Friday, June 05, 2020

The Best of Community


The Best of COMMUNITY (NBC & YAHOO)
Creator: Dan Harmon
Seasons: 6 Episodes: 110 Years: 2009-2015
Premise: A study group over analyzes in a meta and stylistic way.

My 20 Standout Episodes
1. Pilot S01E01 | #01
Trying to impress a girl, Jeff Winger accidentally starts a study group
2. Modern Warfare S01E23 | #23
The campus is a war zone in a no-holds barred paintball game
3. Basic Rocket Science S02E04 | #29
The study group are stuck in a space simulator and only Abed can help
4. Cooperative Calligraphy S02E08 | #33
Bottle episode of Annie’s pen missing and everyone is suspected
5. Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas S02E11 | #36
Abed wakes up in a stop-motion animation Christmas special
6. Critical Film Studies S02E19 | #44
Jeff tries to give Abed a Pulp Fiction themed birthday
7. A Fistful of Paintballs /
For a Few Paintballs More S02E23-24 | #48 & #49
Westerns and Star Wars themes are referenced in another paintball battle
8. Remedial Chaos Theory S03E03 | #52
Troy & Abed host a housewarming party; several scenarios are possible
9. Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism S03E09 | #58
Shirley trains Jeff on foosball while Annie breaks Abed’s Batman DVD
10. Regional Holiday Music S03E10 | #59
Abed recruits the rest of the gang for a Glee-style Christmas
11. Pillows and Blankets S03E14 | #63
Pillowtown and Blanketsburg are at war in an in depth documentary
12. Basic Lupine Urology S03E17 | #66
Law & Order style investigation of the group’s destroyed science project
13. Digital Estate Planning S03E20 | #69
The gang helps Pierce win an 8-bit videogame to claim his inheritance
14. Herstory of Dance S04E08 | #79
Britta throws a Sophie B Hawkins dance; Abed tries to date two girls
15. Intro to Felt Surrogacy S04E09 | #80
The Dean uses puppets to examine a traumatic event the group shared
16. Basic Human Anatomy S04E11 | #82
Troy and Abed switch roles in a Freaky Friday situation
17. Basic Intergluteal Numismatics S05E03 | #87
A Fincher-like crime of dropping pencils in butt cracks is investigated
18. G.I. Jeff S05E11 | #95
Jeff dreams he is in the cartoon series G.I. Joe
19. Modern Espionage S06E11 | #108
Paintball returns with homages to In the Line of Fire and Captain America
20. Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television S06E13 | #110
The gang tries to pitch ideas for a seventh season in this very meta finale

My Top Five
1. Remedial Chaos Theory
2. Basic Lupine Urology
3. Cooperative Calligraphy
4. Herstory of Dance
5. G.I. Jeff

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