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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: orcus116 on January 07, 2011, 09:05:57 PM
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Does anyone else watch this incredible show? I just caught up with the whole series. I'm constantly floored at how great the writing and characters are. It's also shown me possibly the greatest 22 minutes of TV comedy in recent years. Highly highly recommended.
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Alison Brie.
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Probably my favorite show on TV right now. It nicely fills the niche Arrested Development left in terms of quirky meta-humor comedies.
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Community is streets ahead.
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Not that I care about award shows but the fact that "Modern Warfare" didn't get nominated for an Emmy is bullshit.
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Alison Brie.
I wuv her :heart
And the show is awesome.
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Community is awesome. Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase (still love the guy), the writing...love it all.
Oh, and Alison Brie.
EDIT: I just realized why the writing is so awesome. Starburns (Dino Stamatopoulos) has been a writer on some of my favorite sketch comedy shows: The Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Letterman, Conan, TV Funhouse, and MadTV; as well as creating Moral Orel
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It runs neck and neck with Modern Family for my favorite comedy on TV. I'm actually about to go continue rewatching season 1 on DVD to fill the void left by season 2 being on Christmas break. Physical Education, Beginner Pottery, Contemporary American Poultry, and Modern Warfare are my standout episodes from the first season.
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Brilliant show. Love it.
And I would marry Alison Brie. No kidding.
I'd also bang the blonde chick.
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Best comedy on TV currently.
I'm rewatching Season 1 currently and it's amazing how much of an upturn in quality the show takes after/around the Halloween episode. Sure it was good before that, but it reached a new level of good afterwards.
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Best comedy on TV currently.
I'm rewatching Season 1 currently and it's amazing how much of an upturn in quality the show takes after/around the Halloween episode. Sure it was good before that, but it reached a new level of good afterwards.
Just gonna echo this for truth. Thr Halloween episode was where I went "Eh, whatever" to "Omigod, Thursday can't come fast enough!"
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Alison Brie.
Ding! :metal
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Great show. Started out meh but has become a lot better since.
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I loved this show since the very beginning. The "spanish rap" at the end of the second episode is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television. My son and I go around doing this rap all the time. We have the routine down pretty well, and will break into it in the most crazy of places. We've even gotten applause from people in places like the line at a movie theater, in restaurants, and last year at a Reds game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1euwLB_rY
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I love this show :tup
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So I've been re-watching some of the season 2 episodes, and I think it's stronger overall than the first season. Even stronger than the second half of season 1. The only episode that doesn't work that well for me is the Apollo 13 parody.
I think my favourite credits gag is the cartoon tunnel one, in S2E2.
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So I've been re-watching some of the season 2 episodes, and I think it's stronger overall than the first season. Even stronger than the second half of season 1.
Almost every TV show has season 1 as a weak point, so when season 1 is good, its a good bet to stick with it.
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My wife and I love this show. My one complaint about the current season is that there seems to be too many episodes that are just "fuck reality... we're going to do something crazy" episodes. Like the claymation episode, the one with the giant fort, etc. Each of these episodes on their own are good, but I feel like there are have been very few episodes that involve realistic school/life stuff this season.
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Well the expectations were so high after Season 1 they had to find ways to top it. I do hope they came back down to Earth at some point but I really don't mind those episodes since they haven't been too outlandish.
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I really like the high concept stuff they've been doing. They're tackling stuff way beyond your typical sitcom, and I love it. But at the same time they're not afraid to include a plotline about a magical trampoline.
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But at the same time they're not afraid to include a plotline about a magical trampoline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcT0Vk1A3s
Love that one.
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This part after made the episode though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqq0L8cKFk&feature=related
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This part after made the episode though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqq0L8cKFk&feature=related
It was going to be a maze...
That line still cracks me up.
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I love that episode. :rollin :rollin :rollin
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I almost seriously injured myself this morning, I was watching Contemporary American Poultry (probably my favorite episode from season 1) while exercising and just about lost it laughing when they cut to Troy interviewing for the fry cook job while dressed as a pharaoh :lol
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God, when are you coming back Community?! I miss you! My Thursday nights are joyless void without you!
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God, when are you coming back Community?! I miss you! My Thursday nights are joyless void without you!
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's this thursday the 20th.
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It is.
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One thing I loved was that I never heard about Community episodes beforehand, so I never knew what they were going to be about. When the first freeze frame occurred in "Contemporary American Poultry", I shouted "YESSSSSSS!"
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Fantastic writing in this show.
Sadly, we the people in this thread are the only ones watching it.
It's been confirmed it will be axed.
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That's a bummer. Most of NBCs comedies are really good. It's a shame people don't seem to be watching.
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Fantastic writing in this show.
Sadly, we the people in this thread are the only ones watching it.
It's been confirmed it will be axed.
Really? :( When is the last episode?
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That's such a shame.
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Fantastic writing in this show.
Sadly, we the people in this thread are the only ones watching it.
It's been confirmed it will be axed.
Any sources? I can't find any report of this...
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lemme work on that. (rumours mostly..but..probably not too far off)
https://www.examiner.com/comedy-in-national/commentary-if-nbc-cancels-community-we-should-riot-at-their-offices-review
https://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2010/10/o-hail-naw
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Well.. that just better not happen. It's a damn shame that Community is stuck in the opening spot of the night while drivel like Outsourced gets that sweet Office lead in.
Nice to see another Warming Glow reader :metal
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It's stunning what type of humor the average person would rather watch than something that is actually well written.
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But guys, India is so weird!!! I mean, look at what they eat!
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Hey let's take this fairly amusing but not great comedy movie and stretch it unbearably thin with jokes and premises that are sure to last...four episodes!
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Just rewatched the 'Modern Warfare' episode. It was as good as I remembered.
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Posted this at 5/8, so might as well here. Kudos if you get it without any hints:
"The Politics of Human Sexuality"
Air Date: December 3, 2009
"The Psychology of Letting Go"
Air Date: October 7, 2010
Holy shit.
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... not getting it.
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I thought the last episode was weak. 2nd or 3rd worst of the season. The show's not back on for another three weeks I think, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to list my five favourite episodes thus far:
1. Cooperative Calligraphy
2. Mixology Certification
3. Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas
4. Contemporary American Poultry
5. Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
This show had one hell of a run in November/December.
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The notch gag was hilarious, though.
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Not every episode is going to be the best ever. NBC needs a wake-up call though...putting Community against Big Bang Theory is a travesty. I have a DVR so I watch both shows, but if they just did something as simple as move Community to 8:30 and moved the current crap fest they have at that time, I think things would improve.
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I love Allison Brie. :tick2:
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It doesn't get hotter.(https://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii324/jawkjaw/Decorated%20images/Christina%20Aguilera/kgpcy1.jpg?t=1299175959)
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Ok, now that's what I'm talking about.
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I'm sorry, we're no longer taking reservations for this afternoon. The place is packed here in Bill's Pants.
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Posted this at 5/8, so might as well here. Kudos if you get it without any hints:
"The Politics of Human Sexuality"
Air Date: December 3, 2009
"The Psychology of Letting Go"
Air Date: October 7, 2010
Holy shit.
... not getting it.
It's an extremely in-joke, but here we go:
In "The Politics of Human Sexuality", there's a barely-there joke about the condoms the dean was handing out being defective, and he tells Abed to warn the entire school. He opts to say something along the lines of "The condoms are broken, so if you must have sex tonight, please don't use condoms".
In "The Psychology of Letting Go", there's an entire subplot that takes place without any dialogue, only in the background, of Abed befriending a pregnant girl who then gives birth later in the episode.
Sure, it's about a month late, but hey, I was a big baby and came three weeks late, so it's not unheard of. Anyway, it's an amazing joke for people who really dissect the episodes. Possibly even better than Abed's Robocop memos and Decision Gate's crawl put together.
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The episode was supposed to air a week previous as well.
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https://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/nbc-renews-the-office-parks-and-recreation-and-community
FUCK YEAH!
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Huzzah!
Also, I read that next week's episode will be Pulp Fiction themed.... DO FUCKING WANT :hat
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Oh yeah, I watch this show.
But I have to say the D&D episode was one of the most painfully written things I've ever watched. Simply awful.
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Say WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
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The Abed Jesus one was easily the worst.
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Apollo 13, school play, then the most recent one.
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Apollo 13 was awesome.
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Oh yeah, I watch this show.
But I have to say the D&D episode was one of the most painfully written things I've ever watched. Simply awful.
whatever you're smoking, I'll take a pass. Loved the D&D episode.
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I thought it started out well but got less as the episode progressed.
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Really? I thought this would be a shared sentiment. They just threw a random fat guy into the episode and expected me to care about the character and the situation at hand. I know nothing about this character, why should I care? Why should I care that any of this is happening? Am I cheering for him? Why? Why did you have to tell me everything that had led up to that point instead of showing me?
It's just poor writing.
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The only problem I had with that episode (and Community lately in general) is that Pierce is becoming so one dimensionally, completely evil that it really makes me wonder why he's still part of the group.
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I found the last couple of episodes disappointing. First half of the season was gold though.
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The only problem I had with that episode (and Community lately in general) is that Pierce is becoming so one dimensionally, completely evil that it really makes me wonder why he's still part of the group.
As much as it hurts to say, the characters are becoming more Flanderized. Pierce is evil. Britta is counter-culturally rebelious. Jeff is amoral, but is starting to learn to love his friends (for the past 18 months). Shirley... Isn't there, really. I still love the show, but I feel like the found one characteristic for each of the cast members and said "We'll run with this!"
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So... one of the best episodes of comedy ever.
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Please elaborate without spoiling it, kind man.
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Fake clip show recounting "fictional" past episodes in this season.
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The episode was supposed to air a week previous as well.
Ha, perfect.
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Abed's love of The Cape ftw :lol
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The only problem I had with that episode (and Community lately in general) is that Pierce is becoming so one dimensionally, completely evil that it really makes me wonder why he's still part of the group.
It is me or does it seem there changing Pierce yet again to make him less evil? I have watched Community from the start and his personality have changed on several occasions.
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yeah, it seems like they really pushed him for a couple episodes (most notably the D&D episode), and now they're backing off some.
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With the D&D episode, the entire point was that the group, as well-intentioned as they were, did nothing to help Neil. It was Pierce's bullying, and inadvertently revealing of his feelings of loneliness and exclusion, that made Neil realize he wasn't alone, and moreover could help Pierce. This continued through to the documentary episode, when Pierce's feelings of rejection went to their extreme, and the group realized that perhaps they haven't been as nice to him as they should have been. Ever since that episode, he's been with them much more presently, so he's felt more accepted, and thus hasn't needed to act out in any way.
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Nop, you are not reading too much into it, that's exactly how it happened.
And I'm gonna look at Alison Brie beautiful breasts now.
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The newest episode :hefdaddy.
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Any episode that features that much Alison Brie being a badass while wearing no pants is a home run in my book.
Oh, and the premise was pretty bomb, too. Can't wait for the finale.
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That mini skirt was HOT...hair down...HOT......LOST actor showing up.....HOT.
However.
Show is going down hill.
I'm guessing they took the only episode that recently excited fans at all, and tried to re-kindle the magic.
Yay..More paintball.
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I was a little put off at first when I saw that they were recycling a concept from last year, but those initial reservations went away right quick. That was the best episode in a good while. I lost it when the ice cream mascot came out of the van after Sawyer's line about how "This thing is so much bigger than you can imagine".
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Last night's episode was great, though I don't think it quite measures up to Modern Warfare. I'd say it's brave of them though to look at the show that has pretty much defined the series so far (MW) and make the next season's finale basically a sequel that will constantly be measured up to it.
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yeah, that was
well, that was a pretty great thing to have happened
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I didn't mind the fact that she had no pants on.
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It's my favourite article of clothing on a woman since Kim Dickens was rocking her bitchin' hat on Deadwood.
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So here in Mexico the newest one we got was the "Flashbacks" episode... It was kind of boring but I loved how most of the flashbacks where not even on the show before. :lol
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now that's a season finale :lol :lol
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The first part was better but damn that was good.
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Season finale was pretty damn coolcool.
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Um, yes please, more of all of that. Cannot wait for season 3 this fall.
Also, I cannot wait for Netflix to get their shit together and get season 1 on instant streaming.
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Just saw the season finale. Anyone else notice the little cougar town cameo?
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Having never watched Cougar Town, no. What happened?
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Having never watched Cougar Town, no. What happened?
Oh not much. During the scene where everyone is celebrating, the 2 members of cougar town and standing next to each other amidst the crowd, got a close up for a second.
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Ah, gotcha.
Is it weird that I like knowing Easter eggs like that, even if I don't know the source? I jut love knowing hidden jokes like that.
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The past five or so episodes made up for that temporary lull that went on somewhere in the middle. Super good :lol
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Jeff: Black Rider, it's Jeff Winger. I know you've heard of me.
Black Rider: No.
Jeff: He's lying.
Jeff: I got a good look at the Black Rider. He's not that good looking.
:lol
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You're average
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Not sure if anyone saw Cougar Town last night or whatever but Abed was in the background of a scene. Possibly the most extreme Meta joke ever.
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And he crapped his pants.
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And he crapped his pants.
Now I need to re-watch the dinner with andre episode and see again how Abed described his scene on Cougar Town.
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It's not the same he said somenthing like: "Courtney nailed it"
but his reaction was pretty much the same as he described.
SHIT JUST GOT META.
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He's the salt of the earth, cause he's so old
His body's made of wrinkles and folds
Stupid and ugly he smells like a fart
There's poopoo in his pants and poopoo in my heart
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I'm Getting rid of Brita…She's a Gee Dee Bee
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Zero Emmy noms. The nominations for comedy actors may be the worst I've ever seen them, save for the inclusion of Louis C.K. (Alec Baldwin was a lock regardless).
Seriously, Modern Family got 6 of the 12 supporting actor nominations, after a terrible year. Ugh.
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Zero Emmy noms. The nominations for comedy actors may be the worst I've ever seen them, save for the inclusion of Louis C.K. (Alec Baldwin was a lock regardless).
Seriously, Modern Family got 6 of the 12 supporting actor nominations, after a terrible year. Ugh.
I quit caring about the Emmys when I noticed that Deadwood wasn't winning every single award.
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I quit caring about award shows in high school :biggrin:
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I used to not care about award shows, but that got too mainstream, so now I watch them all compulsively.
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First of all, Alison Brie.
Second of all, Community's a fantastic show. I had a few friends recommend it to me so when I happened to see an episode on TV back in May while channel surfing I stopped and watched. It was the one where Hilary Duff guest stars and there's a secret trampoline. I thought the episode was absolutely awful, I don't think I laughed once. I found it weak and predictable and stupid. But I decided to give it another chance and ended up loving it. It has its weak moments (like any show) but overall it's pretty fantastic. Since May I've watched both seasons and I'm excited to see what season 3 has to offer.
Third of all, Alison Brie.
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psh, the trampoline episode was awesome
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To ease the sting of the Emmy snub, here's something... (NSFW)
https://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/07/stop-everything-and-look-at-this
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i don't get the claim that there are weak moments. Every episode has been funny to me.
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i don't get the claim that there are weak moments. Every episode has been funny to me.
Yes, but some only get one or two laughs a minute compared with the usual five or six the series usually musters.
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To ease the sting of the Emmy snub, here's something... (NSFW)
https://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/07/stop-everything-and-look-at-this
I don't usually use pictures like this but hello new desktop background.
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i don't get the claim that there are weak moments. Every episode has been funny to me.
Yes, but some only get one or two laughs a minute compared with the usual five or six the series usually musters.
I don't see the show that way though. The office and parks are laughs a minute type of shows. To me community is on a whole different level. I could not laugh once (which doesn't happen.) and think the show was brilliant because the writing is brilliant even if it's not funny every second.
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i don't get the claim that there are weak moments. Every episode has been funny to me.
Yes, but some only get one or two laughs a minute compared with the usual five or six the series usually musters.
I don't see the show that way though. The office and parks are laughs a minute type of shows. To me community is on a whole different level. I could not laugh once (which doesn't happen.) and think the show was brilliant because the writing is brilliant even if it's not funny every second.
The "Let's Take Troy to the Bar!" Episode was like that. Not a lot of laughter, but a very well done episode. A lot of people seem to disagree with me on that, but w/e, I loved that episode.
EDIT: wtf spelingz
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I know at least GP will celebrate with me:
https://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/exclusive-omar-comin-community-casts-michael-kenneth-williams
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Seems like a good fit. Can't wait to see how it works out.
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I hope they don't do the Betty White thing where he is awesome and then goes away only to be replaced by someone like the dean.
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Considering Betty White was riding the whole "lol Betty White!" wave I think her appearance on the show was just as long as it needed to be.
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Considering Betty White was riding the whole "lol Betty White!" wave I think her appearance on the show was just as long as it needed to be.
To be fair, she was awesome on the show.
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Considering Betty White was riding the whole "lol Betty White!" wave I think her appearance on the show was just as long as it needed to be.
To be fair, she was awesome on the show.
Better than awesome.
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I know at least GP will celebrate with me:
https://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/exclusive-omar-comin-community-casts-michael-kenneth-williams
there was an audible "whooooosh" as I read that, it was the sound of all the blood in my body rushing into my penis.
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So how about that new season? I had a fanboy moment when they introduced "Inspector Spacetime," and then when I realized that in the Community universe, "Doctor Who" is a ripoff of "Inspector Spacetime" since it started airing in 1963. :lol
Wonder how much more we'll see of John Goodman if the Annex has split off from Greendale, though.
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So how about that new season? I had a fanboy moment when they introduced "Inspector Spacetime," and then when I realized that in the Community universe, "Doctor Who" is a ripoff of "Inspector Spacetime" since it started airing in 1963. :lol
Wonder how much more we'll see of John Goodman if the Annex has split off from Greendale, though.
I loved Goodman! He was hilarious. I hope he does a lot more on the show.
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I thought I heard Goodman was going to be on a handful of episodes this season.
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I thought I heard Goodman was going to be on a handful of episodes this season.
Heard the same as well. If I recall correctly it was 6 episodes. I hope that he gets more air time on the others. He was great in his intro. episode but I'd like to see one or two at least dedicated to him.
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this show better pick up it's fucking slack...because the writing has been going steadily down hill from awesome...to mediocre.....the "premier" the other night which was just plain bad.
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If there's one thing I've learned from the last two seasons of Community its that the first few episodes of the season are usually the worst, then it starts being amazing.
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this show better pick up it's fucking slack...because the writing has been going steadily down hill from awesome...to mediocre.....the "premier" the other night which was just plain bad.
Really? Granted there was more subtle writing/visual gags but it flowed so well.
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Also, Abed's cry after finding out about Cougartown's midseason move and the ending of Cougarton Abbey is one of my favorite moments now. :lol :lol :lol
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Troy telling Britta she was the pizza burn on the roof of the mouth that is the world (or something to that effect) was awesome. I'm totally reusing that line :lol
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Top shelf, where Momma hides the cookies.
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Phenomenal episode :tup
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Phenomenal episode :tup
Hilarious! Best one in awhile for sure.
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"Abed, you don't ask someone a question like that. It's not dignified."
*Annie walks in with pizza*
"Pizza!! Pizza, pizza, go in tummy! Me so hungee, me so hungee!"
This season is off to an amazing start.
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The moment in the disaster timeline when Troy walks in with the pizza, sees the apartment on fire and the troll on the floor, and begins freaking out/screaming had me laughing as hard as anything on TV has in a long time. A perfect reaction built upon two seasons of developing Troy, as well as the earlier timelines from this episode.
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That moment had me in tears. I had to pause the episode.
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Watched the episode again tonight, lost it at the same scene. I also really loved Troy walking in to the bathroom with Britta, and taking a candy cigarette out of his holder :lol Troy and Abed are definitely the best combo on the show, and Troy may be my favorite character.
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https://www.slashfilm.com/philosophy-film-television-narrative-nbcs-community-shatters-boundaries-reality-fiction/
Every year, I eagerly anticipate any film or TV series that will engage me in the trials of its characters, and encourage me to consider how its using those trials to communicate something perceptive, challenging or entertaining about the world around us. Community, alongside FX’s Louie, is a rare example of a comedy show that succeeds at doing just that.
Every episode.
In under 22 minutes.
Arrested Development may have thrown down the gauntlet for most intricately layered TV sitcom, but Community has picked that gauntlet up and is running wild with it. I already feel comfortable proclaiming this week’s episode, “Remedial Chaos Theory”, to be the absolute best episode of Community thus far. Yes, better than the Goodfellas tribute “Contemporary American Poultry”. Yes, better than the zombie halloween episode “Epidemiology”. Yes, better even than the everyone’s favorite action parody, “Modern Warfare”.
High praise, no doubt. But what else is one to do when confronted with one of the best half hours of television in the history of the medium?
Part of me wants to declare this the “thesis episode” of the series, and the only reason I hesitate to do so is because the show has yet to reach a point where I know what its limits are. Sometimes that can be a bad quality for a TV series to possess (see: Heroes), but Community has been slyly testing its boundaries for three seasons now, and every time it does it seems to come out of the experiment stronger and more fully realized.
This episode in particular worked on a stunning number of levels — but I want to focus specifically on how it relates to the series as whole, rather than why it was so uniquely funny or what it means for the characters going forward. (Although those could be entire articles in and of themselves, and it’s for that exact reason that any of what I’m about to discuss holds as much weight as it does.)
Looked at simply, “Remedial Chaos Theory” was a joint exploration of the individual roles these characters play in the show and their mutual/antagonized relationships with one another, set in motion by an elaborately calibrated cause-and-effect mechanism that served as the central conceit of the episode. With the roll of a single die, the series branched off into seven separate timelines, each offering its own set of conflicts, resolutions, and/or hints at what’s to come.
The amount of carefully plotted set-ups in this episode is staggering. Not only did the characters’ timelines demonstrate how any one character can drastically affect the group’s dynamic, but each individual timeline also fulfilled its own progression of the characters’ relationships, confronting every possible outcome of their firmly established yet ever-evolving dynamic. And while ultimately only one of those timelines is the real one, it remains that these were all viable directions the story could’ve taken, which says a hell of a lot more about the current state of the group than a traditional, linear timeline ever could.
Moreover, by basing the episode’s conceit around what happens when a single presence is removed from the group for no more than a minute, its ultimate message is rendered all the more poignant.
“The universe is an endless raging sea of randomness. Our job isn’t to fight it but to weather it together,” says Abed, having caught the die before it can fall, thus removing chaos from the equation. “It won’t matter what happens to us as long as we stay honest and accepting of each other’s flaws and virtues.”
Jeff, meanwhile, having constructed the die ruse simply as a way to get out of having to get the pizzas himself, is then forced to do exactly that. This timeline — the Jeff-less timeline — is the only one where nothing bad happens. He was the one responsible for introducing that element of chaos, just as he does in every episode. The group relies on him to anchor them as their leader, but he’s actually the one who forces them to remain in a state of unending dysfunctionality.
“You guys see what happens when I leave you alone, huh?” Jeff says upon his return, finding the characters happily dancing.
Notice in the above image that every character is color coded to match the spectrum of the rainbow, with the sole exception of Jeff. He is the darkness at the center of the rainbow.
Contrasting Jeff as the protagonist/antihero is Abed, the only one in tune with the show as we the audience are experiencing it. (Or controlling it, depending on your perspective.)
Without Jeff, the group is happy. They get along perfectly, and there is no need for conflict.
Without Abed, the group is normal. They confront their relationships head-on, and only conflict results.
These two characters facilitate each other’s integral function within the narrative, creating a distinct juxtaposition between the bitter, cynical reality of how people actually behave with the heightened nature of how conflicts unfold in the comfortable realm of film and television.
Jeff’s presence may not be what’s best for these characters, but we need him for the show to exist at all. He provides the always reliable element of reality-stricken friction within the group, and Abed supplies its much-needed relation to the silly, lightweight world of pop culture entertainment. And it’s only because of the former that the latter has any meaning. Each is conducive to the other, consistently being used to influence what’s ultimately a pretty strained balance between keeping these characters together and ripping them apart.
And despite the show maintaining an underlying foundation of reality — which is enforced by characters who have a grounded, heartfelt and frequently imperfect earnestness to them — there’s no disputing that each of those characters is a cartoonish figure in their own right. This dynamic makes sense in a lot of ways, given that Abed is responsible for assembling them. In the show’s very first episode, he was the one who hand-picked everyone that would fill out the remainder of the study group (gathered at the request of Jeff, who was attempting to woo Britta), initiating every conflict that has resulted since. Point being: Abed’s influence on the group is what brings out their goofy nature. And as learned during “Remedial Chaos Theory”, a reality without him is no fun at all.
Unifying both Jeff and Abed — and the group as a whole — is the “magic table” where they congregate, which even Jeff came to violently acknowledge in the Season 3 premiere, “Biology 101″, one of the rare instances where he’s accepted the underlying truth of Abed’s perspective (of course only happening when he’s faced with the prospect of evolving into the group equivalent of Pierce).
I’ve touched on this dichotomy before, when I geeked out over Community‘s stop-motion Christmas special, but this is the first time the show has afforded itself the opportunity to directly highlight that conflicted yet necessary yin/yang relationship.
So for any viewer who argues their preference for episodes that are more character-driven (read: universally accessible) over those that are more meta and parodic (read: esoteric as all hell, demanding a familiarity with pop culture that not everyone possesses), please realize that the functionality of the show relies on both going hand-in-hand, and that the constantly shifting balance between the two is what keeps the series so fresh and funny and unpredictable from episode to episode.
Obviously not everyone is going to welcome that unpredictability, as it threatens to further expand the rift between the reality of these characters and the fictionalized world that surrounds them, but then, that’s sort of the whole point of the show. While it may be the high concept episodes where the meta subtext is brought to the forefront, that satirization and self-examination seeps into every episode. It’s the series’ modus operandi. To complain about the show breaking the fourth wall too much or leaning too hard on Abed would be to miss the very essence of what Community is and aims to be.
If you doubt that, consider the following: Last week’s episode, the boldly mean-spirited “Competitive Ecology”, featured the whole group being horrible to each other, and even more horrible to a good-hearted, well-adjusted outsider, Todd. But did it actually happen? You may recall that this week’s episode opens with this exchange, with Annie and Britta discussing whether or not they’re at the right apartment:
“Didn’t they say 304?”
“No, 303. I wrote it down twice.”
This is because in production code terms, 303 = Season 3, Episode 3. Which would make this the third episode of the season, not the fourth.
Does that mean that last week’s episode was actually an extension of the Abed-less timeline from this week’s episode? That would certainly explain why Shirley knew about Britta’s predilection for marijuana, a fact she only learned of in that timeline, and why Pierce comments that “these are the only guys that I’ve ever told” about having sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom, something he was interrupted from revealing in the real timeline. Or does this actually mean the timeline we suspect to be the real one isn’t the real one after all?
Feel free to draw your own conclusions. Either way, the takeaway is the same: Even with something as small as the roll of a die, this group is one misstep away from succumbing to chaos, highlighting just how fragile their dynamic really is, and how little it takes to shift the aforementioned balance from “loveable TV misfits” to “a bunch of self-absorbed assholes.”
Also, I’m calling it now: This won’t be the last we see of Evil Troy and Evil Abed. We’ll almost assuredly be returning to that timeline before the season is up. (Hopefully in the form of a balls-to-the-wall season finale? Please?) After all, the interaction of parallel worlds was already affirmed by Professor Cligoris (played by Martin Starr) in “Geography of Global Conflict”. “The science checks out,” he says. If that weren’t hint enough, during the tag at the end of this week’s episode, we revert back from the evil doppelgänger timeline to the real one, and Abed notices something is askew. “What’s wrong?” asks Troy. “I don’t know…” says Abed. “I guess nothing.”
I expect I’m not alone when I say: I dearly hope he’s wrong.
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I read a post from Dan Harmon about the 303-304 thing, and basically the Ecology episode was supposd to be 304 and this one 303, but the production of RCT was taking so much longer than Ecology that Dan decided to swap them. He's clear that Ecology takes place following the"prime" timeline, but less clear about if we'll ever see evil Troy and evil Abed again.
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Just got into this show. Love it!
Favorite is Pierce
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I watched this for the first time last night, the Dungeons and Dragons episode.
My god.
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I watched this for the first time last night, the Dungeons and Dragons episode.
My god.
Dude. Watch Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare now.
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Or just do the right thing and watch EVERY EPISODE!
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Sigz, watch ALL the episodes. Season 1 starts off just being "all right" until Episode 3, I think. From then on its nothing but absolute hilarity.
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I honestly thought the start of season 3 was better than a good chunk of season 2. And then episodes 3 and 4 were just spectacular. Lost my shit laughing repeatedly.
Though I may be biased about the earlier episodes. Inspector spacetime and all.
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I dunno, I feel like every season starts off somewhat weak, but then picks up really quickly. Biology 101 and Competitive Ecology weren't that great, but the other two have been among the best of the series.
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I liked Competitive Ecology.
"While he was spying I found a turtle."
That and Chang just being crazy. Seeing him sitting in front of thousands of match books was quite amusing to me.
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So, did any you people find Pierce's racist dad hilarious?
(Don't tell me I'm the only person who likes this show anymore)
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I watched this for the first time last night, the Dungeons and Dragons episode.
My god.
Dude. Watch Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare now.
I wouldn't jump to Modern Warfare quite yet. It's a treat that pays once you really get to know the characters.
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Good lord, Alison Brie.
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That episode was awesome. And yes, Alison Brie's bit, while hot, was possibly the weirdest thing I've seen on this show, which is saying a lot. What Jeff says is kind of.. exactly true.
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Boopty boopty boopty boop Sex! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuYMnY289Q)
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:rollin
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Show on hiatus until next January.
A year with no Annie. :sad:
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What?! Link?
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What?! Link?
I googled it after seeing the new Thursday night lineup does not include it. The NBC site says it will return to the lineup next January. Until then its..
30 Rock
Parks And Rec
The Office
Up All Night
Pisses me off. Community is my favorite above all those shows.
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Show on hiatus until next January.
A year with no Annie. :sad:
or Annie's Boobs the monkey
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It's not on hiatus until next January.
It's on hiatus until there's a hole in NBC's Wednesday or Thursday line-up. I would personally be surprised if we haven't seen a new episode by March.
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It's not on hiatus until next January.
It's on hiatus until there's a hole in NBC's Wednesday or Thursday line-up. I would personally be surprised if we haven't seen a new episode by March.
Man I hope you are right! I love this show!
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It's coming back in the spring. Donald glover said it in a forbes interview.
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Finally got around to watching this properly.
Watched 14 episodes so far.
WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO WATCH THIS
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Finally got around to watching this properly.
Watched 14 episodes so far.
WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO WATCH THIS
JUST WAIT SIR. JUST WAIT.
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Finally got around to watching this properly.
Watched 14 episodes so far.
WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO WATCH THIS
JUST WAIT SIR. JUST WAIT.
seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
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Jesus christ this show is brilliant.
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Jesus christ this show is brilliant.
Welcome to the cult religion.
We initiate you as Sigz, 5th Level Laser Lotus. May your energon cubes be plentiful and willing.
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seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
Deinitely great episodes, probably in my top 5, but I would have to say my favorite is either Advanced Dungeons and Dragons or Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.
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Jesus christ this show is brilliant.
Welcome to the cult religion.
We initiate you as Sigz, 5th Level Laser Lotus. May your energon cubes be plentiful and willing.
Just by wishing that his energon cubes be willing you've bumped me down to a level 4 Laser Lotus.
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Jesus christ this show is brilliant.
Welcome to the cult religion.
We initiate you as Sigz, 5th Level Laser Lotus. May your energon cubes be plentiful and willing.
Just by wishing that his energon cubes be willing you've bumped me down to a level 4 Laser Lotus.
Can we keep the whole Laser Lotus talk to a minimum? I'm barely holding on the my level as it is.
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But Buddha's word must be spread!
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Commenters on the AV Club did a whole voting thang and came up with their best 30 episodes of the show:
1. Remedial Chaos Theory (3.04)
2. Modern Warfare (1.23)
3. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2.14)
4. Cooperative Calligraphy (2.08)
5. Paradigms of Human Memory (2.21)
6. Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design (2.09)
7. Mixology Certification (2.10)
8. Contemporary American Poultry (1.21)
9. A Fistful of Paintballs (2.23)
10. Critical Film Studies (2.19)
11. Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (2.11)
12. Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking (2.16)
13. Documentary Filmmaking: Redux (3.08)
T14. Debate 109 (1.09)
T14. Regional Holiday Music (3.10)
16. Physical Education (1.17)
17. Introduction to Statistics (1.07)
18. For a Few Paintballs More (2.24)
19. Epidemiology (2.06)
20. Romantic Expressionism (1.15)
21. Comparative Religion (1.12)
22. Accounting For Lawyers (2.02)
23. Environmental Science (1.10)
24. Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps (3.05)
25. Foosball & Nocturnal Vigilantism (3.09)
26. Studies in Modern Movement (3.07)
27. Communication Studies (1.16)
28. Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples (2.05)
29. Pascal's Triangle Revisited (1.25)
30. The Science of Illusion (1.20)
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Seeing as I haven't seen any of season three yet I can't out those in my top ten (or thirty in this case) I can't say I really disagree. Although, I would put Advanced D&D on top.
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seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
Deinitely great episodes, probably in my top 5, but I would have to say my favorite is either Advanced Dungeons and Dragons or Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.
Two more great episodes, but by then I'd come to expect greatness from Community. Those season one episodes were not only hilarious, but such a pleasant surprise that a comedy was reaching heights not seen since Arrested Development.
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seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
Deinitely great episodes, probably in my top 5, but I would have to say my favorite is either Advanced Dungeons and Dragons or Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.
Two more great episodes, but by then I'd come to expect greatness from Community. Those season one episodes were not only hilarious, but such a pleasant surprise that a comedy was reaching heights not seen since Arrested Development.
Let's just hope they don't share the same fate (although AD is coming back). I don't know what I would do without new episodes of Community.
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seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
Deinitely great episodes, probably in my top 5, but I would have to say my favorite is either Advanced Dungeons and Dragons or Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.
Two more great episodes, but by then I'd come to expect greatness from Community. Those season one episodes were not only hilarious, but such a pleasant surprise that a comedy was reaching heights not seen since Arrested Development.
Let's just hope they don't share the same fate (although AD is coming back). I don't know what I would do without new episodes of Community.
Well, we'll definitely get the rest of season 3 (not that we know when), and then what I've heard is that the production studio will try and force another season through to get the show qualified for syndication. Besides, nothing else NBC has aired in the 8pm spot has done better, so I still have hope.
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seriously. I wish I could forget Contemporary American Poultry and Modern Warfare, just so I could see them for the first time again.
Deinitely great episodes, probably in my top 5, but I would have to say my favorite is either Advanced Dungeons and Dragons or Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.
Two more great episodes, but by then I'd come to expect greatness from Community. Those season one episodes were not only hilarious, but such a pleasant surprise that a comedy was reaching heights not seen since Arrested Development.
Let's just hope they don't share the same fate (although AD is coming back). I don't know what I would do without new episodes of Community.
Which episodes were this years Christmas one, and the 6 timeline one? Those two are my favorites.
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Finished season 1. God dammit this show is good.
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Finished season 1. God dammit this show is good.
I'm too lazy to actually post your avatar here, but yeah...
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(https://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/kisstheoctopus/12031199755/1/tumblr_ltr7vijQJJ1qz5pg0)
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Yes, please.
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Giancarlo Esposito will be guest-starring in several episodes.
Holy fucking shit, that is amazing.
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Giancarlo Esposito will be guest-starring in several episodes.
Holy fucking shit, that is amazing.
I was just coming here to post that :lol
The Chicken Man comes to Greendale :hat :metal
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(https://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/kisstheoctopus/12031199755/1/tumblr_ltr7vijQJJ1qz5pg0)
Now we just need Alison to do a shot for shot remake of the pool scene.
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Now we just need Alison to do a shot for shot remake of the pool scene.
Already happening in my mind...
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Oh jesus Introductory Documentary Filmmaking :rollin
SET PHASERS TO LOVE ME
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Oh jesus Introductory Documentary Filmmaking :rollin
SET PHASERS TO LOVE ME
YOU CAN'T DISAPPOINT A PICTURE!!
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Rumour is a March 15th return date, back in the 8 o'clock spot.
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Alison Brie, please marry me.
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Alison Brie, please marry me.
Get in line, dude.
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OH GOD THE ANNIE SANTA SCENE
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OH GOD THE ANNIE SANTA SCENE
Who knew that raging erections and uncontrollable laughter could go together so well.
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Any Annie scene and my week's complete.
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Any Annie scene and my week's complete.
I second this.
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Guys...
Community Season 1 Finale(I dont remember the exact dialog but whatevs)
Abed: If we Move in together we would jump the shark
Troy: Theres and episode in happy days where a guy literally jumps a shark, AND IT WAS THE BEST ONE.
Community Season 3 Episode 4.
Troy and Abed Move in together. AND IT WAS(one of) THE BEST ONEs.
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I'm all caught up now. Awesomeness Withdrawl initiated.
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I'm going through the first season with my gf. I WANT THIS SHOW BACK ON THE AIR NOW.
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Rumour is a March 15th return date, back in the 8 o'clock spot.
Rumour is now fact.
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My body is ready.
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YES
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YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
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HAPPY OVERLOAD :caffeine:
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I am fucking plowing through this series. It's got me so hard. My penis is leaking blood. That's how hard I am. For Brie, and for this amazing, captivating, awe-inspiring, side splitting, ingenious series. My god. I never thought I'd love a show as much as I love Party Down...but it's happened. I'm currently on E22 of S2. Oooooo so good.
P.S. Woooooootrz for Roman as the professor in S3.
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I am fucking plowing through this series. It's got me so hard. My penis is leaking blood. That's how hard I am. For Brie, and for this amazing, captivating, awe-inspiring, side splitting, ingenious series. My god. I never thought I'd love a show as much as I love Party Down...but it's happened. I'm currently on E22 of S2. Oooooo so good.
P.S. Woooooootrz for Roman as the professor in S3.
There are Party Down posters in random places on the Community set, fyi.
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:lol Awesome! I'mma have to go back with my magnifying glass...
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(https://i.imgur.com/lSmY2.jpg)
A couple examples.
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(https://juvo.se/s3tp.gif)
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They had to do a lot of takes with different "set-ups" to get the effect that they wanted for that scene.
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Mmmm.... I could stare for hours....
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Trailer for the rest of season 3 https://bit.ly/y30LYt
Also, Joel McHale is performing in NYC on March 15th at Caroline's, and the 7pm show features a live screening of the new episode. I have a ticket for the 7pm show :hat
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TODAY IS THE DAY!!
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I love this show, but this episode was so underwhelming, this one was one of the worst on the series. :-\
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Yeah, the ridiculous amount of hype and anticipation probably contributed to the letdown, but it was definitely a bit weak. There were some great lines, though.
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Really? I liked it a lot.
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I loved Abed's normal voice. I thought it was just okay overall.
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I really enjoyed tonight's show, though watching it at Caroline's with hundreds of other Community fans in the middle of a Joel McHale comedy set probably helped :D Annie's Jim Belushi line ftw :lol
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I liked it a lot.
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I thought it was as funny as ever. When Troy told Shirley they'd try not to embarass her at her second wedding being held at a community college study group room....that was just one of the 'funny' moments. And I agree that 'normal' Ahbed's voice and mannerisms is funny to watch. And for as cheesy and as 'expected' as it was....I thought the last little 30 second throw away scene with Chevy Chase at the soft serve cone machine was amusing. Played right in to what Chevy is 'known' for.
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I started watching this show based on this thread, watched the pilot and the second episode. I guess you guys are talking about later seasons or something cause that was just painful. I know that asshole protagonists who are full of themselves are the cool new thing but the actor is also so bad on top of that. Hot blonde girl.. all there is to her. Don't understand what's supposed to be funny about the Arab guy, is it that he says random things at random times with random facial expressions? is he trying to be the new Fez from That 70's Show? Cause the lame Indian guy from Big Bang theory already pirated that one.
Chevy Chase is kinda funny here and maybe he's the reason the show picks up later if it's so popular. The basketball guy, other girl and the black lady are so.. flat? I just can't spot what's supposed to be catchy or funny here. Even the Asian Spanish teacher is just so over the top it and out there.
Is it gonna get different or should I stop now? This thread made me start so I'm leaving the judgement to you guys :lol
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The show has some of the most interesting characters in any sitcom I've seen, so yeah.
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The show has some of the most interesting characters in any sitcom I've seen, so yeah.
I wouldn't say this.
What I would say is that it's one of the most inventive network sitcoms in a long while. It has an absurdist and satirical nature, and it takes a while for it to emerge. Some people like it. Some people don't. Most people who like it, like it a lot. You could skip ahead to the 7th episode, if you want. A lot of the stuff surrounding the premise gets dropped, and I think the show gets a lot better.
Alternatively, if you wanted to sample the various stylings that make the show run in a short time frame, you could try, in order, the 7th, 9th, 15th, 21st, and 23rd episodes of season 1. If you don't like the show after those, you could probably stop trying.
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I started watching this show based on this thread, watched the pilot and the second episode. I guess you guys are talking about later seasons or something cause that was just painful. I know that asshole protagonists who are full of themselves are the cool new thing but the actor is also so bad on top of that. Hot blonde girl.. all there is to her. Don't understand what's supposed to be funny about the Arab guy, is it that he says random things at random times with random facial expressions? is he trying to be the new Fez from That 70's Show? Cause the lame Indian guy from Big Bang theory already pirated that one.
Chevy Chase is kinda funny here and maybe he's the reason the show picks up later if it's so popular. The basketball guy, other girl and the black lady are so.. flat? I just can't spot what's supposed to be catchy or funny here. Even the Asian Spanish teacher is just so over the top it and out there.
Is it gonna get different or should I stop now? This thread made me start so I'm leaving the judgement to you guys :lol
Second half of season 1 is Godlike. You CAN'T go by the first two episodes it because a totally different show.
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Honestly I think every season of Community starts out a little weak before it gets REALLY good. In season 1's case, it starts getting amazing at episode 3. :lol
Metty, the characters come into their own very quickly. Those first two episodes are more set-up than anything. They all develop pretty well.
And Abed (who is Pakistani/Polish) doesn't say random things. If you can't already figure his thing out I'm not sure if you're actually watching the show with any bit of attention. :lol
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I'll keep watching then :)
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Honestly I think every season of Community starts out a little weak before it gets REALLY good. In season 1's case, it starts getting amazing at episode 3. :lol
Metty, the characters come into their own very quickly. Those first two episodes are more set-up than anything. They all develop pretty well.
And Abed (who is Pakistani/Polish) doesn't say random things. If you can't already figure his thing out I'm not sure if you're actually watching the show with any bit of attention. :lol
Abed is Palestinian/Polish.
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DAMMIT now I look like a racist. :'(
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And Abed (who is Pakistani/Polish) doesn't say random things. If you can't already figure his thing out I'm not sure if you're actually watching the show with any bit of attention. :lol
They explain his mindset pretty well in the first episode. He absorbs things in a strictly analytical way and likens situations and other people to pop culture. In a way he is like that "foreign punchline guy" but taken to much smarter extremes and his humor comes out of the references and observations he makes instead of being funny because of or at the expense of him being foreign. I think other shows shoehorn racial stereotypes to make jokes for those characters on top of being the wacky indian/arab/spanish guy.
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I believe it's Alan Sepinwall who often describes Abed as a sitcom character who knows he's in a sitcom.
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I believe it's Alan Sepinwall who often describes Abed as a sitcom character who knows he's in a sitcom.
That's one of the things I love about his character though - he's basically a walking tvtropes, so he can essentially break the 4th wall without actually breaking out of the character he's supposed to be. It's brilliant.
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Yeah, the ridiculous amount of hype and anticipation probably contributed to the letdown, but it was definitely a bit weak. There were some great lines, though.
I kind of don't get why there was that much hype. Yes, I was excited that the show was actually coming back, but they had planned and shot this a long time ago as just a regular episode. That's what I expected, and I was happy to get it.
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HOLY SHIT GUYS.
This episode was GOLD.
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Fuck, that was great.
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I know rite? Everything about it just felt right.
Loved the ending.
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Um yeah, I haven't even reached the title theme of the episode yet and it's got my smiling like...*something sexual*. This show is the shiznit. I hate Popeye's.
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"I was googling the longest of things and..."
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Oh man two awesome episodes.
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Looks like Chevy Chase might be done with the show.
Should be interesting. He does bring up a bunch of good points though.
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Hmm. Pierce had some worthwhile development in Season 2, but him leaving actually doesn't sound too awful to me at this point. He hasn't been much use in this season (they've stopped making him the antagonist for the most part) and the show has toyed with him leaving so many times before anyway that it would make sense in context.
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Looks like Chevy Chase might be done with the show.
Should be interesting. He does bring up a bunch of good points though.
He'll be back. He's likely contractually obligated, and it's not like he's going to get any better offers.
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Finished season 1. This show is good.
This is me. This morning. I... I feel so bad for not having seen this show before. I feel ashamed of myself.
Honestly, best show ever.
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Holy carp last night's episode.
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How can one show be soooo good? I feel like i'm ripping NBC off for watching it free.
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Last night's episode was pretty fantastic.
Also, apparently the whole Chevy Chase thing has been settled, and he will be back next year.
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I liked the episode but am i the only one that felt the Troy and Abed's feud resolution... too bland?
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This just in: Community is still fucking brilliant.
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I liked the episode but am i the only one that felt the Troy and Abed's feud resolution... too bland?
Yes and no. If it weren't for the line about the actual fight being the last thing they would ever do together I would agree with you 100%.
The best friendship on TV deserves a little bit better, but in a way, it made sense.
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I liked the episode but am i the only one that felt the Troy and Abed's feud resolution... too bland?
While they could have dealt with the resolution a bit more, it would have probably meant less time spent on the documentary premise. If that was the case, I think they made the right decision.
Also, the lack of drama or intensity that the resolution had almost gives it a bizarrely realistic feel.
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I thought they way they resolved things in their usual silly, childish manner made a hell of a lot of sense and works a lot better than any more dramatic resolutions I can think of.
Also, it seemed to me at the ending that Abed might have intentionally created a rift in their friendship and opposed Troy's blanket fort purposefully just for the sake of making the documentary, and the whole Troy and Abed conflict was really just another one of his little projects.
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As a whole I feel that Season 1 was funnier than Season 2. S01 Christmas episode is, so far, my favourite. Season 2 was incredible as well. It's strange, S02 had more incredible episodes, like "HOW AWESOME" but not "HOLY SHIT THAT'S HILARIOUS" like in S01 (if that makes sense).
Off to season 3!
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As a whole I feel that Season 1 was funnier than Season 2. S01 Christmas episode is, so far, my favourite. Season 2 was incredible as well. It's strange, S02 had more incredible episodes, like "HOW AWESOME" but not "HOLY SHIT THAT'S HILARIOUS" like in S01 (if that makes sense).
Off to season 3!
I think it makes sense. It's the "normal" episodes that have suffered since season 1, I think most people would agree.
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As a whole I feel that Season 1 was funnier than Season 2. S01 Christmas episode is, so far, my favourite. Season 2 was incredible as well. It's strange, S02 had more incredible episodes, like "HOW AWESOME" but not "HOLY SHIT THAT'S HILARIOUS" like in S01 (if that makes sense).
Off to season 3!
Yes it makes sense.
Also beware because season 3 has been kind weak so far, something just seems off.
I know a lot of people haven't liked it, but it still has some awesome episodes.
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Season 3 has been awesome WTF??? The last episode was godlike!
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The first episode of S3 was one of my least favorite ones, but beyond that it's been between good and godlike.
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Awesome. The whole Blade brain damage thing didn't really work, but the rest did, especially the Troy/Britta thing.
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Season 3 has been awesome WTF??? The last episode was godlike!
No it haven't. It has been really weak.
Last week episodes was not that good. It was Style over substance, S1 didn't have a lot of gimmick episodes and it was the best season.
Those 2 episodes post hiatus and Advanced Gay were the worst.
But this one. Oh my god.
This is the Community I love.
Also next week is the Drematorium episode. I'm really looking forward to it.
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This is the first tamer episode of this season that's really come through for me. There have been some fantastic wackier ones (Pillow Fight, Remedial Chaos, etc.) but it's good to see that they can still come through on an episode where the humor is mostly in the characters' interactions. Some of the others didn't quite deliver in that regard. Still, good season.
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I really enjoyed tonight's episode. I don't know if it was better than last week, but I found myself laughing more.
Cool little op-ed on Community and parody https://bit.ly/IHC3GZ
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Yesterday I watched the six different timeline episode. I correct myself, Comparative Religion is now my second favourite episode in this show. HO-LY SH-I-I-I-I-IT!
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Annie was looking good last night!
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Annie was looking good last night!
Annie's Boobs
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Guys I've thinking about the most recent episode and I realized something:
You know how they are going for Troy and Britta right? Well they are right for each other.
I think we all now that Troy has a thing for butt stuff. His butt.
And we all know what kind of deviant sex act Britta performed on Subway...
"Digital Exploration"
I think I... I better go.
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Another great episode. I think my favorite part was Abed/Troy's breakdown after Annie gave him the truth serum.
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THERES SO MANY LAYERS
It was weird, but good.
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I was way too drunk for that.
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Tonight's episode was amazing. Layers on layers on layers.
Also, they need to pair up Annie and Abed more often. They have a really interesting dynamic.
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Watched it again. Fucking beautiful. Troy's rant was incredible.
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Great episode with some laughs (the dean ftw, Troy's truth serum outburst) and character insight. Episodes like this are why Community's probably the smartest comedy on TV
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One of the greatest things in the episode is, during Troy's truth serum rant, watching Gillian trying not to crack up.
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Community rating dropped to 1.3. A series low...
This is bad... bad, bad, bad.
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Community rating dropped to 1.3. A series low...
This is bad... bad, bad, bad.
Seriously? Source? I can't believe that's the case...
EDIT: Okay, not 1.3 million viewers. Phew. It also seems like its just been bad for NBC in general.
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Damn... I really enjoyed that episode. I mean, S3 hasn't been up to par with my favorites from S1 but still very funny and much more interesting than any other comedic sitcom on TV.
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Community rating dropped to 1.3. A series low...
This is bad... bad, bad, bad.
Seriously? Source? I can't believe that's the case...
EDIT: Okay, not 1.3 million viewers. Phew. It also seems like its just been bad for NBC in general.
Yes but Community had the lowest rating of all NBC shows, even 30 Rock had a 1.5 :'(
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HOLY SHIT THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING
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It wasn't as good as last week's bust I still thought it was pretty funny.
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Fucking lol that was brilliant.
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Last episode was great.
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OK this week's episode was hilarious at the end. I mean there were obvious references to tons of shows and movies throughout but the ending of that episode really sealed how awesome this show is. It's moments like those that keep me hooked to this show.
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finally a half decent episode
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Sweet Deans.
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finally a half decent episode
Are you kidding? Last week's was amazing. And the two-parter before that was great as well.
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The season finale's gonna be 90 minutes long (well, a 60 minute episode and a 30 minute one): https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/community-90-min-season-finale_n_1461377.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
(https://www.chinashopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Picture-38.png)
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Guys. GUYS. GUYS.
THIS. FUCKING. EPISODE.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
You just described Pillows and Blankets for me. I have big problems with that episode.
But anyways I like it a lot for a set-up episode. Besides the RCT callback and also Starburns Lawyer being one armed... Like jeff in the evil timeline.
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It definitely felt rushed, but I still loved it.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
Stop it. Stop it now.
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The episode was all right. Loved the callback to Remedial Chaos Theory, "hang on I have to get an outfit," and "You know I thought you were smarter than me when we first met." :lol
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
Hmm. I thought that the intro banter was the best in a long time and very promising. (I was hoping for another one of the strong but tame episodes we saw in S1 primarily) Things got out of hand quickly, though. The whole Chang thing is really not doing it for me. I miss the days when he was a somewhat realistic deranged community college professor.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
Hmm. I thought that the intro banter was the best in a long time and very promising. (I was hoping for another one of the strong but tame episodes we saw in S1 primarily) Things got out of hand quickly, though. The whole Chang thing is really not doing it for me. I miss the days when he was a somewhat realistic deranged community college professor.
Chang was never realistic, not even somewhat. His over-the-top intro solidified him as being 'television crazy.'
Now, don't get me wrong, he has become more deranged since then, but I also think most of the best Chang moments have come after he stopped being a professor.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
Hmm. I thought that the intro banter was the best in a long time and very promising. (I was hoping for another one of the strong but tame episodes we saw in S1 primarily) Things got out of hand quickly, though. The whole Chang thing is really not doing it for me. I miss the days when he was a somewhat realistic deranged community college professor.
Chang was never realistic, not even somewhat. His over-the-top intro solidified him as being 'television crazy.'
Now, don't get me wrong, he has become more deranged since then, but I also think most of the best Chang moments have come after he stopped being a professor.
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
The only funny moments with Chang during S2 were during D&D and when he was on top of the shelf during the after-break episode ohhh and the Racist prover thing.
Nothing can beat S1 Chang.
Matador Chang.
Tiny piece of paper.
Princess Gringa.
San valentines Chang.
Chang's Rap.
And so and so on.
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Chang as a security officer is definitely....not great.
Also yea, new episode was very fast and I thought that whole "I LOST MY SUMMER" or whatever thing was horrible and completely out of character for Jeff. In fact Jeff was for the most part written terribly in that episode. It was essentially taking all of the characters from Community and turning them into caricatures of themselves.
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Chang was definitely better when he was just a bit crazy, but still grounded.
The most recent episode felt like they tried to fit way too much into 21 minutes. It was also a bit too 'out there' for a non-theme episode (theme episodes being ones like Paintball, Law & Order, etc, and I would count ones like the recent dreamatorium episode).
They should also cut back a little bit on the Dean and his outfits too. Jim Rash is awesome, but it's getting to be a bit much. The one a few weeks ago where he realized he had gone too far seemed like the perfect cap to that joke. The joke this week was funny on its own, but in the scheme of things, may be overdoing it a bit.
That said, this episode was still okay. The show has just set a very high standard for itself. For the most part, this season has been great, and the first two seasons are amazing.
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I thought it was one of the worst. Just a mess, really, and really rushed. Very broad, not particularly funny.
Hmm. I thought that the intro banter was the best in a long time and very promising. (I was hoping for another one of the strong but tame episodes we saw in S1 primarily) Things got out of hand quickly, though. The whole Chang thing is really not doing it for me. I miss the days when he was a somewhat realistic deranged community college professor.
Chang was never realistic, not even somewhat. His over-the-top intro solidified him as being 'television crazy.'
Now, don't get me wrong, he has become more deranged since then, but I also think most of the best Chang moments have come after he stopped being a professor.
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
:lol
I knew I'd get shit for that.
Whenever I think of the good parts of Community, I never think of Chang. He has flashes of brilliance here and there, but overall, he's best used occasionally. Security Guard Change hasn't been very good though, but him tasering Britta in Geography of Global Conflict was pretty funny.
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Community's officially back for at least 13 episodes next season. Pop Pop! :hat
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Awesome episode. It started out a bit slow, but really picked up in the second half.
Community's officially back for at least 13 episodes next season. Pop Pop! :hat
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Community's officially back for at least 13 episodes next season. Pop Pop! :hat
AWESOME! :metal
It almost seemed from the way the season was winding down they were bringing the show to its conclusion. I'm glad that isn't the case.
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Watching the first of the third episodes now, this is incredible.
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Fantastic.
Also, goth Britta? Oh lawd.
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Going to watch the last 3 episodes online soon. However, can anyone tell me what the correct order is? The website changed them and now I'm not sure what the order is. I assume the finality one is the last, but is Chang Dynasty first or is Digital Estate Planning?
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Digital Estate Planning -> Chang Dynasty -> Finality
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Digital Estate Planning -> Chang Dynasty -> Finality
Awesome thanks, that's the order listed now. But just a day or two ago it listed it as Chang Dynasty > Finality > Digital Estate Planning, so I got a bit confused. But I appreciate the help.
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Surprised no one's posted it yet:
Harmon is gone. Russos are gone. Mckenna is gone. (https://www.avclub.com/articles/updated-dan-harmon-out-as-showrunner-of-community,75385/)
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All that work to get it renewed, and they fucking gut the show. Weak.
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Fuck.
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Yeah that fucking blows, I just finished the season and absolutely loved the last three episodes. All fantastic, especially the video game one, that just had me in stitches the entire episode. Meh...I'm afraid that's it for this one lest they can somehow keep the heart and love that the others put into this show, it had so much charisma and wit that I just can't see some newcomers bringing the same feeling to the show. Whatevs. TV. It's all bullshit.
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Yup. At least the season ended on a somewhat closing note if season 4 does end up sucking.
But still, FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
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Yup. At least the season ended on a somewhat closing note if season 4 does end up sucking.
But still, FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
I was actually pretty shocked by how season threes finale seemed like a series finale. Like....I would have been fine with the show ending right then and there.
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Yeah, you could definitely tell they were writing it as if it was going to be cancelled.
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It's amazing just how blindingly stupid the higherups are. Why bother renewing the show if you're going to get rid of the people responsible for basically everything viewers like about the show?
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I don't think I could bear to see the show get watered down in the way that I'm afraid it might be. Better to die young and healthy. Still got my fingers crossed for it not being shit, of course, but goddammit.
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Did Giancarlo Esposito ever show up?
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I thought all three of the final episodes were on the weak side. :-\
I really wish they would do "normal" episodes more often. And it would be nice to have Season 1 quality episodes right now while they're under the gun.
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Did Giancarlo Esposito ever show up?
Yup. He was excellent.
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Sweet, can't wait to watch it then! ;D
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Ohh Harmon... He was doing a lot of bad things while running the show, and the thing with Chevy was icing on the cake. So I was actually kind of okay with Harmon being fired as long as the Russos where in charge of the show.
But losing The Russos, Mckenna, Dino and possibly Megan Ganz its way too much.
I just hope the show keeps the same quality and heart with this new season.
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Saw this, nice parallel between the end of the first episode and the end of the third season: https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gz3nqjwC1qjwz5yo1_500.gif
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But losing The Russos, Mckenna, Dino and possibly Megan Ganz its way too much.
https://twitter.com/meganganz/status/205726385057177600
(thank god)
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Yeah its really weak how they've renewed it, but took out so many important people (though Donovan was apparently by choice). I'll give season 4 a chance, but it might as well have been cancelled :/
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Just got into this show a few weeks ago. I can honestly say I haven't been this entertained by a show since Arrested Development.
My lord, what great writing and fantastic characters.
Troy and Abed in the moooooooooorning.
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Started watching this last friday, IT'S SO GOOD. The first episode I didn't really like and I almost stopped there but it picked up so fast so I'm glad I kept watching.
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I recently finished Season 2, and I'm about to start Season 3. I think I've found a new favorite show.
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So this is a thing now...
https://11thinspector.wix.com/theinspector#!episodes/c9qb
For fans of Doctor Who and/or Community. Love it.
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https://insidetv.ew.com/2012/10/08/community-premiere-whitney/
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so this is what despair feels like
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GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
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plus we will have both comedies in our back pocket if we need to make any schedule changes on those nights.
Ok, I have no idea how television programming works, but this genuinely offends me. Community isn't a backup girlfriend. It's better than that. :angry:
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Wait, it's on Fridays now?
Call me an alarmist and a TVTropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridayNightDeathSlot) addict, but I'm a bit concerned for this show if that's the case.
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watching pilot right now...this is pretty good so far
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https://insidetv.ew.com/2012/10/08/community-premiere-whitney/
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As much as it sucks that the premiere gets pushed farther back, this could be a good omen. NBC's got a couple of tanking comedies, and if they ditch Fridays and consolidate elsewhere, it will likely only mean good things for Community's ratings (and chances at a back 9).
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Wait, it's on Fridays now?
Call me an alarmist and a TVTropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridayNightDeathSlot) addict, but I'm a bit concerned for this show if that's the case.
It was going to be on Fridays, but one rumor about the delayed premier is that they're going to put it back on Thursday.
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watching pilot right now...this is pretty good so far
So jealous of you right now. Just wait to see how good it gets. The pilot imo is the worst episode by far.
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Nah, there are way worse episodes than the pilot. Community's pilot is damn good, all things considered.
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Nah, there are way worse episodes than the pilot. Community's pilot is damn good, all things considered.
i think it's by far the weakest episode. Just my opinion.
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Season 3 has quite a few episodes worse than the pilot. Other than that, the season 2 episode of Abed thinking he's Jesus wasn't great either.
That said, the pilot is definitely one of the weaker episodes in the series. Some of the characters really weren't set in stone yet, it is noticeable in the way they changed Jeff and Britta.
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Season 3 has quite a few episodes worse than the pilot. Other than that, the season 2 episode of Abed thinking he's Jesus wasn't great either.
That said, the pilot is definitely one of the weaker episodes in the series. Some of the characters really weren't set in stone yet, it is noticeable in the way they changed Jeff and Britta.
what episodes in season 3?
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Course Listing Unavailable was pretty meh.
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Course Listing Unavailable was pretty meh.
Was that the law and order one?
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The pilot's pretty weak, if only because it was on the very cusp of being 'just another sitcom.'
Thankfully, that didn't happen.
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Course Listing Unavailable was pretty meh.
Was that the law and order one?
The one after, with the wake riot.
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LET'S BURN THIS MOTHER DOWN
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That one didn't bother me too much, but Chang Dynasty is a low I hope the show never comes close to again.
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I liked Chang Dynasty.
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Diff'rent strokes, I guess. In my book, that is definitely the worst in the entire series.
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It's official...there will be a Season 5.
https://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/10/community-5th-season-2/?hpt=hp_t3 (https://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/10/community-5th-season-2/?hpt=hp_t3)
:happydance:
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Thank god the show is not going to end with that piece of shit finale.
Goddammit Megan why did you have to write that?
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Hmmm. I have mixed feelings. Season 4 was very, very weak. I don't care so much anymore, I don't think it will ever live up to the first three seasons.
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Hmmm. I have mixed feelings. Season 4 was very, very weak. I don't care so much anymore, I don't think it will ever live up to the first three seasons.
Pretty much this. Season 4 was awful.
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Hmmm. I have mixed feelings. Season 4 was very, very weak. I don't care so much anymore, I don't think it will ever live up to the first three seasons.
Pretty much this. Season 4 was awful.
S4 had a good run from ep 5 truh 10.
But it had some horrible, horrible episodes like the first 3 and the finale.
I rewatched the Muppets episode and i like it now, the songs are catchy as shit.
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^^^
Yeah, of course I loved the addition of my favorite singer, Sara Bareilles, even though she was only in it for about 40 seconds.
Overall, season 4 just flat out sucked. There were a couple of highlights sure, but overall it's a shell of what it used to be.
I did like that Pierce was made to be likable again finally, but his appearances were so infrequent that it didn't hit home as much as it should have. Perhaps this has to do with Chevy leaving the show, I am not sure.
However, while Pierce became more likable, I feel like Abed became much less likable. He became my favorite show on television for a while, but he definitely wasn't on most of season 4. I don't know if it's the lack of Harmon or the novelty of the character wearing thin, but the last episode before the finale made him out to be a prick, as did parts of the one where he hit it off with the coat check girl. The latter was remedied and he got with her, but of course we never saw her again so who even cares.
There is also something I noticed in a couple episodes but isn't a HUGE detractor is that the morals seem different in season 4, or at least not as well thought out. In the puppet episode when they all told their terrible secrets, they all felt better about opening up and were on an equal playing field. The problem is that Shirley's secret is a hundred times worse than everyone else's put together. Jeff writes this off as "nobody thinks you're a bad mother", but why not? She abandoned her children at a grocery store overnight, all to spy on who she though was her husband. Sure it's odd that Annie rubbed the professor's feet for test answers, but Shirley should be in jail. Another instance was in the penultimate episode, which the show seemed to place the entire blame of Shirley's failed marriage on Jeff. Neither instance really ruins the show, but it does get me thinking about why it is the way it is.
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The morals seeming off, Britta being almost a retard and Abed being an unlikeable dick have been that way since S3.
S4 is not worse than S3. Although S3 had better high points than S4.
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I don't disagree with the former part of your statement. Season 3 and 4 both had some pretty low lows, but season 3 had more genuinely solid episodes in my opinion.
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Thank god the show is not going to end with that piece of shit finale.
Goddammit Megan why did you have to write that?
This is basically why I'm glad the show was renewed. I've gone back and forth on my opinion of S4, but the finale was just terrible.
I'm going to naively hope that S5 will go back to a vibe closer to the first two seasons. It won't happen, but I can dream.
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This show needs to die. It had it's run and now it's a rotten husk of its former self. S5...ugh.
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Thank god the show is not going to end with that piece of shit finale.
Goddammit Megan why did you have to write that?
This is basically why I'm glad the show was renewed. I've gone back and forth on my opinion of S4, but the finale was just terrible.
I'm going to naively hope that S5 will go back to a vibe closer to the first two seasons. It won't happen, but I can dream.
S4 was to me, almost back on track with the feel of S1, but the new showrunners just couldn't make it really work.
I loved a lot of the character moments like The thanksgiving episode, the Sawdie Hawkings Dance, The One were they sell out Greendale and The Body switch episode better than almost anything from S3.
If only S4 could have gotten better jokes and stopped with the forced meta/parody humor like the Premiere, The Muppets(Even tho I loved that episode after a rewatch, I'm a sucker for muppets and the songs were catchy) and the PIECE OF SHIT FINALE, I would have rated S4 better than S3.
Oh yeah, and the Hallowen ep from S4 sucked dick too. Holy shit Megan couldn't write for shit after the bottle ep from S2.
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The show should've ditched "high-concept" episodes. As soon as the show got back to being about its characters, it was solid and very enjoyable. There were a bunch of really good episodes this season.
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The worst thing is that the new writing team seemed to latch onto the idea that the wacky and high concept elements were what the show was all about, when really, going too far with those elements is what caused the show to decline.
The best moments of S4 were lower key, and character based. The episode with the Sophie B Hawkins dance was one of the best of the season, because the humor and situations came naturally from the characters being who they were.
The whole 'darkest timeline' thing should never have been more than a one-off joke. Why they keep bringing it back, I'll never understand.
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I watched the first season and laughed 2 times. I'm watching the second season and I have get to crack a smile. At this point, I'm really wishing for my time back.
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I watched the first season and laughed 2 times. I'm watching the second season and I have get to crack a smile. At this point, I'm really wishing for my time back.
I don't trust in someone that doesn't like S1.
Stop watching. It's not for you.
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Community Season 5 Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3kFjFbSSE)
:lol
The waiting is usually the hardest part, but, after watching that, the hardest part right now is definitely my penis.
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So I didn't catch it, but from what I hear the show is good again. Is this the truth?
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So I didn't catch it, but from what I hear the show is good again. Is this the truth?
I thought it was definately better than what they offered up to us last year. It's not as if I died laughing the entire time but the way they explained away last season and set up the cast remaining together at Greendale seems interesting.
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It is very evident that Dan Harmon is back. Mike from Breaking Bad is awesome far.
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Abed's Nic Cage impression was godly. :lol
The first episode was merely okay, but they had to Repilot the show so I give them a free pass. Plus, it was entertaining even if it wasn't hilarious.
Second episode was much better. Mike from BB is a good addition so far and I'm hoping that Jon Oliver, now that he's no longer burdened with being a Serious Reporter (tm) on the Daily Show, will return but I'm guessing Chang will be added to the group.
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The first two episodes were pretty good, and definitely a huge step up from the previous season. They had a lot from last year that they had to un-do before moving on, and they got most of it out of the way, so I'm really looking forward to seeing where they take things now.
Also, John Oliver is coming back for at least a few episodes this season. Mike from Breaking Bad is fantastic so far.
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https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/community-season-6-yahoo-204612640.html
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Let's hope that Yahoo isn't the worst thing about season
6.
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Started watching this about 3 weeks ago and finished it yesterday. I cried when it was over. That's how much I liked it.
POP POP!
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:tup One of my all time favorite TV comedies. Writing doesn't get much better than Remedial Chaos Theory.
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Just started watching this show. I'm about 13 or 14 episodes in. So. Fucking. Funny. :tup
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Just started watching this show. I'm about 13 or 14 episodes in. So. Fucking. Funny. :tup
Such a good series. I miss it....and I really miss seeing Allison Brie every week!
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Just started watching this show. I'm about 13 or 14 episodes in. So. Fucking. Funny. :tup
Excellent :tup Just wait until you get to the back half of season 1, I feel like that's where they really started stepping their game up
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Just started watching this show. I'm about 13 or 14 episodes in. So. Fucking. Funny. :tup
Just finished this show last night. Loved it. The last season got a little meh, and it sucked losing Pierce and Troy, but it held on okay.
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.........And A Movie!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/community-movie-peacock-1235230677/
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I didn't expect to see Pierce, but not having Troy or Shirley return surprises me a bit.
Am excited either way!
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I need to finish this show. I lost interest either towards the end of season 3 or beginning of season 4, can't remember when I stopped watching.
A movie should be fun though
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Season 04 became a bit of a running joke for 5 and 6. That's the season they fired Dan Harmon before and most of his people followed him out the door. Most came back when he was rehired for Season 5. I admittedly tend to skip S04 when doing a rewatch. Sometimes I watch it, but Community is not Community without Harmon.
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I didn’t know that about Season 4. I don’t remember a let down in one particular season, but I’d have to go back and see what some of those episodes were. Community is definitely one of the funnier shows of the millennium.
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https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/community-movie-dan-harmon-donald-glover-peacock-1235396414/
This is good to hear. Donald was all in for a movie when they did the lockdown live read. I'm good either way, but a Troy and Abed reunion is everything.