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