That, right there, is the appeal ofCommunityin a nutshell.
Created byDan Harmon(Rick and Morty), the show first aired on NBC in 2009.
Screen" in its final season.
All the while, it delivered peerless, experimental, revolutionary, hilarious, entertaining television.
Now, all six seasons are available for streaming on Hulu and Netflix.
And the writing staff as writers?)
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to worry about his causing rhythm disruptions.
How does the episode show these rhythm disruptions?
A brilliant episode that highlights and pokes at everyones character, by introducing a purposefully unnecessary character.
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“Advanced Safety Features” (Season 6, Episode 7)
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every single fake TV show title screen gag, the weird Jeff fantasy in the finale).
And it is, strangely, one of the more cynical-on-paper seeming episodes of the whole season.
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Except… these are all affections for his new gig hawking Honda products.
And, like, a boatload of laughs.
Advanced Safety Features for the season six win.
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Theres just no other way to say it.
“App Development and Condiments” (Season 5, Episode 8)
Social media is tough.
Sometimes its a lovely resource of connection and memes.
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Sometimes its a place for Nazis to scream at everyone.
Indeed, much of the shows commitment not just to episode-length genre parodies (i.e.
the action direction in season sixs Modern Espionage) but to dark, deep seasonal arcs (i.e.
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Id just argue that that commitment, in of itself, makes it funny.
Until he extends his hand… and finally gives a cmon motion.
Its not a joke.
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It gives me a rush more akin to straight examples of this genre.
And I freaking loveCommunityfor committing so hard to this immersion.
This episode aint just well-crafted genre stuff, though.
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From frame compositions to interesting editing choices, this episode feels heavy and syrupy in the best way possible.
Perfect, then, that the crime at the center is so goshdarn silly.
Im giggling just typing about it!
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), and calling back to what might be the greatest episode of the entire series.
What a pleasure this episode is!
It starts with some ham-fisted Inspector Spacetime (Community’s take on Doctor Who) fan-fiction.
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But it also turns into what I might call a cyberpunk psychological horror character study?
Plus, Donald Glover delivers one of the funniest uninterrupted monologues youll ever see.
Well, when the Dean confronts Jeff about it, Professor Professorson… shows up.
In the form of brilliant guest starKevin Corrigan.
Reminds Jeff of some homework due.
And satisfies the Dean that the class is actually real.
But when the Dean walks away, Jeff admits something about the interaction to Annie.
And it is… wild.
With jokes!Communityis great!
Abed is an aspiring filmmaker who has difficulties fitting in to normal life.
And yet, I wouldnt call it cynical or performatively edgy.
Rather, it feels friggin real.
But when they arrive, shit goes south, quickly.
Annie invents a new identity to correspond with her fake ID, and realizes what she hates about herself.
Shirleys troubled past as a rowdy drunk is revealed.
Abed leads a poorPaul F. Tompkinson for much too long.
Britta and Jeff wont stop making bad decisions about each other.
Pierce is… stuck in a door.
