Community

The students of Greendale Community College learn lessons about life, love, and the many, many different genres in this comedy series.

Thursdays, 8 PM ET, NBC

Current Season: 4 - Total Episodes: 82
Highest Rated: Ep 5, Season 2

“Advanced Introduction To Finality”

by Todd VanDerWerff May 9, 2013 -

They saved the worst for last!

“Heroic Origins”

by Todd VanDerWerff May 2, 2013 -

A pretty good episode of a pretty okay season makes us wonder what the show wants to be.

B+

“Basic Human Anatomy”

by Todd VanDerWerff April 25, 2013 -

The show somehow does a body-swapping episode that isn't the worst thing ever.

B-

“Intro To Knots”

by Todd VanDerWerff April 18, 2013 -

A disappointing Christmas episode saps its momentum with too much exposition.

Ep. 13, Season 4
“Advanced Introduction To Finality”
Ep. 12, Season 4
“Heroic Origins”
Ep. 11, Season 4
“Basic Human Anatomy”
Ep. 10, Season 4
“Intro To Knots”

Features Reviews

Season

newest oldest

"Pascal's Triangle Revisited"
Episode 25

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B
"English as a Second Language"
Episode 24

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A-
"Modern Warfare"
Episode 23

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A
"The Art of Discourse"
Episode 22

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B
"Contemporary American Poultry"
Episode 21

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A-
"The Science of Illusion"
Episode 20

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A-
"Beginner Pottery"
Episode 19

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B
"Basic Genealogy"
Episode 18

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B-
"Physical Education"
Episode 17

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A-
"Communication Studies"
Episode 16

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B
"Romantic Expressionism"
Episode 15

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A
"Interpretive Dance"
Episode 14

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B
"Investigative Journalism"
Episode 13

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A-
"Comparative Religion"
Episode 12

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A
"Politics of Human Sexuality"
Episode 11

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B+
"Environmental Science"
Episode 10

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A-
"Debate 109"
Episode 9

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A
"Home Economics"
Episode 8

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B+
"Introduction to Statistics"
Episode 7

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A-
"Football, Feminism and You"
Episode 6

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B-
"Advanced Criminal Law"
Episode 5

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C+
"Social Psychology"
Episode 4

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B+
"Introduction to Film"
Episode 3

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B
"Spanish 101"
Episode 2

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A-
"Pilot"
Episode 1

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B+

"For A Few Paintballs More"
Episode 24

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A
"A Fistful of Paintballs"
Episode 23

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A-
"Applied Anthropology And Culinary Arts"
Episode 22

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B+
"Paradigms Of Human Memory"
Episode 21

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A
"Competitive Wine Tasting"
Episode 20

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B-
"Critical Film Studies"
Episode 19

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A
"Custody Law And Eastern European Diplomacy"
Episode 18

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A-
"Intro To Political Science"
Episode 17

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B+
"Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking"
Episode 16

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A
"Early 21st Century Romanticism"
Episode 15

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A-
"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"
Episode 14

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A
"Celebrity Pharmacology 212"
Episode 13

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B
"Asian Population Studies"
Episode 12

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B+
"Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"
Episode 11

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A
"Mixology Certification"
Episode 10

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A
"Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design"
Episode 9

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A-
"Cooperative Calligraphy"
Episode 8

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A
"Aerodynamics of Gender"
Episode 7

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B+
"Epidemiology"
Episode 6

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A
"Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples"
Episode 5

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A
"Basic Rocket Science"
Episode 4

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B
"The Psychology of Letting Go"
Episode 3

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A-
"Accounting for Lawyers"
Episode 2

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A-
"Anthropology 101"
Episode 1

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B+

“Digital Estate Planning” / “The First Chang Dynasty” / “Introduction To Finality”
Episode 20-22

The series closes out its third season with three very different episodes, including a fantastic finale. (Part of Best of TV Club.)
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A-
“Curriculum Unavailable”
Episode 19

The show revisits one of its best theme episodes... and improves upon it.
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A
“Course Listing Unavailable”
Episode 18

The group mourns a classmate, and the specter of serialization threatens the show.
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B-
“Basic Lupine Urology”
Episode 17

Everybody goes all Law & Order when a yam is smashed in a very funny parody episode.
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A-
“Virtual Systems Analysis”
Episode 16

Annie and Abed head into the Dreamatorium in a complicated, emotionally complex episode
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A
“Origins of Vampire Mythology”
Episode 15

Britta gets a showcase in an episode with a strong emotional core.
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B+
“Pillows And Blankets”
Episode 14

The war between Troy and Abed boils over to take over the entire campus in a fascinating stylistic departure.
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A
“Digital Exploration Of Interior Design”
Episode 13

The Greendale crew goes to war and falls in love with corpo-humanoids.
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B+
“Contemporary Impressionists”
Episode 12

The comedy gets a little too broad, but the relationship stuff is great as always.
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B
“Urban Matrimony And Sandwich Arts”
Episode 11

The show returns with its most confident non-concept episode in over a year.
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A-
“Regional Holiday Music”
Episode 10

Community offers a festive, merry Christmas episode. See you in 2012.
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A
“Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism”
Episode 9

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A-
“Documentary Filmmaking: Redux”
Episode 8

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A
“Studies In Modern Movement”
Episode 7

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B
“Advanced Gay”
Episode 6

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B+
“Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps”
Episode 5

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A-
“Remedial Chaos Theory”
Episode 4

For too many people, the easiest thing to do is assume everything sucks. Becoming passionate about something—really loving it—requires putting yourself on the line.
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A
“Competitive Ecology”
Episode 3

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B+
“Geography Of Global Conflict”
Episode 2

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B
“Biology 101”
Episode 1

We tell ourselves the hardest thing to do is fall in love. The idea is that if you find someone who will love you forever, you can partner off with them until the end of time, and then everything will be just fine. The great romantic comedies always end ...
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B+

“Advanced Introduction To Finality”
Episode 13

They saved the worst for last!
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D
“Heroic Origins”
Episode 12

A pretty good episode of a pretty okay season makes us wonder what the show wants to be.
-
B
“Basic Human Anatomy”
Episode 11

The show somehow does a body-swapping episode that isn't the worst thing ever.
-
B+
“Intro To Knots”
Episode 10

A disappointing Christmas episode saps its momentum with too much exposition.
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B-
“Intro To Felt Surrogacy”
Episode 9

A bright, happy episode is also the best Community of the fourth season so far.
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A-
“Herstory Of Dance”
Episode 8

Britta shines in a funny and refreshing episode of Community.
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B+
“Economics of Marine Biology”
Episode 7

There's still plenty of messiness, but it feels vaguely like the show of old. Baby steps!
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B
“Advanced Documentary Filmmaking”
Episode 6

Abed breaks out the documentary cameras again in an episode with a stronger story than others have had this season.
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B
“Cooperative Escapism In Familial Relations”
Episode 5

The show spends a solid Thanksgiving episode with families lost and found.
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B+
“Alternative History Of The German Invasion”
Episode 4

A disappointing episode fails the first rule of comedy: It doesn't make us laugh.
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C
“Conventions Of Space And Time”
Episode 3

A trip to an Inspector Spacetime convention suffers from the input of too many Abeds.
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C-
“Paranormal Parentage”
Episode 2

A solid episode offers a strong foundation to build upon going forward.
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B+
“History 101”
Episode 1

It’s okay, to be sure, but it’s not itself anymore either.
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B

Fall schedule announcement: NBC moves a bunch of stuff around, then quietly weeps in a corner
Parks And Rec goes to Thursdays at 8, because that's worked so well in the past.
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Deadline floats report Dan Harmon may return to Community because it wants hits, and so do we
Also, we discuss quantum physics.
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UPDATED: Community renewed for 13-episode fifth season
Hey, you remember that thing where NBC was all, “Oh, we’re going to pick up shows with broader appeal, because we’re tired of being the network with niche comedies only watched by niches?” Yeah, about that… To go along with ...
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Watch Donald Glover, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, and The Wire's Andre Royo buy records
They're like record store clerks, but nicer and more talented.
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Upfronts update: Fox picks up nine new shows, most about cops
With network upfronts just next week, this would normally be the time when said networks started picking up new shows and canceling old ones willy-nilly.
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Is this Community’s final finale? It could go either way at this point
Is this Community’s final finale? It could go either way at this point. Also: The Office takes over more Thursday-night real estate before it leaves forever and Glee makes sure you forever associate the word “Catfish” with 2013.
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Parks And Recreation closes out another season with a case only Burt Macklin can solve
Parks And Recreation calls upon FBI super-agent Burt Macklin to solve its season-ending mystery. Also: America’s favorite flustered Chicago psychologist and/or flustered Vermont innkeeper visits The Big Bang Theory.
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As you know, in TV Club, you’re either in or you’re out—and Project Runway is on its way out
As you know, in TV Club, you’re either in or you’re out—and Project Runway is on its way out. Also: The Originals sneak through The Vampire Diaries backdoor and the lights go out on Lima.
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Newly crowned Internet folk hero Patton Oswalt headlines an hour of Parks And Recreation
Newly crowned Internet folk hero Patton Oswalt headlines an hour of Parks And Recreation. Also: Christmas in April in Greendale and Hannibal comes up against a foe who’s wasting perfectly good organs.
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Scrubs took its time to make a musical episode, but made it count
The medical comedy was bound to make an all-singing, all-dancing half-hour—all it needed was an assist from the Avenue Q guys.
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Let’s save network television!
Sadly, the solution doesn’t involve being like cable.
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Jon Hamm says “If you’re looking for me / You better check the Archer finale”
Jon Hamm says “If you’re looking for me / You better check the Archer finale” Also: The Greendale student body is suddenly made of felt—did this also affect the elevators at Dunder Mifflin?
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Hungry for new TV? A glutton for viewing options? Not Hannibal—because he eats people, you see
Hungry for new TV? A glutton for viewing options? Not Hannibal—he eats people. Also: Ice clown returns to hometown (sans town crown) on Parks And Recreation and Fox comedies on a different night.
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Raising Hope ends its third season on special night at special time—but there’s no need to panic
Raising Hope ends its third season on special night at special time—but there’s no need to panic. Also: Runway goes gag for Guggenheim, and Archer hijacks the Popemobile.
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Giancarlo Esposito on Revolution and bullying Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad
“Mickey [Rourke] circled me like a dog. He circled me twice, like he was smelling me.”
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The Vampire Diaries bites into the Big Apple
The Vampire Diaries bites into the Big Apple.
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No, this is The Office episode that was the pilot for The Farm
No, this is The Office episode that was the pilot for The Farm. Also: Archer goes nuclear while Person Of Interest goes to Atlantic City.
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Alison Brie says “dick” a bunch of times in service of promoting Nick Offerman’s new movie
She also packs weed into Offerman’s ass.
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The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic
The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic. Also: The 500th Glee cover (only 500?) and another chance to be let down by Community.
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Community is doing an all-puppet episode, with actual puppets
Not the metaphorical puppets they sometimes feel like now.
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Legit prepares you to welcome Andy Dick back into your living room—and your heart
The comedian does a basic-cable warm-up for Dancing With The Stars. Also: Minimal competition for Community and Archer goes Kitchen: Confidential.
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Sure, Community has changed… but it’s aging like any other sitcom
If Dan Harmon weren’t Dan Harmon, would people be cutting Community a little more slack?
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Watch Alison Brie sing a White Stripes cover while accompanied by the guy who played Draco Malfoy
Oh, why not?
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Ken Jeong is already looking for other shows beyond Community
He's looking to defect to Spy.
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Realizing there’s only so much February sweeps left, Parks And Recreation throws another surprise wedding
The Knope-Wyatt nuptials lead an hour of Parks And Rec. Also: Non-regular reviewers filling in on regularly covered shows like Community, The Big Bang Theory, and The Vampire Diaries.
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