DJariya

By djariya at 2011-09-20

Synopsis:

kstublen

The timeline with Troy getting the pizza had me

Drav3n

Just came to post the same thing

Dragon Tattoo

Pizza pizza me so hungee!

kstublen

Abed: "I gotta say, I hope this is the real one because I just found a nickel in the hallway."

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Great episode after a string of good-to-mediocre ones; definitely the best so far and one of the most unique episodes of the series.

Using different timelines was a really creative way to show us what's going on with all of the characters; group tensions, individual problems, and relationships. We got a lot more out of the episode being done this way than we would have had it been just a straight dinner party.

Tons of laughs and some great character development. Hopefully this is a sign that Community is back on track for the season.

Goat3001

This was a good one. Much better than the last two. Not surprised that we got another great bottle episode. A lot of funny lines too but again it's Troy carrying the comedy.

Supermallet

"Single Malt Platinum Boobs & Billiards Club"

Gillian Jacobs looks amazing this season. Maybe she's smiling more. Or maybe her boobs are bigger. Could be either one.

And yes, Troy's timeline was amazing.

rocket1312

Now that's more like it. This probably wouldn't even crack the top 10 funniest episodes, but man, did it feel good after the mediocrity of the first couple episodes and the downright unpleasantness of last week's.

This is a great example of the writers doing a gimmicky episode, but not making it about the gimmick. It was about the characters and their relationships and the multiple timelines actually served the development of those relationships. It wasn't perfect. Some of the character beats (read: Jeff/Annie) felt like a rehash of a rehash, and there was maybe a bit too much recycling of lines/scenes (I didn't need to see the whole die rolling routine 7 times), but there was an authenticity to it all that really tugged at my heart strings. I was genuinely happy to see them all dancing and having fun together in the end.

Thumbs up!

Sex Fiend

Hmm, I thought it was a pretty awesome episode myself. Tons of funny and worked the cleverness of the central concept very well. I loved that the happiest timeline was the one where everyone realized how manipulative Jeff is, and he is out of the room where the scene plays out. That had the feel of a deeper thematic subtext that the show seems to be going for when at its best.

Troy: "I demand to be housewarmed!"

FriendofSonic

Awesome idea, and one of my favorite episodes in a while

Achtung

Troy eating the cigarette had me for some reason. Great to see this show back in top form again.

meritocracy

I'd say this was easily one of the top 5 episodes and a welcome return to form after last week's flop.

Yes, figuring out their respective place both within the group and in relation to one another is a topic this show does rehash quite a bit. Still, this was a clever and meticulously crafted episode, with a wonderfully surrealist bent that when it's at the top of its game, Community does very well.

Stoned Britta singing and dancing toward the pizza.

At some point, I'd love to see a return of the dark timeline.

Draven

Awesome. This show truly doesn't compare with anything else on TV, at least as far as creativity goes.

We were howling during Troy's timeline. Had to pause it because we were laughing so hard.

the big train

I can't remember a time I've laughed as hard as I did when Pierce got shot and everything else around him was going to hell.

boogieman03

Same here. I liked that he had his candy cigarettes in a fancy case.

That dark timeline was really fucking dark, wasn't it?

Wazootyman

Started watching this, and when they broke out the Yahtzee board, I tweeted at Dan Harmon about how I loved the yahtzee reference, because I wrote about a Yahtzee massacre (Yahtzee Claims Three Victims at World Championship). By the time the ep was one, I needed to tweet at him that the events in my scenario must have taken place during Troy's storyline.

majorjoe23

I had planned as going as an evil version of myself for Halloween a few years back, I think I'll revie the idea inspired by this ep. But with a felt goatee for my wife and a little one to put on her pregnant belly.

Michael Corvin

I'm with everyone else about this being the best of the season so far. Troy's timeline was awesome, as was the black ending.

Unfortunately I saw the "Jeff cheated" thing from the beginning. I just thought they were going to hope everyone overlooked the fact that there are 7 in the group.

JasonF

I saw that coming too, but figured they'd catch him and give us a seventh timeline -- which they did.

Deftones

that was freaking awesome. loved it. one of the best segments of this show ever.

i appreciate that this show does stuff like this and not try to be by the numbers.

movieking

Fantastic episode. Definitely one of my all time favorites. Loved Brita coming out of the bathroom to get pizza.

madcougar

I couldn't agree with you more. This was for me the best episode of Community ever. Amazingly clever but it stayed with the general tone of the show.

Kory

This episode was awesome. Anyone think that it was a little bit of a nod to "Fringe" as well? I'm not caught up to date with "Fringe," and I think in the bathroom at the apartment there was a portrait of a seahorse on the wall.

Supermallet

No pun intended?

Wazootyman

Put your arm in your shirt and you can be evil Jeff. Granted, he never put on the goatee, but it'll still work