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i hate the visual effects in a lot of the recent episodes -- didn't say anything about this one because for all i know they were a crappy-on-purpose Dr. Who homage but like the thing with Jeff Winger's heart, that was so lame

I was assuming/hoping they were deliberately referencing the goofy datedness of old Dr Who. Agree about Jeff's heart, especially considering how well-done "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" was.

when something shifts in Abed's world, he shuts down. We've seen this before - Christmas ep, introduction of "Inspector Space Time" primal scream ...

I do think that someone's Mum not coming home for Christmas for the first time is a more significant shift than the cancellation of a TV show or someone adjust some cardboard boxes in a Dreamatorium control room, which is a reason why I feel like the character might be changing a little.

Da croupier probably OTM though.

"adjusting"

oh, i wasn't talking about that, i meant the abed-switching-bodies effect xp

okay does anyone REALLY think Abed was having an actual meltdown when Annie switched the boxes around? I thought it was pretty obvious he was just following the dreamatorium rules to their (ridiculous) logical conclusion while making a point about how he eventually expects the study group to ditch him

doesn't matter -- he did the same thing in the end credits scene, and troy didn't respond as if he was doing it on purpose to make a point

i don't think he was having a meltdown, but anyone who follows dreamatorium rules to their ridiculous logical conclusion may not be as far as from one as he thinks

i just miss when abed was secretly the most confident and together person in the group instead of winger

Yeah i think having an actual meltdown and having one because you are following the rules of the dreamatorium are sort of one and the same.

tbh, throwaway gags that are easily diverted by other characters don't bother me that much so I'm not super invested in arguing character consistency here but, given that we've seen Abed pull a My Dinner With Andre manipulation on Jeff, watched him push around Troy re: the pillow/blanket fort battle, seen him take Shirley's movie for church off on a narcissistic tangent, I wouldn't be surprised to learn later on down the line that Abed's "losing it" is just a ploy to get the group to do what he wants

mind you, I'm not EXPECTING that; I just wouldn't be surprised

xp: right now, the most confident, together person in the group is Shirley!

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I don't think they've done a good job of explaining why Britta/Troy are dating now. It seems like it all happened in the background, or was communicated entirely through a few glances in the last few episodes. And their date looked like a TERRIBLE date.

Britta/Troy attraction goes back to S1 when they took that dance class together; also they did some foundational work on that relationship in the chaos theory episode

they just had lunch. it's not at all clear they are dating, although they clearly like each other.

It would actually make sense if Abed was just play-acting in the Dreamatorium, especially since he got up quickly and did a dead-on Jeff impression but as sd notes, he did the same thing when Annie rearranged their room, which is probably a better example.

i just miss when abed was secretly the most confident and together person in the group instead of winger

OTM! This is my issue!

he's an OCD Fonz wrapped inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma

I am still cracking up at "the version of myself that would go over there and talk to her would be a vampire" joke from S1

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This ep was great, you're all on a lower level.

Last episode was pretty wack, trying to do too much. Loved the blanket fort two-parter though, and the blade one was decent (mainly for lots of crazy Britta and lots of Dean).

DUDES. Skip to 2:20 (or just watch the whole thing why because it's awesome).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZv2cpLReM

Am I the only one who didn't know this?

Wow, in many ways Yette is the least omg thing about this artifact.

ha I had no idea she went to the University of Akron

I wonder if any of my cousins know her

I misread that as the University of Akon.

I am still cracking up at "the version of myself that would go over there and talk to her would be a vampire" joke from S1

OTM

"Uniform!"

okay lol

also, aw Starburns

Wow - they nailed every aspect.

ALSO: Eddie Pepitone!

when they went to the bio lab and the L&O ME was there, I was beside myself

theme song was the best part

Dean in the credits tag was one of the funniest things of the season.

nailed it

Loved it!

can a biased mod please threadban any joyless bastards who come in here moping about anything to do with this delightful episode?

PS

ALSO: Eddie Pepitone!

Pepitone's been in as a janitor before, in at least one ep

this episode sucked

When I first heard this was going to be a Law & Order style episode, I was sort of concerned that it might not work, but goddamn they nailed it. Fantastic episode.

i liked this one! preferred the first half (the order part) to the second half (the law part).

i think it says something about me that i laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME they use magnitude

The cutaway to them summarizing everything he'd said and then him offering only a pop pop was pretty great.

RIP Starburns aka "Alex"

It really nailed every aspect of an L&O episode in a half an hour.

Really enjoyed this even though I never watched L&O. Troy and Abed were on fire. Yam-boiling thing was v clever.

B-b-but they killed off Starburns! They'll have to bring him back somehow.

totally. there was an insane perfection to the autopsy scene, in its rhythms and the way they were turning away and the ME made the comment about it sprouting.

Last scene when Kane announces Star-Burns' meth truck explosion was precision L&O

otm

didn't dino say on wtf or somewhere that he doesn't really like acting and didn't want to be on the show and starburns was only supposed to be a one-off joke

guess he wants to concentrate more on frankenhole :/

that's... troubling

it's no moral oral