• Season 3, Episode 22: Pam shares her feelings

• Season 3, Episode 23: Jim asks Pam out

When Pam couldn’t reciprocate her feelings for Jim, he decided to transfer to the Dunder Mifflin Stamford branch for a fresh start. After not communicating for months, Jim and Pam accidentally reconnected over the phone one day and, despite a bit of awkwardness, found themselves back in their friendly rhythm. But while Jim was in Stamford , he began to have feelings for his coworker, Karen. That friendship turned into a relationship by the time the Stamford branch merged with Scranton, reversing Jim and Pam’s relationship as she was now the one left pining.

Pam tried to work things out with Roy, but his angry reaction to learning she kissed Jim while they were together ended things for good and put the focus back on Jim and Pam as an item. In “The Return,” Jim admits to Karen that he still has feelings for Pam but they try to get passed that. As Pam tries to gain more self-confidence, she eventually tells Jim (and the rest of the office) that she misses the connection they had. By the end of the season, Jim had an epiphany that it wasn’t Karen he longed for — it was Pam. The season ended with him asking Pam out on a date.

Season 4: Let The Romance Begin!

• Season 4, Episode 1: The Jim and Pam relationship is a secret

• Season 4, Episode 10: Jim shows the ring

• Season 4, Episode 14: Jim’s proposal is ruined

The question of when do Jim and Pam get together brings viewers to season 4. At the start of season 4, Jim and Pam tried keeping their relationship under wraps but it eventually came out. They didn’t want anyone involved in their love bubble. In “Money,” the two have their first getaway as a couple at Schrute Farms. And by the time the dreaded night in The Office‘s infamous “Dinner Party” episode occurred, Jim and Pam were fully comfortable with one another.

Their relationship was fun and charming but clearly moving towards a more serious future quite quickly. In “Chair Model,” Jim shows off the ring he plans to propose to Pam with. Unfortunately, those plans are temporarily delays in “Goodbye Toby” as Jim has the plan all set up only for Andy to swoop in first and propose to Angela in front of everyone, stealing the moment from Jim.

Season 5: An Engagement, A New Job, And A Surprise Pregnancy

• Season 5, Episode 1: Jim proposes to Pam

• Season 4, Episode 19: Pam quits with Michael

• Season 5, Episode 28: Pam is pregnant

In season 5, Pam takes a break from Dunder Mifflin and heads to New York for art school. She and Jim dove headfirst into a long-distance relationship, where Jim was seen to be suffering more than Pam. Jim didn’t want to wait for another second with Pam and proposed to her halfway between their two places at a gas station. In “Business Trip,” Pam comes back to Scranton after failing art school. Pam quits Dunder Mifflin for a time and begins a new job at the Michael Scott Paper Company.

As Pam tries to figure out what she wants to do with her career, her relationship with Jim is solid with them moving in together and planning for their future. However, there is one unexpected and happy surprise in the midst of those plans as a trip to the hospital reveals that Pam is pregnant.

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Season 6: One Wedding And A Baby

• Season 6, Episode 4: Jim and Pam get married

• Season 6, Episode 17: Jim and Pam’s daughter is born

Season 6 was a big one for Jim and Pam, starting early in the season with their marriage. As expected on The Office, the planned wedding has a few missteps along the way with the secret of Pam’s pregnancy getting out early and Michael beginning a romance with Pam’s divorced mother. But it leads to the sweet decision for Jim and Pam to marry in secret under Niagra Falls, allowing the mayhem to take place without them. With the wedding out of the way, the focus then turns to the baby and Jim and Pam welcome their first daughter Cecilia in season 4.

Season 7: A New Era At Dunder Mifflin

• Season 7, Episode 21: Michael leaves

Just like Pam and Jim, Michael found love himself and chose to leave Dunder Mifflin for a new life in Colorado with Holly. Jim and Pam had been working for Michael for years, so it was like they were ending an era. Steve Carrell leaving The Office also meant a big change in the cast as much more emphasis was put on Jim and Pam now that the show’s top-billed star was gone. In some ways, this marked a change in how fans saw Jim and Pam with the storylines that followed proving to be hit-or-miss with fans.

Season 8: Baby #2 And A Threatening Storyline

• Season 8, Episode 7: Pam gets insecure about Cathy

• Season 8, Episode 13: Jim and Pam’s son is introduced

• Season 8, Episode 16: Cathy makes a move on Jim

Season 8 differed from season 7 in terms of the show’s emphasis on the Jim and Pam relationship. Pam showed cameras that she and Jim were having their second baby. However, it seemed like there was one new person in the office who could disrupt the flow of their happy relationship. Cathy was Pam’s replacement while she was on maternity leave and Pam initially grew insecure about Jim potentially being attracted to the younger co-worker.

Though Jim maintained his commitment to Pam, it turns out she was not wrong for being somewhat concerned as Cathy was revealed to be seeking out an affair with him. During a business trip to Florida, Cathy attempted to seduce Jim only for him to repeatedly turn her down. After that, Cathy disappeared from The Office.

Season 9: Trouble In Paradise Before A New Beginning

• Season 9, Episode 3: Jim tells Pam about his new job

• Season 9, Episode 12: Pam cries about her marriage

• Season 9, Episode 16: Pam doesn’t want to move to Philadelphia

• Season 9, Episode 21: Jim turns down the job offer

• Season 9, Episode 22: Jim shows his love for Pam

• Season 9, Episode 23: Jim and Pam start a new life together

There aren’t too many fans who liked season 9 of The Office and having to endure Jim and Pam’s relationship problems was likely a big reason. Jim accepted an opportunity to join a start-up with an old friend based in Philadelphia, which Pam was not on board with. This new long-distance aspect of their relationship took a toll on the couple throughout the final season. The two began to fight while he split his time between Scranton and Philadelphia; they even entertained therapy for a while. For the first time, Jim and Pam were not seen as the perfect couple.

Though it was uncomfortable to watch, including seeing Pam break down in tears in front of the documentary camera crew, it showed a rare side of a sitcom relationship that experienced realistic problems. Eventually, Jim saw the toll his job was taking on the relationship, returning to Scranton and reaffirming his love for Pam by giving her the note he wrote to her in season 2. With The Office finale taking place one year later, Pam reveals it is time to allow Jim to embrace his dream as the family movies to Texas where he’ll rejoin the company he helped build.