Community, the tv show

subway was big brother in the 1984 episode a couple of seasons back

huge lol at starburns cranking the dave

Dave!

That was hilarious.

Skunkthorpe

I felt sad during the scene with britta and jeff (which was awesome, btw), because it *did remind me so much of the series at the start - the chemistry between the two of them, the 'will=they/won't-they' thing the series comprehensively outgrew - and it made me feel sad that this season, while better than the one that preceded it, has been patchy, and feels like the end, and that the show had *so much potential - and often fulfilled it, mind - but that it seems to have been limping along since halfway through the third season or so, and it didn't have to be that way, and if Chevy or Dan Harmon hadn't been so assholish, and if Sony or NBC had had more luck with the show, and Donald Glover hadn't bolted, it could have maintained that level until the end. which may not be true, but i felt a pang of "if only" in that moment.

I pretty much think Seasons 1-3 were impeccable, and agree that this year has been better than 4 but not perfect.

I'm ok with them hanging it up after this. It's not going out on top, but it's going out a lot better than it would have after Season 4. This is the type of show that always had a finite shelf life re: quality control, and part of me had wished they were gonna wrap it up after 3.

still, can't complain given the number of lols it gave this year.

also yeah Glover leaving hurt. Pierce being gone wasn't even a thing really - they essentially had a "Pierce episode" without him even having to appear! But removing 1/2 of Troy and Abed left too many gaps, although I was pleasantly surprised that they still managed to churn out some great episodes afterwards.

i feel like its a show that needs 20+ episodes a season to make sense, so half of them can be whacky conceptual episodes, and the other half can develop characters and move the "plot" along. this season feels like there were another 12 episodes that i missed, which explain who hickey is and what's going on. 13 episodes is too short. it almost feels like they haven't 'earned' wildcards like the the GI Joe episode, like this season was all sprinkles and no ice cream.

but yeah, it's glover's absence that hurts most. it makes this season feel like the aerosmith album they cut while joe perry was out of the band.

pretty sure the good money is on another half-season pickup

After this season, they're 3 episodes away from the 100 required for syndication. I can't imagine Sony not picking it up for at least a shortened season.

yeah, i'd heard as much. i wish they'd get a full season though - like, it seems like this season is ending just as they're getting into their flow.

100 required for syndication

This is not a magic number in 2014 (or 2012). They're already in syndication.

tv by the numbers has it as a tossup but i can't imagine they don't get a final season, esp as it'll be a useful thing to send out to get slaughtered by football on cbs

S4 is actually quite a lot funnier than the second half of S3, which really did feel like they were overstretching themselves for the first time.

i feel like its a show that needs 20+ episodes a season to make sense, so half of them can be whacky conceptual episodes, and the other half can develop characters and move the "plot" along. this season feels like there were another 12 episodes that i missed, which explain who hickey is and what's going on. 13 episodes is too short. it almost feels like they haven't 'earned' wildcards like the the GI Joe episode

This is OTM though, and Troy is irreplaceable. I still wouldn't bet against him reappearing at some point though, even if it's only as a special guest.

agreed, this show actually could use more episodes to split up the wackiness/serious episodes more evenly

that Jeff/Britta scene got me pretty good, too, to my surprise. damn, Britta <3

xpost I didn't find anything in ssn 4 as funny as the 2nd half of ssn 3

The Sophie B. Hawkins Dance episode was the only one in S4 that didn't feel like a faint approximation of Community. But it still wasn't even as good as the worst S3 episodes.

I hated the Sophie B ep

The second half of s3 was terrible, particularly in contrast with the first half.

I dunno, I didn't think it was terrible, but it definitely wildly swung for the fences and didn't necessarily succeed. Even if it didn't always bring the lols, I appreciated the shit out of it for going to stupidly absurd lengths to do so.

i'm fine w/ second half of season 3 and season 3 in general (haven't seen it since it aired but have long suspected season 3's main problem is it had to follow season 2). looking over the episode list though the only two i recall being stone cold classics are chaos theory (obv) and xmas one that took on glee. the l&o one was awesome also but i can't pretend that has much to offer to someone not familiar w/ l&o.

the l&o one was awesome also but i can't pretend that has much to offer to someone not familiar w/ l&o.

― balls, Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ppl not familiar with l&o odds are don't own a tv tho so

if you watched American TV in the last 20 years you had to have seen some variant of law and order, it was broad enough

man the treeship generation don't even know who outkast are apparently so i'm taking nothing for granted

man can you imagine not knowing law & order at all? presumably you've also never watched tv on a plane!

I've never watched Law & Order.

Sorry, I actually meant S5 has been funnier than the second half of S3. S4 was mostly depressing shit.

Pretty disappointing finale, but some hilarious moments (the shushing, everyone imitating Dave at the end).

I thought it wasn't awful, had a few really solid laughs. The jukebox door was perfect.

Yeah, that was funny. I think I started to see what stevie was talking about upthread, though, how this really needed to be a 20+ episode season for relationships to properly develop/take root.

Anyone notice the robot was made by Boobatron?

Oh yeah, that makes complete sense. I thought they did a decent job with this one though, I liked the "canon" comment to hedge the renewal bets.

Did you catch the historic facts on the wall timeline? One of the original names considered for the town of Greendale was "Harmon's Heartbreak".

It was a low key finale to a low key season but I'm just glad Harmon got to right the ship.

I really enjoyed the credits scene.

This could have done with being more Goonies and less Deus Ex Machina I think but this really didn't have the feel of Last Episode Ever.

Best thing about this season was at no point did Chang insert his own name into any other sentence. Always hated that.

I was pretty happy with the way they handled Chang this season, until the whole reveal that he was spying on the group. That was a roll my eyes, "again!?!" kind of moment. But this season has been such a massive improvement over the last that it seems weird to hang on to such a minor complaint.

he was only spying on the group for the last two episodes, thankfully... but yeah, even the show pathetically lamp-shaded it. but yeah, overal best Chang in years

finale was pretty bad, rmde at the whole chris elliott emoticon thing. whole chris elliott character possibly

sort of like last season's finale but with dan harmon cynicism added in

i wonder if/when we'll be able to get the full version of that Aimee Mann cover of "Come Sail Away"

neva forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FswfgcXD_pY

tvline.com/2014/05/09/community-cancelled-nbc-season-6

that asteroid hit's canon then

https://twitter.com/joelmchale/status/464837715104890880

how long until the kickstarter launches?

I can't even be real mad about this, because I have no idea what stories are left to tell in a potential sixth season (much less a fucking movie). Did Troy die at sea? That's all I need to know, I guess.

don't know if harmon can be arsed going to netflix leave alone a begging bowl kickstarter

I can't imagine any out there could actually be surprised by this, but it does kinda sting after how much the show bounced back with the 5th season. I guess I'll just be glad it didn't fade out after the awful Season 4.

I can't even be real mad about this, because I have no idea what stories are left to tell in a potential sixth season (much less a fucking movie). Did Troy die at sea? That's all I need to know, I guess.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 9, 2014 2:56 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I kind of feel the same way. Sucks that it's done, but at least it went out on a high note. Makes season 4 seem like that much more of a waste, though.

I'm still not sure season 4 was so much worse than season 5 tbh. Or maybe that season 5 was so much better than its predecessor.