Showing the last stage of grief, or that abed realized that everything was still ok, or to remind everyone (incl. the pizza guy, who I laughed pretty hard at) that other timelines exist?
We still have the John Hodgman cameo to come, too
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Jim Rash definitely deserves a little Emmy to go with his Oscar
― da croupier, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
halfway to EGOT
― President Keyes, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
I've kind of finally accepted that Season 3 feels way sloppier than Season 2 did for me, so while little things annoyed me or felt trite, this last episode I could just lol at the Dean and not sweat whether this still the best thing since the simpsons or whatever euphoria I had going on last year.
I eased up a bit when I looked at a list of s2 episodes and realized that I didn't remember a couple of them and remembered a couple being a little weak. It's possible that I may have just been so excited by what they were doing in the best ambitious episodes that I was holding this season to an unreasonable standard. Certainly, at least half of this season has been great. I don't know if any sitcom could have lived up to my expectations after s2.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
"In the best episodes", I should probably say. I actually really like a lot of the more 'normal' episodes.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2640714/
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
The last scene was necessary imo - they had to establish that the group is strong enough to stay close without the focal point of the college.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
Huh, Annie's Boobs has been all over the place.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
that's how rumors get started...
― s.clover, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
omg, that gangster movie flashback...
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 May 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
what are all these cameras doing here?
― Mordy, Friday, 11 May 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
also lol at jeff doing his best groucho
― Mordy, Friday, 11 May 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
u mean an institution like marriage?i mean a mental institutionso do i!
I parked by a meter.Did anyone else park by a meter?
WAIT, WHAT?!!
^that may have been the best timing on a joke I've ever seen.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 May 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Welcome
...
to Ladders.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 11 May 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
Let's remove a pen and see what happens.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Friday, 11 May 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
Kind of disappointed we didn't get some kind of callback to "Learning!"
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Friday, 11 May 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously? No one itt is talking about the 4th season renewal yet? Only 13 episodes to start, but, hey...
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
The other thread is taking up that slack.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, figured it would be in here.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
loved every single second of the mental institution.ESPECIALLY (super deep voice) "Let's remove a pen and see what happens."would watch an entire episode of this.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 11 May 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
The fact that community colleges are almost all two year institutions, and just dismissed it for the sake of... whatever = PRETTY AWESOME.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Friday, 11 May 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, low-voiced professional Garrett was super awesome!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 May 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
Incredible episode, best of the season so far I reckon.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 11 May 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
best momentis when they talk about kidnapped dean and iirc jeff says the dean is probably super busy working on a sexy patty hearst costume.
― Jibe, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
/Britta says the poor guy is probably trying to cobble together one :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i liked this one once the "twist" happened but it was weird how the first 2/3rds was basically a fake clips show again but not as funny/dense as the first time they did fake clips
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
The first clip show ep is top five of all of them for me though. One thing I've missed about this season is the steady stream of batshit classes and odd professors so was happy to see that was still going on.
Also the Dean alerting them to the fire and Chang electrocuting his testicles were awesome. Kinda reminded me that Ken Jeong is really great at physical comedy and hasn't had much time to shine at it this year.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 12 May 2012 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh man this episode was just on fire
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 May 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
90 minutes of Community this Thursday!
(Then no more until the fall, but still...90 minutes!)
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 May 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
wha? did they make a movie?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Think they're just burning off the remainder of the episodes.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
They were going to air the final two in an hour next week and have the two hour finale of Awake this week because it's the last day of Sweeps, but Community's ratings are much better than Awake's (which has just been cancelled) so they're just finishing them all this week.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
How sad must Awake's ratings be if Community gets better ratings?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
NBC's drama problem seems a bit worse than their comedy problem. Couldn't believe they were bothering to "fix" Smash but apparently even if descending ratings it's still above anything that previously aired in that slot recently.
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
You couldn't pay me to sit through another high-concept drama that uses the unsolved mysteries crutch after Lost shit the bed (although Fringe largely sidesteps those pitfalls with a degree of grace). Between that and the slew of clones that turfed out really quickly, I'm not surprised people are a little wary of that sort of thing.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
(Re: Awake, obvs.)
Awake was getting less than 1.0 ratings. I don't think they were as bad as The Firm, but still. Thursdays at 10pm has been a dead zone for NBC for years.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
NBC must be hurtling towards some sort of event horizon for low ratings, I wonder how much longer they can carry on like this.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
re: thurs at 10, it's not actually been that long since ER ended, plus there was that lovely Leno Show window, but it's definitely been a sore spot since
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must_See_TV#NBC_Thursday-night_lineup_history
the ratings-based color-coding makes this extra awesome
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Awake was like a case study in how to make a relatively original, well crafted show as unappealing as possible..."hey would you like to see a really serious-looking actor you've never heard of contemplate 2 alternate realities that both involve the death of a loved one, week after week after week? no? ok nevermind"
― some dude, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
SUPER OTM re: color coding, it's like watching the blood drain from a body
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
'joey' looks to be the tipping point
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
imagine a time where NBC's problem was that a show was losing enough viewers from its lead-in to slip down to the top 20
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
I was coming here to post that! Joey always seemed to me like a bad idea for a spin off, but then again I thought Two and a Half Men was a stupid idea for a sitcom. xp
The color coding on that chart was amazing.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
really, who the fuck knows how Community would do if it was stuck between a modern Seinfeld and ER
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
it MIGHT actually be bigger than Veronica's Closet!
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol i remember looking forward to harper valley - 'finally a new show for barbara eden!' i was apparently too young to be angry about them moving my beloved buck rogers.
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
nbc is totally begging wendie malick to come back for a pilot i bet
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link