Communitys holiday episodes normally highlight what a sanctuary friends can be as opposed to family during the holidays.
This episode serves up brutal reminders of how hard family Thanksgivings can be.
The episode captures the feeling of being trapped at a bad Thanksgiving dinner with aShawshank Redemptionparody.
A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.
But, eventually, Jeffs issues come out and he confronts his absentee father.
Between the two plotlines, the episode hammers home how brutal Thanksgiving dinners can be.
Abed provides the V.O., explaining that he has the gravitas ofMorgan Freeman.
A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.
This is the most direct reference tothe famous escape inThe Shawshank Redemption.
The group endures Thanksgiving burdens like Shirley’s cousin doing a Borat impression for a full hour.
He then starts thinking about how he hopes that for Christmas theyll doDie Hard.
This beat when Jeff finally gets emotional feels well-earned.
Jeffs issues with his father area big presence inCommunity.
Many sitcoms about friend groups capture the joy of Friendsgiving.
Communityis available to stream in the U.S. on Peacock.
