Community (TV Series) Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television (2015) User Reviews

I can't count the reasons I should stay, one by one they all just fade away...

[jesseyawara · 10/10 · 2 June 2015]

This was my trip down memory lane... This show was introduced to me by a friend at the end of season four. I watched it with much enjoyment and happiness for the show, but the show faced many problems... Chevy Chase, and Donald Glover leaves the scene, the change in director in season 4 (the return of the director in season 5, lol), and cancellation announcement of the show. Despite that, the fan riled, the community wanted more, and the show continued. This episode was an episode directly aimed at the people who stuck with the show. It may be tedious to some, and confusing to others, but for me and the cults that followed this ride, it was a masterpiece. It made me reminisce everything that happened, and feel content with what happens. The lyrics "I can't count the reasons I should stay, one by one they all just fade away..." played several times in the episode, and in a sense this show does just that.

An emotional, tearful, heartfelt goodbye

[charlie-bell133 · 10/10 · 2 June 2015]

(Light Spoilers)

All I'm going to say is that this episode may very well be the last we see of the group before the movie, and that's not a bad thing in my opinion. It was a truly tearful ending where the group discuss ideas for a season 7 when in reality they're all just happy to have one another.

The ending scene with the board game started off funny and took a seriously emotional turn when creator Dan Harmon practically wrote out his feelings for us fans, and it was great, no show has ever gone where Community has and I think that's what has kept it going all these years revival after revival.

#andamovie

I was no ready for this <3

[segle · 10/10 · 2 June 2015]

I love closure, I love when series finally come to an end and specially if it was way overdue. Community was not the case, Community is a show (maybe) that could go on no matter what, it survived everything, it twisted everything, it messed with our idea of what a show can and/or should be. This made Community perfect, even with some meh episodes or just season four in general. However, this finale was one of the most perfect I've seen in any series, it was emotional and clever in so many ways that it really caught me off guard.

The episode left me with tears, laughter and an existential crisis. I'm so glad I was able to get in this ride from the beginning and to be a part of what was a turning point for what "TV shows are supposed to be about". It will remain in my heart dearly and I really hope for that movie, I don't care what it is, it will be what it will have to be and I'll enjoy it no matter what.

Love everyone and specially you Dan Harmon, thank you for this.

CoolCoolCoolCool(*fart)CoolCool

#andamovie

Here I am, 2 years later.

[beto-zorato · 17 February 2017]

So here I am, almost two years later after the last episode aired. I have watched this episode on a few different occasions now, and every time i watched it something relatable with the end of the show was happening in my life. This time I thought a lot about Jeff. He was a player who didn't care about anyone and didn't had any friends, until he met those wonderful weird people; It was really sad watching him watching all the people he had grown fond of leaving him and moving on. At the end of the episode I was crying so much I may have ruined my couch with all the tears.

What can I say? I care about them. I care about every single one of them. I want them to be happy. Who says I can't do that because they're not real? They're real to me. We do that because we see a part of ourselves in each character, and that's cuz the writers/producers/actors did such an amazing job giving life to them. I can't never thank them enough for making this show and bringing such joy to me and i'm sure millions of people too.

I know the show had some ups and downs (gas leak year cof cof), but it was always perfect to me. And I'm gonna keep watching it for as long as I can, because I miss them. The Dean most of all.

Anyway, I got off-topic.

The last episode was one of the most heartbreaking things I've seen in a comedy show, and one of the funniest in the show. I loved the F- Bombs hehe

PS: STILL WAITING FOR THE MOVIE.

Beautifully meta with tons of closure. Perfection.

[jaykerr80 · 10/10 · 2 June 2015]

Ever since Yahoo picked up the show for a sixth season, fans have been going wild at the possibilities for the future. We finally got a season six, but what about more? What about a movie? Will the actors even return? All of these questions were acknowledged in the season 6 finale, but obviously with a classic Community twist.

When you have a show as meta as this, with a character as meta as Abed, it pays to utilise these things. And Dan Harmon did. The fans have a million questions and more to ask about what could possibly happen in the season 6 finale. We're not sure if Yahoo want to renew the show, whether the actors want to return, or even if Dan Harmon has the energy to keep the show alive. So this episode was a damn important one in terms of getting answers.

To answer these questions efficiently, Abed asks the group to imagine what a potential season 7 could be like. Imagine reddit's hypothetical speculation condensed into an episode and you're pretty close to imagining what "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television" is getting at.

Multiple realities are explored, including the infamous "Jeff and Annie" timeline which Jeff self-destructively imagines. Annie walks in and this tension is finally acknowledged. They kiss for one last time after coming to terms with the fact that their relationship couldn't really work at this point. The group walks in after a throwback to Chang's popular "ha, GAY" comment and they hug it out for one last time in the study room.

Annie leaves for an internship with the FBI, and Abed moves to LA to work as a PA on a show he describes as a cross between "30 Rock", "The IT Crowd" and, well, him. The closure we get is undeniably sweet, and I think this could fare extremely well as a series finale. I'd love more, but I think a movie could easily take place after the characters settle into their new lives after Greendale.

After all, it's still all out in the open - anything could happen. That's what Dan Harmon is brilliant at. After 5 years with NBC not knowing if the show's continued existence was secure, he's learned how to tie up the show without doing so completely. So, season 7? Who knows? It's out of our hands - too many variables.

#andamovie

Such a beautiful ending to a brilliant show.

[yassh611 · 10/10 · 12 June 2015]

This might as well be the best episode of any comedy show to date, and easily the best finale ever.

As the group tries to pitch their ideas for a season 7, we see how all the characters feel about the future, and the loyal fans of this who would get all the references made here will find this a treat and have a trip down memory lane.

It's amazing how the show has carried itself through all the hurdles it has faced, from a few actors leaving, to Dan Harmon leaving and coming back. But the last season gained it's original rhythm back, and what we had was a finale so meta, so brilliant and yet so emotional in its goodbye. The finale that the show and its fans deserved is here!

This might be the greatest episode of TV ever.

[dabkowskij · 10/10 · 2 June 2015]

This episode is an emotional one. We see Shirley again, and "that's nice." Seth Green appears, which is pretty funny. But, in the end, this episode is great not because of the humor, but because of the emotion. Abed's speech about TV is heartbreaking. I've heard complaints about Troy not appearing, but I'm glad that he did not.(No offense Donald). The fact that the episode has no cameos(minus Shirley, however that one works as this is the first season without her, and she appears in a cameo in the first episode) is what makes it work. The wow factor would take away from the meta humor of Community. In short, watch with tissues, and if you haven't seen all of Community, don't watch it yet.

#andamovie

[safenoe · 10/10 · 5 August 2020]

I've seen almost every episode of Community at least twice, and countless scenes on YouTube. What can I say about this final episode that everyone else has rightly applauded (although I know someone gave a 1/10 so freedom of speech I guess). Hopefully there will be a movie that bring back Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown, and who knows Chevy Chase in a dream sequence or flashback if he can make peace with Dan Harmon please. The emotional punch of Jeff staring at the study table, and his double hug of Abed really got to me. Lord Huron's song to wrap up this fine series was way too good #sixseasonsandamovie.

The Perfect End To A Perfect Show

[minefinder101 · 10/10 · 3 June 2015]

I myself have watched community for the past year and I was lucky enough to find a provider with up to date episodes. From the minute I began this show I knew it was for me in every way possible. But like everything else it must come to a end. This was the perfect ending for the season and series possibly. It starts at Greendale and it is the end of the year. The group is eagerly waiting for paperwork to be finished so the can go celebrate the year. When it is done they go to a bar and as any true fan knows the running gag at the end of every season is 6 seasons and a movie. Well it has been 6 seasons and time for a end so what is Abed going to do you might ask. Well he of course is gonna do the meta thing and ask everyone's ideas for a season 7 pitch. This reminds me of my favorite episode where Annie moves in with troy and Abed and they play Jenga which lead to different outcomes of the night. Then Elroy says he is leaving and then Annie and the Abed. This sends Jeff into a fear of losing everyone in the group. The end is a bitter sweet ending with Jeff sending Annie and Abed off to the airport and having a emotional moment with Abed. He then goes back to the bar and the rest of the group is there and it is happy but emotional. This episode was one of the first to include the F word and we found out that Chang is actually Gay. This may very well be the last time we see the group as a whole before the movie or at all if the movie never happens but for a show that has come back from many cancellation and bought by a web show sight it would be hard to kill the idea for a movie especially since the end of the episode included a #andamovie.

Community's ending fit the shows tone perfectly

[fai-90435 · 10/10 · 13 April 2020]

Before last week I had no idea about this show besides the Chang memes that roamed the internet back then. After a 6 season binge watch I hesitated to even start the final episode. I tried to slow myself with the seasons but I just couldn't stop because of how well the characters and episodes were (except the gas leak year). But it all comes full circle this episode. The gang are allowed to daydream what their version of season 7 (year 7) would be. Each persons version of season 7 fits their personalities and motivations as a character perfectly. It's all silly thoughts until it's Jeff's turn which is when the emotional levels of the episode hit. Until Annie arrived with news that she would have to move for an internship at the FBI, that's when Jeff starts to take season 7 seriously. Having not wanting to be part of he study group at the start of the show, he sees the study group as his family and the never ending thought that he will be the last one left in the group while everyone eventually will leave him and be replaced except for him. He takes the thought of season 7 seriously and asks everyone to try and get jobs at Greendale like him but Annie and Abed have to decline due to their personal lives and he leaves in panic of that people would eventually leave. Jeff and Annie reunite at 'study room f' and finally kiss but are unable to be together under the circumstances. The show doesn't give the satisfaction of them being together because it would be too predictable so they the heartbreaking kiss satisfies enough with Chang revealing that he is 'legit gay' within a group hug. At the airport Jeff drops off Annie and Abed but decides to hug Abed twice showing how thankful he is for Abed and reminding the audience that he was really his first friend when he started at Greendale. Community was really one of the most creative shows and experimental of its time and most definitely was streets ahead than other shows. The finale will hit you in the feels because of how far these characters have come.

Now this is how you end a show. A perfectly written, meta and emotional ending.

[tylercooper190 · 10/10 · 5 May 2020]

I love season 6 so much! It took the first couple episodes to adjust to the new episode lengths, but i loved it. In my opinion, season 6 is the most meta and most self aware season. Chang hasn't been properly utilised... and he acknowledges that. What happened to that pierce hologram? That only Jeff saw?! Why are they still at community college? People leave all the time. Abed has almost recovered from Troy leaving. And now Shirley 'spinning off'. I LOVE this season and it's meta ways.

This season is all about change (or should I say Chang) the characters are preparing for the end. Especially Jeff. He knows that everyone will eventually leave him. His character arc has gone full circle! To only caring about himself, to caring about himself... and others.

But that scene at the end, of Jeff looking at the table... he doesn't have to say anything... and we instantly feel what he's feeling.

We've seen Jeff evolve. And now he comes to terms with the fact that; it's all ending. And accepting change, is okay...

And that double hug with Abed at the end. Abed is so confused by it, he's unsure why he hugged again. But that's Jeff's way of thanking him. Seeing his... 'value'. Jeff May have started the study group, but Abed was the guy who found the people.

TROY I MISSED TROY!

[aanshovon · 9/10 · 7 May 2020]

It wouldve been a10 out 10 episode if troy came back

Bit too meta

[todors-marko · 7/10 · 5 March 2021]

It just doesn't have the charm of the first four seasons and it shows. And there is way too many meta jokes. One per season should be enough but in last few episodes there have been way too many.

So, where's Britta's ending?

[badreviewer · 2/10 · 5 July 2021]

It's unbelievable. In the final scene at the airport, Britta wasn't there, as if she hadn't been friends with Annie and Abed for the past 6 years, as if she were an add-on to the show. She was one of the last 4 members, but she wasn't there when her friends were leaving, as if she wasn't there FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

And we see what the other members of the main group will do. Annie will be an intern at the FBI, Abed will go to Los Angeles, and Jeff will likely be in Greendale for many more years.

But what about Britta? What will she do? I mean it doesn't matter whether it's a big ending or not, but unlike the other main group members, what she will do next is never mentioned.

A farewell scene without Britta, and she doesn't even have an ending of her own. As if it wasn't enough how they turned her into an empty-headed person and how they made her the butt of the joke all the time; they also didn't even bother to create an end for her.

Not cool.

Coolcoolcool ending, Coolcoolcool Show.

[gceorge47 · 2 June 2015]

A show is supposed to grasp their audience. Give them a feeling that they will remember and tell others about the next day. Community is not a show. It is not just any show. It grabbed their audience with their meta-humor hand and gave them a remarkable and beyond memorable feeling, that some shows beg to have. The show developed from a story about a rag tag group of people who want to get their diplomas to an adventure like no other TV show or movie could take you on. The show bend the laws of sitcoms and television in general and made a whole new genre of television. One genre that no other show or movie could ever copy. This ending changed it all. It brought it to a bright and happy yet very sad end, but also opened it to so much more. This show has taught me a lot, but now by watching this finale I have learned the most valuable lesson of all. I don't have friends. I don't have family. I have a Community.

...and a movie

[nakrugt · 10/10 · 29 September 2022]

I think this is my 20th time watching the whole show, and I know each time very well how it is going to end. It will make me sad and happy at the same time. It will make me laugh and think. It will help me forget the outside world for a while in 20-minute segments.

It will make me hate the world and the show then. It will make question the quality of anything else I dare watch.

Nonetheless, I start again, and I enjoy, and I get sad, and I smile, and I return to the immensely disappointing existence of real world.

However, in terms of art, or TV, whatever you call it, this show does not disappoint me, ever.

I find myself lucky to have watched it while it was airing in 2009-2015. I think I discovered it in 2011 during its second season. I felt the same things back then, as well.

When all the sitcoms on US TV are considered, this show is, I think, is one of the best, if not the best one yet. Definitely along with "That '70s Show" and "Two Guys and a Girl and a Pizza Place".

During the pandemic, I watched the darkest timeline podcast and their table read, which was hilarious. They mentioned the possibility of the movie.

Six seasons and a movie... still waiting...

Best ending to a Once in a lifetime show.

[muktadir-88284 · 10/10 · 14 September 2020]

I can't express how much i love this show. the characters, writing everything was so good. the beginning of the finale was funny but the last 5 min was so emotional and i cried a lot. Jeff was the one who actually tried to score Britta and at the end he actually fell for Annie and he knows they can't be together, that broke my heart. and the hugging of course. when Jeff hugged Abed once, that was for goodbye, but the second time, it was for " Thank you for everything. I see your value now. "



We're not just a study Group. I therefore pronounce you a 'Community' #sixseasonandamovie

Wow...

[neamdavda · 10/10 · 19 January 2020]

I expected this episode to be good, I expected this episode to be great but this episode was the perfect ending of a show I could of asked for. Honestly, I'm glad that Donald Glover wasn't in this because I thought his farewell was sweet and had the right amount of heart and it felt like everyone has moved on even as of writing this I feel like he could have been in the episode

Maybe the best sitcom ever

[jamiephilipson · 10/10 · 13 August 2018]

In a world full of same old same old tv. Where ever sitcom is the same community is different. Bar the first 4/5 eps ever ep is a gem and worth watching. Even season 4 the gas leak season has some amazing moment. Don't rewatch friend again watch something much better

Time to cry again

[dnivie91 · 10/10 · 21 January 2022]

I relive the same loop every time I watch this show. And it always ends the same way. Saying goodbye to friends. Great finale.

But where the heck is the movie?

One of the best.

[enatd · 10/10 · 9 August 2020]

This is the first piece of media to ever make me CRY! Sure, I've gotten tearful at episodes of other shows like Last Words (HIMYM) but this was the first to get the tears to fall.

Some will complain that Troy/Donald Glover wasn't there and, yeah I was upset he wasn't there, but not angry. The cameo's of Seth Green, Justin Roiland and Yvette were some of the best in the series. The scene where Abed is talking about how TV will never leave on a boat with LeVar Burton was the one line that made me start crying.

Jeff looking at the study table, Annie and Abed leaving Jeff at the airport and Jeff coming into the bar to see the three main side characters (of season 6: Frankie, Chang and Craig) all sitting together was a nice touch and just the overall feeling of the show (at least for me) was 'No Man Left Behind' and to see Jeff be the only one left at Greendale as part of the study group was another kick in the gut.

Overall 10/10 ending. As soon as it was done, I started all over again. #sixseasonsandamovie.

the best show ever

[strongside1706 · 10/10 · 7 August 2020]

As this is my favorite show, i am always on a continuous loop of chronologically binging episodes. watching this episode is hard, i wish it could go on forever. i respect their meta way of telling us how they COULD make it continue but would it be good? would it be worth it? through all of their season 7 pitches. so i understand why it must end but every time i get to this episode and jeff hugs abed twice as he drops them off at the airport, i can't help but get choked up, finish the episode and immediately start season 1 all over again so the world feels right again.

Made Up for the Rest of the Season

[aussiehalifax · 10/10 · 16 October 2022]

I binged all six seasons of this show in 6 days, and I enjoyed every moment. Although the rest of the 6th season is not at the same level as the first 4, this final episode makes up for it. The concept of the episode is what Community was all about.

It may not have been the ending we want, e.g. "Happily Ever After" type of thing, but the writing of Jeff and Annie's never to-be love story all culminating in the most emotional scene of the show, was immaculate. I could not hold back my tears.

It may not be the best episode of the series, regarding concept, humour and characters, (Remedial Chaos Theory if you're asking me), but it manages to encapsulate everything that we love about Community, when the rest of the season struggled to.

Not an ending

[chunkylefunga · 2/10 · 1 March 2022]

Well that was rubbish.

The writers clearly didn't know how to end the show and just rambled on for 20 minutes about nonsense.

The show really took a nosedive after half the original cast left and the writers just didn't know what to do anymore.

Glad the show has finally finished, just a shame it was allowed to limp on for soo long.

S6: Covers its losses well, and produces an on-form final season which is funny, clever, meta, and neat

[bob the moo · 21 February 2017]

I watched this sixth season knowing it was the last of the run – and that any film version is very unlikely to follow. I'm not sure if this was known to those making it, but certainly the season has a relaxed feel of bringing things together and being honest about the comparative weaknesses it now has. There is a lot of meta humor throughout the season – the norm for the show, but it seems more frequent and pointed than previous seasons. The episodes are well balanced. In the fifth season there were too many "event" episodes where it was a big standalone thing, or had a big name in a role, however in this season it seems much more a collection of weird happenings.

Not all the episodes work as well as the others, but generally the quality is pretty high and as a fan of the show it felt to me that it was on more of the tracks that had made me originally enjoy it so much. This is quite an achievement when you look at the cast, because three of the originals have left for other things, and a replacement added to the fifth season has also left. The writers make good on this, with inside jokes and generally balancing the material across the cast. The addition of Brewster as Frankie works better than I expected, but never feels totally part of the show. The remainder do well, and Keith David does well as the replacement for the replacement. Otherwise the rest of the cast are good, and some nice interplays step up to replace those lost.

It is the writing that makes the cast able to deliver well though. It is smart, funny, self-aware, and able to make us care for the characters while also having a dark edge (in particular to some of the 'credits' sequences). The fourth season may have been weak, but the fifth and sixth made it worth coming back, and in particular this season produces a fitting way for the show to bow out – with the last episode working on many levels.