Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Go Dark for ‘Office’ Character Predictions, Talk Reunion Chances
The ‘Office Ladies’ podcast co-stars share incredibly touching finale moment from creator Greg Daniels, and Angela recalls how she blew it when meeting Billie Eilish.
Their characters were often bitter rivals during their days on “The Office,” but Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey are best friends now, reliving one of the most popular sitcoms of all time for their “Office Ladies” podcast.
The duo swung by Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” on Thursday where they fielded questions about a possible “Office” reunion or reboot, whether or not they believe the show ever jumped the shark, and who was balling the most when the show finally wrapped for good.
They also got their “Housewives” on for a dramatic recreation of an iconic scene from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” in Clubhouse Playhouse, which they may have had way too much fun doing.
But it’s that playful banter and sense of joy they share when together that’s made “Office Ladies” a pop culture juggernaut right out of the gate, with the inaugural episode, where they offered thoughts, reactions and behind-the-scenes nuggets about the series pilots. getting write-ups from dozens of media outlets.
Reunion Dreams
But something magical has happened since the ladies decided to come together and rewatch every episode of the show they spent so many years a part of, and it’s affected how they react to that oft-asked question about an “Office” reboot or reunion special.
“I have to say, before we started our podcast and rewatching the show, I was getting a little tired of people asking me about it,” Jenna admitted. But now? “I am so in. Now, we are big super-nerd fans of ‘The Office’ because we’ve been rewatching it again from the beginning. I dont think there’s ever gonna be a reboot, but we really want an ‘Office reunion.”
Both women agreed that they were pushing for it to happen, but there was just one problem. “We aren’t in control of anything, we have no power,” Angela said. But we’d love a movie.”
Future Possibilities
As it’s now been over six years since the series finale, the ladies got a chance to speculate about how they thought some of the various characters’ lives had progressed since we last saw them and they had a lot of fun theories … and one very dark take.
Mostly, it was predictions of well-deserved happiness for everyone, with predictions of marital bliss for Jim and Pam, Angela and Dwight and even Michael and Holly. Both agreed that things were still probably a “hot mess” for Kelly and Ryan, which definitely tracks.
But they took a darker turn when talking about a couple of their cast-mates, with Angela predicting that Stanley is probably juggling multiple familes by now (this also tracks), and Jenna going even darker for Phyllis.
When Andy asked if she thought that Phyllis and Bob Vance were still hooking up, Jenna quickly predicted, “Phyllis had Bob killed and collected the money.” As Angela looked on in shock, she added with a smile, “It’s a little-known fact.”
Maybe Phyllis was the Scranton Strangler?! Maybe Jenna shouldn’t be on the writing staff for a reunion movie, should it happen … or you know what? Maybe she should!
