Talk about Community here

[Eat Poop You Cat]

Don't get me wrong, I have loved each and every episode of Community right from episode 1, but this one treated the cast like they were impressions of the cast we've gotten to know and the writer had been an intern with not much to do.

[ortolan]

Don't get me wrong, I have loved each and every episode of Community right from episode 1, but this one treated the cast like they were impressions of the cast we've gotten to know and the writer had been an intern with not much to do.

That's funny, I felt the same way about the Glee club episode

[Nexus]

Almost wet myself laughing at this.

[noraaa]

^that sent me into a gigglefit.

[Nexus]

[ortolan]

Yer that was probably the best part of the ep (minus the Doctor Who twink part)

[CooLDoG]

Don't get me wrong, I have loved each and every episode of Community right from episode 1, but this one treated the cast like they were impressions of the cast we've gotten to know and the writer had been an intern with not much to do.

Yeah, I can sorta agree with this. Thursday's are the best day on TV... That's in 4 days!

[CooLDoG]

I love this show. Also, this is a test post. See my help topic.

Wonder what tomorrow's show is going to be about. From the ads that they are running it looks good.

[Porochaz]

blanket forts!

[noraaa]

tonight tonight tonight, woahhhh

[glowball]

The current Troy and Abed storyline is getting me down.

[Drench]

and that is how you do product placement right.

[glowball]

blatantly obvious?

[Drench]

no not like that

"i love you, subway!"

is the type of thing that i was talking about

[BBmolla]

Shirley being a part of the sabotage of Subway felt a bit out of character to me, even if they fixed it later by having her say "I don't want to be a part of this."

In addition, I felt Annie's outburst about Kim being a dude out of character as well. That made zero sense to me.

Also, Jeff forgetting Kim at the end was a bit silly. Like I get the joke, but I feel like it would have been just as effective if he had actually said "I'm just kidding" because then we'd feel like he actually grew this episode instead of somehow having crazy short term amnesia.

In general I felt like the characters were parodying themselves as opposed to being themselves.

The Troy and Abed plot is alright. I'm just wondering how long they're going to drag this plot out though. Without Troy and Abed doing crazy antics together, the show seems almost... dark.

Eh. Maybe I'm just over reacting.

[Pine]

On the contrary, I'm quite enamored of the current Troy/Abed story. They're growing, and it's a serious threat to their relationship. Dark is good.

[DarthYoshi]

In addition, I felt Annie's outburst about Kim being a dude out of character as well. That made zero sense to me.

I actually thought it made perfect sense--it was blatantly obvious that "Kim" is a proxy for Annie in this plot--when Annie is defending Kim, Annie is really thinking about herself, her lingering feelings for Jeff, and how Jeff moved on from her between S1 and S2. So, when Kim turns out to be a dude, Annie isn't left with that leg to stand on and lashes out.

Entirely unrelated: MOAR VICE DEAN LAYBOURNE PLEEZE.

[BBmolla]

In addition, I felt Annie's outburst about Kim being a dude out of character as well. That made zero sense to me.

I actually thought it made perfect sense--it was blatantly obvious that "Kim" is a proxy for Annie in this plot--when Annie is defending Kim, Annie is really thinking about herself, her lingering feelings for Jeff, and how Jeff moved on from her between S1 and S2. So, when Kim turns out to be a dude, Annie isn't left with that leg to stand on and lashes out.

Entirely unrelated: MOAR VICE DEAN LAYBOURNE PLEEZE.

That makes sense I guess, I just don't even know if the Jeff/Annie thing is still going on. They've been kind have ignoring it, no?

[glowball]

On the contrary, I'm quite enamored of the current Troy/Abed story. They're growing, and it's a serious threat to their relationship. Dark is good.

It's tearing me apart!

[Porochaz]

I really enjoyed this weeks episode. I was slightly disappointed by the lack of actual blanket fortage and actually troy and abeds story in general (minus dean ladybourne) disappointed. Fortunately the Britta/Shirley/Pierce storyline was really good. Even if I don't see Shirley going that far with the plan (although I do see her wanting to take down Subway). The Jeff/Annie story was good as well, using Kim as a conduit for what Annie felt was a good way of telling the story.

That said even with the storylines progressing in some areas, I feel we're treading water a bit now. I want the kind of episode that I fell in love with towards the end of season 1. Hopefully the next episode will bring back some of the great memories I have of the first blanket fort episode. As Abed said in what was meant to be (I think) a cool meta reference, but in actuality sounded ridiculous and totally out of place... to be continued.

[noraaa]

You need conflict to build better characters and storylines. If Troy and Abed never had spats they'd never discover what they want out of each other and grow.

Also agree not enough actual fort.

[BBmolla]

I liked the episode a lot more the second time around.

[xRECKONERx]

I honestly think it was a weak episode... but then again, it was a 2-pt episode. Can't judge it completely yet.

Also saw an awesome idea today that S3 is building up to the "dark timeline" taking over the timeline we see. Notice the amount o' goatees popping up in recent episodes?

[glowball]

I liked the episode a lot more the second time around.

This.

I especially love the opening scene with the Dean, which I missed the first time around. The part right before the opening credits is hilarious.

Also... this

[xRECKONERx]

Yeah, he also is probably not coming back next season.