Modern Espionage
- Episode aired May 19, 2015
- TV-Y
- 29m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
3.9K
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When a secret game of paintball occurs on campus, Frankie threatens to expel those who participate.When a secret game of paintball occurs on campus, Frankie threatens to expel those who participate.When a secret game of paintball occurs on campus, Frankie threatens to expel those who participate.
Mitchell Hurwitz
- Koogler
- (as Mitch Hurwitz)
Brittany Tuyet Soto
- Girl
- (as Brittany Soto)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the gala, the gang uses code names based on the names of actors who have played Batman: Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Adam West, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Voice of Diedrich Bader. The code they use to talk to the group at large is "Belfry", which is based on the phrase "bat in a belfry", meaning insanity. Britta is given the Batman themed codename of "Clooney" after the actor George Clooney who starred in Batman & Robin (1997). The film is generally considered to be the worst in the Batman franchise.
- GoofsIn the scene where Abed is showing the group the online server (from 6:43), the word 'ANALYSIS' is misspelt as 'ANANLYSIS' on the board behind Jeff.
- Quotes
Koogler: No shooting in here. The first rule of Club Club is that we are not a fight club. The second rule is that if you're a hot lady, you have to have sex with me. And then there's a bunch of rules and restrictions that they've just now been adding because of the lawsuits based on that second rule, which I'm not allowed to call a rule. That was my screw up.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Diminishing Returns: Fight Club (2018)
- SoundtracksDaybreak
Performed by Michael Haggins
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Great episode, stale conclusion
Once I saw the intro scene, I already knew that paintball was back in full swing. I didn't think I'd see another paintball episode, since season 4 pretty much ruined it for the rest of the show. But, this was established as a very entertaining episode. The new characters fit into it mostly well, and it was cool seeing a completely underground paintball game, as compared to the past where it was completely organized and everything was destroyed in an apocalyptic style. The sort of spy theme was great and the elevator scene too. Jeff and the Dean were two characters that I would least expect trying to chase down some City College villain, but it still works. The whole thing was building up to some grand conclusion, but just when it was about to reach, it failed.
A lot of shows have good episodes that set up very well, but end up having a bad conclusion. Community is not known to do this at all, but this was the time they did do it. I can see why they might have wanted to mix it up and not do another city college fight thing, but overall, the ending just felt so wasted. Frankie is a very confusing character. I will probably get some hate from saying this, but it's not like you can reply to it anyway. The problem with Frankie is that the writers are never sure what to do with her. Sometimes her role works, but often they just can't decide what she is supposed to be. In this episode she's supposed to be completely against paintball and that's the whole thing. At the end she catches them and tells them to stop, forgetting about the whole silverballz, city college, underground paintball game, all of it. Sure, the end scene when they're dressed as babies is kind of funny, but the conclusion was just so wasted in terms of its potential. This wasn't setup to be an episode about Frankie knowing what's right, so it shouldn't end as one.
A lot of shows have good episodes that set up very well, but end up having a bad conclusion. Community is not known to do this at all, but this was the time they did do it. I can see why they might have wanted to mix it up and not do another city college fight thing, but overall, the ending just felt so wasted. Frankie is a very confusing character. I will probably get some hate from saying this, but it's not like you can reply to it anyway. The problem with Frankie is that the writers are never sure what to do with her. Sometimes her role works, but often they just can't decide what she is supposed to be. In this episode she's supposed to be completely against paintball and that's the whole thing. At the end she catches them and tells them to stop, forgetting about the whole silverballz, city college, underground paintball game, all of it. Sure, the end scene when they're dressed as babies is kind of funny, but the conclusion was just so wasted in terms of its potential. This wasn't setup to be an episode about Frankie knowing what's right, so it shouldn't end as one.
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- greggkul
- Nov 11, 2022
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