pam and jim kissed in the episode casino night.
in what episode do pam and jim kiss?
casino night
the filming of the episode's ending caused a "huge divide among the writing staff and the director and the cast". carell, kwapis, and the actors wanted the moment when pam and jim kiss to "follow the characters and the emotion of the moment" by having the action captured in full by the show's cameramen. the writing staff, on the other hand, wanted pam and jim's moment to be private and only heard via the mics; daniels explained, "the writing staff was itching to do something kind of weird [with the scene] and have it be a private moment that the doc crew didn't know was going to happen and so only heard on their mics and came running around the corner to film." eventually, both versions were filmed, but the former was broadcast. the alternate version has never been released.
casino night
michael doesn't hesitate to compliment or criticize pam for her looks and he frequently mentions her breasts. in the episode "diwali" michael mistakenly thinks that he and pam have a connection, and is rejected when he tries to kiss her. throughout their relationship, pam has served as something of a shoulder angel for michael by encouraging him to be more productive and discouraging his bad ideas, with varying degrees of success. she grows closer to michael as he supports her goals in pursuing sales and art. pam is visibly touched when, after many art show attendees dismiss her artwork, michael is so impressed that he asks to buy her painting of their office building. their relationship comes to a rocky point when he begins dating her mother helene. this is only repaired after he breaks up with helene and allows pam to slap him in the face in the parking lot. he trusts and respects jim, although when they were co-managers they clashed due to their polar-opposite management styles. in "secret santa", michael mentions that in a future vision he sees himself and his future wife living next door to jim and pam and that their children will play together. he often also refers to jim as his best friend in the office, although, based on his impersonation of jim using surfer slang in "michael's last dundies", does not have a very good understanding of his personality. while jim and pam are both shown to care about michael, his clingy nature makes them reluctant to socialize with him outside of the office; such as when, after numerous unsuccessful invitations, michael is forced to trick them in order to have them over for a disastrous dinner in the episode "dinner party." in a season 5 episode, michael also shows his admiration for jim, when jim wears a tuxedo to work and goes on and on about having a 'classy party' for the party planning committee, and frequently suggests all of the ideas dwight had offered that michael had then rejected, only to bother dwight by having michael accept the same ideas from him. during cecilia halpert's baptism, michael approaches pam referring to himself as "the godfather" while imitating don corleone, after which she sympathetically but emphatically asks him to acknowledge that he won't be cece's godfather, he is disappointed but does so and is hurt to learn that the godparents are a couple they'd only recently met. pam is shown to have a soft spot for michael, such as when she consoles him after he finds holly to be in a relationship with aj, and when she advises him on how to propose to holly. in "goodbye, michael" it is revealed that michael is secretly planning to leave for colorado at the end of his penultimate work day, thereby avoiding having to say goodbye to everyone. jim figures this out and goes along with it, telling michael that he will tell him what a great boss he was the following day at lunch, which they both know michael will not be around for; michael and jim both get sentimental during this final conversation between them. the strength of his relationship with pam is revealed as he continuously asks about her whereabouts, not wanting to leave without saying goodbye. pam, who spent the better part of the day away from the office, finds michael at the airport and says goodbye in a touching scene just as he's about to board his plane for colorado. she watches from the window as his plane flies off. in a deleted scene of "the inner circle", pam is flattered that michael named his new dog "pamela beagsley." pam later teases jim that their second child will be named "little michael scott" displaying the friendship she had developed with her former boss.
michael scott (the office)