You might be wondering why this review took so long. It’s because the sheer excellence of this episode blew my mind for seven days straight.

Great Scott

Did anyone else get a “Phyllis’ Wedding” flashback before you watched “Niagara”? I actually watched it after I saw this episode just to see if Michael had improved any with age. Like a fine, loud, annoying wine, he did. He didn’t lose Pam’s Alzheimers’-stricken uncle; the worst he did was give Memaw a very unnecessary and awkward lecture about women’s sexuality.  Michael didn’t drag Pam’s father’s wheelchair down the aisle; he danced, instead, making for one of the top 5 TV sequences ever. (Full list to come in the future.) Watch the real wedding entrance video here.

Big Tuna and Pam Halpert

I’m reviewing these two together today because, gosh-darn-it, these two never fail to be ridiculously cute whenever they’re in the same room together, let alone getting married. All of the trouble they had to go through to get married provided much of the humor in the episode. Pam taking Andy and his scrotum to the hospital, Jim accidentally telling everyone that Pam was an alcoholic, then pregnant, and Pam’s veil tearing were some of the major plot points that just destroyed any hope of Jim and Pam having a normal wedding. (Jim cutting his tie–genius) I LOVE LOVE LOVED the montage of the church wedding and the wedding on the boat. I love that you couldn’t hear their vows, but you could see their lips moving with (undoubtedly) words of love. I…love everything about this episode, and I am not ashamed.

Dwigt

Dwight is a hilarious jerk for two reasons. 1) the cold open with the eggs and the puking, and 2) his hookup with Pam’s relative and then kicking her in the face.