Community - Season 5 [US] Spoilers!!

IvaBigWun · 17-01-2014 9:20am

That was the funniest Bottle episode of any TV show Ive seen since Friends did their The One Where No One's Ready and is easily my favourite of season 5 so far.

Walter Goggins didnt disappoint (until arguably the end credits), there were one liners that made me laugh out loud (like Chang's

"I didn't just masturbate in the Study-Room. I masturbated *evvverywhere*

) and we got a great reason for Troy's departure (Abhed is going to have a proper meltdown next week).

This was the Community I know and love. A great episode.

PS: is Donald Glover leaving for good? Has he said why? I know he's said its not because of his buoying musical career. He is, for me, the best thing about the show

FlyingIrishMan · 17-01-2014 9:35am

IvaBigWun wrote: »

PS: is Donald Glover leaving for good? Has he said why? I know he's said its not because of his buoying musical career. He is, for me, the best thing about the show

Personal issues. He may come back in season 6 or the movie. Probably definitely the movie.

IvaBigWun · 17-01-2014 9:42am

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Personal issues. He may come back in season 6 or the movie. Probably definitely the movie.

I did read his Twitter meltdown, poor lad

deisedude · 17-01-2014 11:40am

I don't feel right after reading that. Hope he gets the help he needs

sumtings · 17-01-2014 12:29pm

That was a lovely episode

Burt Macklin · 17-01-2014 12:36pm

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Personal issues. He may come back in season 6 or the movie. Probably definitely the movie.

He's also producing a new show on FX, and there's also his rap career, which he said wasn't the reason for leaving, but trying to manage it with two tv shows might have been a little overwhelming.

17-01-2014 1:21pm

If there is one thing that Community does well, it is those bottle episodes. The Purple Pen one was absolutely excellent too. It felt like it was a really satisfying conclusion to Pierce's story; sappy but keeping a lot of the character still there. It was a beautiful episode, I thought; sure it wasn't as knowing or as referential as other episodes this season, but some of the best episodes in the past were ones that weren't either.

There were some excellent nods too.. the boat that Troy has to sail on is the Childish Tycoon - Donald Glover's rapper name is the Childish Gambino. If I'm right, Glover mentioned at some point how he was leaving Community to focus on his rap. Perhaps Childish Gambino is Glover's way of exploring himself and becoming a bigger man.

Walter Goggins' speech at the end could reflect how he feels about the character he portrayed in things like the Shield and Justified; both are pretty intense characters with a lot going on, whereas he is actually the person he was at the end.

alroley · 17-01-2014 1:33pm

I seem to really be in the minority, but I didn't think it was that great

I did love the ipod nano bit, but the rest was kind of meh.

I might need to rewatch it.

phasers · 17-01-2014 2:45pm

Britta got her used ipod

It wasn't as good as last week's but it was still pretty great, Shirley in particular had a few great lines.

Chang taking off the polygraph and leaving had me in stitches

FunLover18 · 17-01-2014 3:05pm

I thought it was great as well. Some absolutely great lines and touching at times as well (the tiara), I was so glad they brought that back. Really good end to Pierce that didn't feel overly sentimental.

I thought the end credits bit was brilliant, so clever.

FreudianSlippers · 17-01-2014 6:12pm

CaptainNegative wrote: »

That was great. Community at its best.
Consistently funny the entire way through, plenty of running jokes from the earlier seasons, we get a conclusion to Pierce's story, and a more than satisfactory reason behind Troy's departure.

Agreed. That episode was hopefully the closure episode and we can put the last season behind us.

BlurstMonkey · 17-01-2014 6:44pm

Is it me or did Britta get hotter? :pac:
It was good, not as good as last week but then it's going to be tough following that one. I like that Chang is back to actually being Chang instead of his character from The Hangover.

FunLover18 · 17-01-2014 6:52pm

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

Is it me or did Britta get hotter? :pac:
It was good, not as good as last week but then it's going to be tough following that one. I like that Chang is back to actually being Chang instead of his character from The Hangover.

In the first season I was like "why does Jeff want to bang her?"

Now I'm like "why would Jeff stop banging her?"

FlyingIrishMan · 17-01-2014 7:24pm

Shirley's "judgemental bitch" line was brilliant.

FunLover18 · 17-01-2014 7:43pm

alroley wrote: »

I seem to really be in the minority, but I didn't think it was that great
I did love the ipod nano bit, but the rest was kind of meh.

I might need to rewatch it.

FreudianSlippers · 17-01-2014 8:54pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

In the first season I was like "why does Jeff want to bang her?"

Now I'm like "why would Jeff stop banging her?"

One word: Annie

mrkite77 · 17-01-2014 9:04pm

Me too Troy... me too.

pixelburp · 17-01-2014 9:09pm

That was a really excellent episode - it's four for four at this stage & I'm so happy this show is back to its best. So many great lines - Chang's moment had me in tears - and Walton Goggins did a great turn as the executor. It was also a perfectly balanced goodbye to Pierce; sentimental but at the same time, very him.

So: am I right in thinking Annie's admission that she spiked everyone's coffee was another dig at season 4 and how differently they all behaved?

FunLover18 · 17-01-2014 9:14pm

pixelburp wrote: »

That was a really excellent episode - it's four for four at this stage & I'm so happy this show is back to its best. So many great lines - Chang's moment had me in tears - and Walton Goggins did a great turn as the executor. It was also a perfectly balanced goodbye to Pierce; sentimental but at the same time, very him.

So: am I right in thinking Annie's admission that she spiked everyone's coffee was another dig at season 4 and how differently they all behaved?

If so, it went completely over my head

Basq · 17-01-2014 9:37pm

That was great..

.. it takes very strong writing to make an entite episode in the same room consistently funny, and it managed it in spades.

Welcome back Dan Harmon.. you have been missed!

IvaBigWun · 18-01-2014 12:41am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

One word: Annie

Im sorry, but you've planted the seed.

I now have no choice in the matter

18-01-2014 4:01am

Now that's the Community I know and love. Easily the best episode of the show since series 2. A perfectly pitched and genuinely hilarious 22 minutes that managed more laughs than all of series 4 combined. It was rather beautiful and Pierce's death was wonderfully dealt with. It was a poignant and touching examination of the group and the ever changing dynamic. I hope that Pierce's death will be the catalyst that allows the show to truly examine the characters and move away from the one dimensional and cliched film referencing caricatures of the past series.

It's rare for Shirley to make me laugh but he managed it twice this episode. I still think that getting rid of Pierce was a bad mistake but it could really allow the characters to grow into the far more interesting ones we first met.

Seren_ · 18-01-2014 4:27am

^ Me, when everyone was being given the stuff Pierce had left them.

What an episode. Walton Goggins was fantastic.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 18-01-2014 4:43am

It's even funnier when you re-watch it.

"I've never been to Legoland. I just wanted you guys to think I was cool" - Troy

18-01-2014 5:44am

I'd like to see Goggins pop up a few more times this series. Banks has obviously been brought in to fill Chase's position and with Glover leaving next week there's room for someone to come in and offer something a little different. It would be nice to have a a character who can play off the others and their insecurities. Goggins character seemed to be someone desperate for recognition and a little friendly interaction. He's one of my favorite actors and rarely gets a chance to explore his lighter side. I always feel a little sorry for him considering what he went through while shooting The Shield and in particular that final scene.

Pang · 18-01-2014 2:25pm

Super episode. So many LOL moments. After the travesty of season four, it is so nice to know that when you watch an episode, you are guaranteed that there will be laughs.

For me, when Goggins announced how Pierce died, I just thought perfect!

Basq · 19-01-2014 1:49pm

One from Reddit..

"They had me in these tiny underwear things that held NOTHING in. So when I lift my leg there, that is everyone’s real reaction. Look at Allison Brie’s face. That’s real!" - Joel McHale

FreudianSlippers · 19-01-2014 2:29pm

Basq wrote: »

One from Reddit..

"They had me in these tiny underwear things that held NOTHING in. So when I lift my leg there, that is everyone’s real reaction. Look at Allison Brie’s face. That’s real!" - Joel McHale

Saw that this morning and actually thought the funniest part is that every single person reacts except Danny Pudi. I presume it was scripted that way for Abed, but I still think it's hilarious.

phasers · 19-01-2014 2:37pm

I love that! Everyone stayed in character too, there's a few extras in the back who are liking what they see :pac:

IvaBigWun · 19-01-2014 3:31pm

That was just as funny on second viewing. Firmly in my top 5 episodes of the show's 88 so far

phasers · 19-01-2014 10:25pm

I just saw a post on tvbythenumbers and apparently NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt has said that Community has a 'strong possibility' of being renewed. #sixseasonsandamovie could really happen :pac:

FunLover18 · 19-01-2014 10:48pm

phasers wrote: »

I just saw a post on tvbythenumbers and apparently NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt has said that Community has a 'strong possibility' of being renewed. #sixseasonsandamovie could really happen :pac:

It's their best rated comedy and the critics love it

FlyingIrishMan · 19-01-2014 11:23pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

It's their best rated comedy and the critics love it

Parks and Rec is actually, and that's already been renewed.

FunLover18 · 19-01-2014 11:25pm

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Parks and Rec is actually, and that's already been renewed.

Oh yeh forgot about that

IvaBigWun · 20-01-2014 12:32am

phasers wrote: »

I just saw a post on tvbythenumbers and apparently NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt has said that Community has a 'strong possibility' of being renewed. #sixseasonsandamovie could really happen :pac:

Excellent.

I think a 24 episode season 6 and a movie with two big guest star would be the icing on the cake. A film will, unfortunately, never get greenlit with just the current cast.

Dan Harmon has expressed interest in getting Bill Murray involved in the past, now thats a guy with enough funny to make up for two people

FunLover18 · 20-01-2014 12:40am

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Excellent.

I think a 24 episode season 6 and a movie with two big guest star would be the icing on the cake. A film will, unfortunately, never get greenlit with just the current cast.

Dan Harmon has expressed interest in getting Bill Murray involved in the past, now thats a guy with enough funny to make up for two people

He wanted Murray to be Jeff's dad, which would have been AWESOME!!!

I don't think it would need to be cinema released. A movie length finale would be enough, no?

Either way though I can't wait to see another Dan Harmon movie, be it Greendale based or not. He wrote Monster House which was great, really underrated so we know he can do it.

Burt Macklin · 20-01-2014 1:11am

''To you, I leave this bottle of fine scotch, so that you're less tempted to drink this cylinder of even finer sperm''

They made that joke six times, and it was hilarious every time. Its so good to have Community back at its best!

IvaBigWun · 20-01-2014 6:33pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

He wanted Murray to be Jeff's dad, which would have been AWESOME!!!

I don't think it would need to be cinema released. A movie length finale would be enough, no?

I did read that about Murray, unfortunately The Gas Leak has dealt with Jeff's Dad but hopefully Harmon can secure Bill in another capacity.

Good point re: the movie. I had always envisioned a cinema release film but the show's following is perhaps too niche for that, Annie's Boobs or not. A triple length episode or a straight to DVD release may be the answer!

FunLover18 · 20-01-2014 7:52pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I did read that about Murray, unfortunately The Gas Leak has dealt with Jeff's Dad but hopefully Harmon can secure Bill in another capacity.

Good point re: the movie. I had always envisioned a cinema release film but the show's following is perhaps too niche for that, Annie's Boobs or not. A triple length episode or a straight to DVD release may be the answer!

It would have to be more than triple length, every episode is roughly 20/25 minutes
3 x 20/25 = 60/75, although I suppose if it's for TV there'll be ads that'll take it up

20-01-2014 7:56pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I did read that about Murray, unfortunately The Gas Leak has dealt with Jeff's Dad but hopefully Harmon can secure Bill in another capacity.

Good point re: the movie. I had always envisioned a cinema release film but the show's following is perhaps too niche for that, Annie's Boobs or not. A triple length episode or a straight to DVD release may be the answer!

There's not a chance that a Community film would play in cinemas. At best it might get a limited run on a handful of screens and play festivals but it would be playing the local multiplex on a Friday night. The Veronica Mars approach is along the lines of how I see a Community film being made.

ElvisChrist6 · 20-01-2014 8:30pm

Cooperative Polygraphy was the absolute return to form after a season and three episodes (I liked the other season 5 episodes, but not that much). This was the first time since the third series I've laughed out loud and continually did so. I couldn't believe it managed to make me laugh six times at the same joke (

the canisters of sperm

). It perhaps wasn't as fantastic as some of the second series, but possibly the best bottle episode yet.

IvaBigWun · 21-01-2014 8:43pm

Parks and Recreation to return for seventh season on NBC while Community's chances for renewal also look 'strong'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2542770/Parks-Recreation-return-seventh-season-NBC-Communitys-chances-renewal-look-strong.html

Basq · 21-01-2014 8:59pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2542770/Parks-Recreation-return-seventh-season-NBC-Communitys-chances-renewal-look-strong.html

Here's hoping The Daily Mail is accurate for once..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

pleasant Co. · 21-01-2014 9:06pm

I'd say its a lock, nbc are staying true to form with more weak offerings....will we get that movie though

FlyingIrishMan · 21-01-2014 9:59pm

pleasant Co. wrote: »

I'd say its a lock, nbc are staying true to form with more weak offerings....will we get that movie though

If we get a 6th season, a movie is probably guaranteed. Probably produced by Sony themselves.

22-01-2014 7:00am

Strong start to the season continues, enjoyed that.

IvaBigWun · 22-01-2014 9:54pm

What is the show's main competition on Thursdays?

FunLover18 · 22-01-2014 10:00pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What is the show's main competition on Thursdays?

Is it The Big Bang Theory?

FunLover18 · 22-01-2014 10:06pm

I hadn't seen a lot of these

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 22-01-2014 10:40pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What is the show's main competition on Thursdays?

The Big Bang Theory on CBS which is the highest rated scripted show on network TV, American Idol on FOX which is the highest rated reality show on network TV, and The Vampire Diaries which is the highest rated show on The CW and gets a fair share of the ratings...
The only place it doesn't have competition is on ABC which hasn't managed to get a show off the ground in the Thursday 8pm slot over the last few years...

NBC have tried a few shows in that timeslot and Community has by far done the best in that spot, which is why they've continued to renew it.

Considering the competition, as bad as it's ratings are, Community holds it own pretty well for a niche show.

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