Continuity: Anytime between Casino Night (Season Two's 22nd episode) and Season Three's 8th episode, The Merger.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he feels grey, dull, and cold.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he feels ten years older or maybe more.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he misses someone, all the time and intensely.
In Stamford, Conneticut, jealousy eats him up inside when he thinks of the woman he left behind, getting married and starting a happy life with her fiancé.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he remembers every single thing about her, and that makes it even harder for him to forget her.
In Stamford, Conneticut, not being able to get over her drives him crazy.
In Stamford, Conneticut, failing at attempting to move on is exhausting.
In Stamford, Conneticut, she is the first thought on his mind when he wakes up and the last before he falls asleep.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he needs her to exist normally, and since she's not with him, he's hopeless.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he's full of regret and memories and bitterness.
In Stamford, Conneticut, his world revolves around her – even when he doesn't actually see her anymore.
In Stamford, Conneticut, he has convinced himself of going back and doing whatever it takes to make her love him, even out of pity – and he's talked himself out of it a million times.
In Stamford, Conneticut, Jim Halpert is the same man he was in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Therefore, he still loves her.
He loves her. He wants her. He doesn't act on his feelings because that would be wrong (according to…?). He needs her. He cares about her. He loves her. He tries not to because he knows he doesn't have a chance. He fails. He loves her. He denies his love for her and pretends to move on. He still loves her.
His life is, since he met her, like a vicious circle he can't get out of. It begins with his epic, giant-sized love for her and it ends with his desperation because he can't let go of that love.
He has been such a fool for thinking that moving to another town would change that.
