Community, the tv show

This was probably the first episode of the season that I loved immediately and without reservation. I mentioned last week that I tend to compare the non-concept episodes to nude pool from S1, and I definitely think this was in the same vein.

And the John Goodman payoff was amazing! His expression + disbelieving "No!" when Troy tried to turn his argument around on him was brilliant.

I loved Troy and Abed's impressions of each other as well, there were so many great moments in this episode.

The thing I loved about this episode is that I couldn't tell a direct influence of anything and that it seemed so meta that it was just Community down Community's rabbit hole, as opposed to being down 2001's or Die Hard's or whatevers rabbit hole.

Like geuine WTF at the ivory hair. No other show could pull that off as 'normal' as Community did, ever, in the history of tv shows.

yeah i enjoy the parody when it's less specific. like troy's whole plot line was obviously parodic but it was making fun of such a huge trope (the hidden gift that can be used for good or evil) that it wasn't pointing at just one thing.

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Nightmare fuel

i love the plumber so much that i'd be cool if he was in every episode tbrr

egad! xp

I wonder if we're going to see Evil Vice Dean try and tempt the study group one by one to the dark side. Also can't work out if there's a conspiracy or if he just loves good air conditioning.

Think what was missed out of yesterday's Inspector Spacetime discussion is that Troy and Abed talking in prissy British accents and throwing paper balls at Jeff is straight-up hilarious.

Also I loved the "hey, one of us" look the gay dude gave Jeff right at the start.

"Whassup girl, how you livin?"
"PEW"

This episode was great, the ideal template for a "normal" episode imo

If it wasn't for the brief bits of unfunny guard chang I'd almost assume I dreamt the weaker ones this season

what a great episode. britta this season has been amazing. i'm going to start calling it the edible complex.

for some reason john goodman delivery of "inbelievable" and "unvincible" killed me.

the only disappointing thing about this episode was basically no annie

But she bought a cone bra!

Also, "Why are you smiling?"

Oh, interesting, looking over the episode descriptions for season 1, the Christmas one seems to be the only one I missed. I really liked the show from the beginning though.

(Loved the last ep btw.)

"I'm Troy. I like football, but also... I don't?"

Troy and Abed doing impressions of each other was super-adorable.

Watched the Halloween episode again today and noticed that the Greendale butthole emblem is now on the library doors. I love that they're running with that now.

yeah, the "i like football but also i don't" vs. "what would han solo say? 'keep it together-' I CAN'T DO THIS" was amazing

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bravo

Yeah, good job bumping something that had disappeared. Worthwhile post, imho.

only a 4 at best

Finally watched this. Excellent. Enjoyed the lighting and the music work during the A/C scenes.

Also, cool that Jerry Minor is getting more screentime. And Dan Bakkedahl, too!

I hope there's a John Goodman/Michael K Williams clash-up before season's end.

hooray, there's a twittersode going on today! (slightly spoilery regarding the plot of tonight's episode)

TWIST

AbedsTweets: @AnnieEdisonGCC bustin’ moves! #AnniesMove http://t.co/iYyYdC3T

That was the best ending ever. Holy shit.

loving pierce's use of Siri:

@HawthorneWipes Pierce Hawthorne
maps directions #AnniesMove maps #AnniesMove help maps #AnniesMove bread milk socks doctor

also i had those star wars sheets and i want them now

i kind of hate the new 'look' of the show with the brightness in the center of the shot and lots of shadow around the edges of the screen -- i noticed it at first in i think the halloween episode and thought it was just a special look for that episode, but then i saw it this week too

the once and still best sitcom on tv. tnite was hilarious.

i dont think i irl lol once but in a way that might have transcending it. fucking seal man, fucking seal.

KISS FROM A ROSE killed it, rest of the episode doesn't matter (except for Jeff's GAP fetish and ordering for the Dean, natch).

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the entire Kissed By A Rose scene had me dying.

good ep from these guys and Always Sunny.. last night

not crazy about them changing the dean from a general weirdo to jeff's stalker. he's always been into jeff but not to the point that he was in last night's episode. also seemed a little fractured with the four plotlines but i laughed at kiss from a rose and annie was pretty good.

'general' weirdos don't have such pronounced dog fetishes, fit their name into sentences and get so touchy EVERY time they meet someone? idk

loved it when he tried to fit his proper name into a sentence btw because on the outside world he had no reason to chuck 'dean' in there/

by general weirdo, i mean weird about everyone and everything, not just jeff.

describes the type of person who would stalk a dude then?

like it just seemed to be a p dean-like thing to do to me. not that this show is based on realistic actions.

the dean has always been stalking jeff. remember the animated bit he made last season that was all about shipping him + jeff?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNIQvtDFSDc

The Dean has been slowly escalating to this point but it's been telegraphed pretty openly, I thought.

Shirley's and Britta's car ride was amazing.

Yeah, nothing about the dean's behavior in this episode seemed the least bit either out of character (obviously) or out of nowhere. And making Jeff order for him was so amazing.

i loved the car ride. laughed hard at both "oh, that's nice"

"A Kiss From A Rose" duet has got to be in my top 5 favorite Community moments of all time.

also "craigular guy"

"The... gentleman..."
"oh, stop!"