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fuck that "darkest timeline" bullshit

the chaos theory episode was amusing but every subsequent "darkest timeline" joke has been worse than every Inspector Spacetime joke put together

i'm p sure that's entirely where this season is set though, it's been made pretty obvious.

i mean, not saying you are wrong to be tired of the whole thing, but this seems like a pretty intentional thing Harmon is running with for season 5.

Jeff has 2 arms though?

i don't think we'll be seeing goatee Abed anytime soon. or I hope not. i was ok with the concept but it seemed pretty done.

Yeah, I mean there are some pretty major inconsistencies, but the way the whole show has been literally darker since the new seaon started. I don't know the correct techincal term here, but it's rendered significantly darker than it has been in the past and its pretty drastic compared to every other sitcom now. I just figured it was something Harmon was running with, since the depressing outcomes have just been hammered in over and over.

i agree, the change in visual tone is definitely noticeable. i don't know if they're going to get much darker than "Repilot", it feels like the angst in that episode got quickly handwaved away

I mean, who knows, I hate to overthink a show like this (lol, cue Whiney) esp when they're clearly fine with handwaving away entire seasons (the gas leak year!), but the change in visual tone has had me thinking "darkest timeline" for better or worse. Don't get me wrong, I sincerely hope this doesn't end up there again, it just seems like he's really hammering on the whole "dark" thing.

It's a good move, IMO; I don't think they're going for the kitsch factor this time, though (like Inspector Spacetime etc.), it feels like a genuine reassessment and moving the show back to the darker corners it once had, like Abed's mental/social breakdowns, Shirley's alcoholism, etc. and this could be a great way to get back to regaining the emotional core this show has somewhat lost for the past few years. But you're right, this show really shouldn't as over-analyzed as it has been, both in this thread and on the internet in general.

I mean, ASS CRACK BRITTA. This is the show we're talking about here. :)

I liked Britta's deadly serious attempt at profiling

a hoy hoy? feels like i haven't seen you in a while!

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hey! yeah 2013 was a tough year and it meant internet consumption died for me, p much. im still kicking around a little bit though.

the chaos theory episode was amusing but every subsequent "darkest timeline" joke has been worse than every Inspector Spacetime joke put together

Best thing about this season = no darkest timeline or Inspector Spacetime references shoehorned into every episode. The writers just got incredibly lazy when it came to writing Abed.

you told me a hawk stole them!

Goggins at the end was hilarious.

the interwebs way overrating this episode imo. it was good but certainly no advanced dungeons & dragons

This image got some traction:

http://i.imgur.com/jkAinJH.jpg

it was more a spiritual sequel to the lost pen episode from season two, collaborative calligraphy (this was collaborative polygraphy) xp

Loved this one, pretty much the whole thing was perfectly pitched. And a great way to work loads of Pierce humour in there without even having Chevy anywhere near the set.

There's still at least one more episode of Troy right?

Yep, next one's supposed to be the last one with Glover. Harmon was talking about it on his podcast, said it's a real tearjerker.

great ep

goggins!

goggins at the end was hilarious

"This is me! This is the real me! I'm artistic!"

feel like there've been at least four eps exactly like this but the sperm cylinders was great

yeah every "FEELINGS! YELLING!" scene on this show is the same and euchhhhhh 'Childish Tycoon' but funny episode anyway, Goggins killed it

Whoa, trashy post-apoc 80s Britta is hawwwwt

Miss you already, Troy Barnes!

yup :(

though hot Britta :)

sometimes i think she kinda got unfairly shafted on this show with Annie being the phenom

It was clear in the beginning that Jeff/Britta was supposed the pair the rest of the Greendale world revolved around, or at least that's what NBC had planned for, but it quickly became a brilliant ensemble. In that sense, Britta got shafted, but I think she still plays an important part.

supposed *to be

under normal sitcom rules Jeff and Britta would have married at the end of ssn3 and this year their toddler would be enrolled in Greendale's Neil Patrick Harris Memorial Child Genius Program.

This was so much better than another paintball episode. ;_; at the end as well.

Leonard releasing the butter was probably my favourite moment although we were robbed of a chance to see the Dean whimpering while stranded on the table as the school gets trashed again.

Last two eps have done a good job starting at a familiar place but then taking an emotionally affective left turn from the eps they recall. Really impressed they've kicked into a strong season 5 without getting to do a season 4.

I love that they took no effort hiding the paramount lot when the childish tycoon rolled away from the set.

banks is fucking killing it on this show

OTM. This is seriously as good as the show has ever been right now.

no no no, let's not get crazy here ppl

waiting for someone to show up and tell us that ssn 4 was better

Abed's "I'm sorry but I'm totally crazy" speech took my by surprise and was really effective. Also effective was distilling Troy's goodbye episode down to the characters who got closest to him, highlighting the differences in connection between Abed (knowingly wallowing in childhood) and Britta (transitioning into adulthood).

Wow this was great! Really amazing surprise ending. So good. Gonna miss Donald Glover on this show big time.

"You never went to a star. Not in one episode."

so basically it sounds like community's got a good chance of a sixth season if the network doesn't give up on a comedy night, as they're in the same boat as last year where they hate community/parksandrec numbers but the new shows bombed and at least they're syndication-ready and cult favorites. but if NBC gets the Thursday NFL package and/or cuts down their number of comedy spots even further, parks & rec is already basically renewed so community would probably get dropped.

xp actually not true at all, Troy. for shame!

they totally styled chang after rufio from hook, right?

locker boys

Man, when Harmon writes Abed he is basically the most tragic character on television...

season 4 guys were so bad at getting abed this almost felt like showing off