Abed trying to 'shake the story' felt a bit contrived, but led to some clever and funny moments. Overall, I feel like his character isn't quite the same as the more apathetic but loveable Abed from previous seasons. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I connect with him a lot less this season. However, I love the pairing of Abed, Annie, and the Dean. Their dance at the end was so cute, and a really great way to break the tension of the previous scene with Jeff and Britta. While we're on the subject, I want to say that Britta is at her best here, a real person instead of the over exaggerated dumb blonde character she's devolved into. Jeff proposing to her does seem right, at least in the moment. Their chemistry is undeniable here, and I honestly rooted for them for the first time since the first season. They were both so happy. Also, side note, Chang being an absolutely useless antagonist is hilarious. When he wrote tomato on the paper instead of the information he overheard, I couldn't even handle it. I laughed a lot at this episode. Well done community.
6 Reviews
Nearly there
sharky_5510 April 2014
Warning: Spoilers
If you had told me that Jeff would propose to Britta any time apart from season 1, I would have laughed at the absurdity of that. That's what I felt like doing when it came up in this week's part 1 of the Season 5 finale. It isn't the first time they have been linked together with marriage. Their mock marriage that Abed set up in S2 was a great episode and showed us just how great their chemistry is, as did their drunken banter at Shirley and Andre's practice wedding. But did anyone really expect this from them?
It came out of nowhere and I still am hesitant to put a label on it, only because this is a 2 part episode. What I loved was their talk before making that big decision. It brings us back to earlier seasons where Britta wasn't dumb Britta and actually had legitimate concerns and feelings instead of being a joke. In many ways they are both flawed characters and they would be horrible together, but somehow I couldn't help but smile. Their talk really shows how much they care for each other and brings us back to the sole reason Jeff starting paying attention in Spanish, and how much he had evolved since then. What I think is going on is that an act of desperation on their part will fizzle out once everything is resolved next week.
It's nice to be brought back to the ground. This season's biggest weakness was the lack of outside story driving the plot forward. Too many concept episodes (though I can't blame Harmon) reduced our character's journeys forward and thus we really haven't had much legitimate issues that require a change in characterisation. The only instances would be Troy needing to find himself and leaving, and Abed reuniting briefly with Rachel. They still haven't really explored the effects of Troy's absence, and last week's ageing storyline for Jeff I guess won't be taken further. The consequences are that we get a lot less change from characters like Britta or Annie or Shirley or Chang, who haven't really been devoted a solid single episode story.
I think everyone caught the sly parallels to the #savegreendale and the plight of the show itself. We have been saying for so lone, six seasons and a movie! and we got ourselves this season, but it was nice to see those feelings and aspirations being mirrored in the episode itself. Like the study group loves and wants to save Greendale, we too have grown with the show and would hate to see it become a Subway University, so to speak.
This episode was actually quite funny. I haven't laughed as hard as I have at the property inspector and his hilarious spiel about what he actually does: What is defined as a dog? Let me tell you. The zany reactions to finding treasure from the Dean, Abed and Annie were so over the top I couldn't help laughing, as well as the classic Chang freak-out and selling his soul to Subway. What I didn't like was how easily he turned villain. It's a cheap way to manifest a antagonist and it is much like how he suddenly turned good in the back end of S4. It devalues much of what he has done as a member of save Greendale this season.
No one actually suspects that Greendale will be sold. But I think it will be an enjoyable ride anyway. Fingers crossed for Troy to suddenly and inexplicably show up, or for Pierce to rise again. Can I just say they nailed the post credit scene? Hilarious misdirection and playing on a common trope there, and we haven't really seen much of Hickey or Duncan which was nice. Only one episode of Community left, let's savour it.
It came out of nowhere and I still am hesitant to put a label on it, only because this is a 2 part episode. What I loved was their talk before making that big decision. It brings us back to earlier seasons where Britta wasn't dumb Britta and actually had legitimate concerns and feelings instead of being a joke. In many ways they are both flawed characters and they would be horrible together, but somehow I couldn't help but smile. Their talk really shows how much they care for each other and brings us back to the sole reason Jeff starting paying attention in Spanish, and how much he had evolved since then. What I think is going on is that an act of desperation on their part will fizzle out once everything is resolved next week.
It's nice to be brought back to the ground. This season's biggest weakness was the lack of outside story driving the plot forward. Too many concept episodes (though I can't blame Harmon) reduced our character's journeys forward and thus we really haven't had much legitimate issues that require a change in characterisation. The only instances would be Troy needing to find himself and leaving, and Abed reuniting briefly with Rachel. They still haven't really explored the effects of Troy's absence, and last week's ageing storyline for Jeff I guess won't be taken further. The consequences are that we get a lot less change from characters like Britta or Annie or Shirley or Chang, who haven't really been devoted a solid single episode story.
I think everyone caught the sly parallels to the #savegreendale and the plight of the show itself. We have been saying for so lone, six seasons and a movie! and we got ourselves this season, but it was nice to see those feelings and aspirations being mirrored in the episode itself. Like the study group loves and wants to save Greendale, we too have grown with the show and would hate to see it become a Subway University, so to speak.
This episode was actually quite funny. I haven't laughed as hard as I have at the property inspector and his hilarious spiel about what he actually does: What is defined as a dog? Let me tell you. The zany reactions to finding treasure from the Dean, Abed and Annie were so over the top I couldn't help laughing, as well as the classic Chang freak-out and selling his soul to Subway. What I didn't like was how easily he turned villain. It's a cheap way to manifest a antagonist and it is much like how he suddenly turned good in the back end of S4. It devalues much of what he has done as a member of save Greendale this season.
No one actually suspects that Greendale will be sold. But I think it will be an enjoyable ride anyway. Fingers crossed for Troy to suddenly and inexplicably show up, or for Pierce to rise again. Can I just say they nailed the post credit scene? Hilarious misdirection and playing on a common trope there, and we haven't really seen much of Hickey or Duncan which was nice. Only one episode of Community left, let's savour it.
One of the most underrated episodes
edfilmsuk29 July 2020
I don't quite know why, but I loved this episode.
Perhaps because it stuck to 'basics' and didn't rely on gimmicks, and just let the characters be themselves. And it was absurd in a believable way.
Some fine jokes in this episode, and as an Englishman I loved the epilogue with Hickey & Duncan bonding over Scunthorpe.
Abed was a bit uncharacteristically manic, but I could get on board with it.
Underrated for sure.
Perhaps because it stuck to 'basics' and didn't rely on gimmicks, and just let the characters be themselves. And it was absurd in a believable way.
Some fine jokes in this episode, and as an Englishman I loved the epilogue with Hickey & Duncan bonding over Scunthorpe.
Abed was a bit uncharacteristically manic, but I could get on board with it.
Underrated for sure.
Season 5
safenoe10 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Is it possible to reflectively look askance at season 5 maybe. I watched season 4 for the first time a few years after the season 4 hullaballoo with Dan's departure and so on. But surprisingly I found season 4 quite a reasonable season. Season 5, closing off with a Subway-themed two-partner, has Dan's DNA in it, but I wonder if season 5 would have ended differently if Dan knew there would be a season 6 for sure.
Six seasons and a movie please.
Six seasons and a movie please.
This is Another Giant Subway Commercial
daisyisabaker7 February 2021
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