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Community: season 1, episode 19
"Beginner Pottery"
March 19, 2010 - 12:03a.m.
It was a weird little episode of Community tonight. It was also - according to Jaime Weinman - an episode that was significantly out of production order, being bumped to the 19th episode to air after it was the 14th episode filmed ...
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Community: season 1, episode 18
"Basic Genealogy"
March 12, 2010 - 12:03a.m.
I wasn't really feeling this week's episode of Community. The show is at such a place where the cast can pretty much override some of the weaker stuff this episode does, so it's not a total loss ...
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Community: season 1, episode 17
"Physical Education"
March 4, 2010 - 11:03p.m.
So, I had the good fortune to attend the Community event at the Paley Festival last night, and while you can read my full report here, I got to see this episode before the panel, and it was interesting to ...
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Community: season 1, episode 16
"Communication Studies"
February 11, 2010 - 11:02p.m.
Look, you're about to learn something I'm not terribly proud of: I am really, really easy. Really easy. I pretty much just feel whatever the TV tells me to, and then I go to the Internet, and I ...
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Community: season 1, episode 15
"Romantic Expressionism"
February 4, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
"Romantic Expressionism" is one of my favorite episodes of Community so far, and I like it so much because it indulges in something that few other comedies on TV do: its ensemble cast. Practically every comedy on TV has an ...
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Community: season 1, episode 14
"Interpretive Dance"
January 22, 2010 - 12:01a.m.
Because I am vain and because God gave us the Internet, I have one of those Google alert things set up on my own name. (You're not supposed to admit this in public, I think, but the rest of ...
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Community: season 1, episode 13
"Investigative Journalism"
January 14, 2010 - 08:01p.m.
"Investigative Journalism" is simultaneously a sort of attempt to question just how much Jack Black you can take and a sly commentary on the way celebrity guest stars are used in sitcoms. Celebrity guest stars, of course, are the sort ...
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Community: season 1, episode 12
"Comparative Religion"
December 11, 2009 - 12:12a.m.
Christmas episodes are one of my TV critic Kryptonites. There's something about seeing the cast of even one of my least favorite shows cavorting near a tree and exchanging gifts that hits me right square in the heart. Christmas ...
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Community: season 1, episode 11
"Politics of Human Sexuality"
December 4, 2009 - 01:12a.m.
It's only been two weeks, but it feels like Community's been away a lot longer. And it's not like I particularly missed the show last Thursday. I mean, I love it, but I love eating much more ...
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Community: season 1, episode 10
"Environmental Science"
November 20, 2009 - 02:11a.m.
As it wraps up its appearances in November sweeps, Community is really on a roll. That's, by my count, four straight really good episodes, with at least three of them being all-time keepers (especially last week's terrific half ...
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Community: season 1, episode 9
"Debate 109"
November 13, 2009 - 01:11a.m.
"Debate 109" is the best episode of Community so far, and it shows that not only can the show tell funny stories about amusing characters, but it can tell new KINDS of funny stories about those characters. If it figures ...
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Community: season 1, episode 8
"Home Economics"
November 5, 2009 - 08:11p.m.
First of all, my apologies if I get any of the below wrong. I rely heavily on a DVR while writing these things, but this week, I’m hanging out in my hometown where my parents’ DVR only records one ...
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Community: season 1, episode 7
"Introduction to Statistics"
October 29, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
“What the hell, VanDerWerff?” some of you have been saying, in so many words. “Community is awesome! Why do you keep giving it B’s!” To that I say, yes, Community is awesome, and I keep giving it B’s ...
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Community: season 1, episode 6
"Football, Feminism and You"
October 22, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
“Football, Feminism and You” is the second of the two Community episodes that’s been bouncing around the NBC schedule for a while now, and while it isn’t as disappointing as last week’s episode, it still feels like ...
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Community: season 1, episode 5
"Advanced Criminal Law"
October 15, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
“Advanced Criminal Law” looks like it was originally scheduled to air a little earlier in the season and then got bumped back to this week for some reason, and it’s pretty clearly the most inconsistent episode of Community yet ...
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Community: season 1, episode 4
"Social Psychology"
October 9, 2009 - 01:10a.m.
In the past couple of weeks, the Internets have been swarmed by people arguing vociferously in comments boards (other than this one, for some reason) over whether or not Community or Modern Family is the big new comedy of the ...
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Community: season 1, episode 3
"Introduction to Film"
October 2, 2009 - 01:10a.m.
It’s taken all of three weeks, but even after this episode – probably the weakest the show has done yet – I’m starting to really fall for Community and fall hard. It’s been a long while since I’ve ...
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Community: season 1, episode 2
"Spanish 101"
September 25, 2009 - 12:09a.m.
I am not, by my nature, a “laugher.” I can appreciate a well-told joke, but usually with a smile and a nod. I may laugh politely in public, but I spend a lot of time finding things funny without actually ...
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Community: season 1, episode 1
"Pilot"
September 17, 2009 - 06:09p.m.
Community debuts tonight at 9:30 p.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. CDT on NBC.
In a lot of ways, Community reminds me of Glee. Both swing wildly between bitingly sarcastic and sweetly winning with little indication that they ...
