Season 1, Episode 3: "Health Care"

In this episode, three key things that are highlighted about Jim:

1. He is even lazier than we thought 
2. He continues to distain his job 
3. He loves bullying Dwight

1. LAZY

Jim admits that he is very lazy on camera, he says that any time Michael asks him to do "anything", he refuses and tells Michael that Dwight should do it. And we see an example this episode, Michael tells Jim that he has to decide on a health care plan and Jim refuses to do it (knowing that Dwight would likely cut the benefits), and gets Michael to order Dwight to do it instead.

2. DISTAIN

Jim clearly distains his job, so much so that he claims that if he were to get a promotion, that would mean his job is a "career", and he would "throw [him]self in front of a train". Later on in the series we see Jim interview for, and take, promotions in the office.

3. DWIGHT

Jim is too busy bullying Dwight to deal with real issues that will impact everyone in the office. When Jim and Pam go to complain to Dwight about the proposed health care plan, Jim starts wasting time by discussing whether the conference room is acting as an "office" or a "workspace" for Dwight, and Pam eventually has to get Jim back on track. Additionally he encourages Pam to make up false diseases (which he also does himself) which causes delays in any changes to improving the poor health care plan. He additionally locks Dwight in the conference room, which also causes delays, and prevents any changes being made to the plan.

ADDITIONALLY

We see Jim trying to see what diseases Pam is filling out in her form. Is this so that he can use these against her later to drive a wedge between her and Roy? 

Evil Rating: 👿👿👿👿

Season 1, Episode 2: "Diversity Day"

In this episode, three key things that are highlighted about Jim: 

1. He is a greedy and lazy salesman
2. He is continuing to try to break up Pam’s engagement 
3. He may be trying to get Michael in trouble

1. GREEDY

Jim is very persuasive, but lazy, 25% of his total annual sales is from a single sale. We learn that he could give the customer, Mr. Decker, a discount (which Dwight does), but chooses not to, and in fact, tries to get an extra 1% off them for recycled paper. Jim is so pleased with himself when he makes this sale annually, he buys himself a mini-bottle of champagne each year.

2. PAM

When we see him interact with Pam, he immediately tries to undermine her by suggesting moves in the game for Freecell she is playing, to show off how smart he is. When Jim is talking to Ryan, and thinks Ryan is calling Pam cute, he immediately says “She’s engaged”, to stop Ryan interfering in his plans. At the end of the episode, Pam falls asleep on his shoulder, so he knows his plan is working to ruin Pam’s engagement. “Not a bad day!”

3. SPECULATION

It may have been Jim who filed the complaint to Dunder-Mifflin corporate about Michael’s Chris Rock routine. This might be part of a plan to get the manager job.

Evil Rating: 👿👿

Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

In this episode, three key things that are highlighted about Jim:

1. He distains everyone else who works in the office
2. He loves to bully Dwight
3. He is trying to break up Pam’s engagement

1. DISTAIN

In his first camera interview, Jim tells the interviewers that his job is boring, acting like it is so beneath him, and by implication everyone else involved in selling paper is beneath him.

2. DWIGHT

In the first interaction we see him having with Dwight, Jim deliberately put his papers on Dwight’s desk to annoy Dwight. Later we see he has put Dwight’s stapler in jelly because his knows Dwight doesn’t like Jelly (and this is the third time he has put Dwight's possessions in jelly), and knows by making a joke of it with Michael he will get away with it. To further normalize this bad behaviour the episode ends with Jim putting Michael’s mug in jelly, knowing that Michael is not freaked out by jelly.

3. PAM

He is constantly flirting with Pam even though she is engaged. He invites Pam out for a drink claiming everyone is going out, but when Pam catches Jim in the office after work, he admits isn’t really going out. At the same time, he tries to make Roy uncomfortable by asking him what’s in his bag, so that Roy won’t come upstairs to the office anymore.

Evil Rating: 👿👿👿👿