Okay, hi! Took my daily afternoon nap (it's sad I have to do this at 19-almost-20-years-old, but those kids wear me out, man) and I'm I'll ready to watch more Community! Only a few more episodes left of the first season! So let's get on with it!
1x19- Beginner Pottery
Episode Rundown- I can't think of a better episode to start the afternoon off with than this one. So Jeff chooses his "ultimate blow-off class" of the semester, Beginner Pottery, and Abed and Annie join him whereas Shirley, Troy, Britta, and Pierce take a sailing class. In said pottery class, there's the star of the show, Dr. Rich, who is only the most perfect human being ever. Anyway, Jeff pretends not to care that Rich is perfect at everything, medical things and pottery alike, but it's really driving him crazy. He stays up all night researching pottery moves to call Rich out and when he does, he gets kicked out of class for what the hilarious teacher calls "ghosting." Eventually he explains his intentions are pure and he's allowed back in the class to apologize and there's a happy ending. Aww!
Meanwhile, Pierce tries very hard to christen the boat their learning to sail on and to be captain, but Shirley's appointed captain first. Britta and Troy aren't really that important in this episode; it's mainly centered on the fact that Shirley's too nice to be the boat's captain and Pierce, as usual, effs everything up. When Pierce falls "overboard" and Shirley decides to get tough and leave him behind, Pierce one-ups her and comes back by rowboat... Only to hit a sprinkler and "drown." Shirley decides to be a good friend and has Starburns drive the boat over to Pierce, whom they save and still manage to pass the class. Hurray!!
The tag is a naked drooping Chang at the YMCA finding out he lost his clothes. Gross.
What Was Great
~ Jeff's entrance into the first day of pottery and how he addresses Annie and Abed: "Laura Ingalls, Home Depot guy..."
~ The pottery instructor. "Hello my precious blueberries! Hello!"
~ Rich. Love him.
~ "What are you making?" "A vase..."
~"That hat's gone, lost at sea." "I might be able to reach it. It landed on that Hyundai! I mean... mermaid's car..."
~ "Britta weighs five pounds, Troy can't swim, and I've never even seen the ocean!" "Uh, I can swim, racist!"
~ Donald's delivery on this line: "What in God's name have we done?" Priceless.
~ "It's the hilarious guy on guy!"
~ "Pierce is going to be the only guy ever to drown in a parking lot. Twice!"
What Wasn't So Great
~ The tag. Blegh.
~ Too much Chang, even though he was only in two scenes. Double blegh.
Rating
I'd give this episode an eight out of ten. It's hilarious, it introduced one of the best background characters, Dr. Rich, and even the bloopers are hilarious!
1x20- The Science of Illusion
Episode Rundown- It's April Fools Day, Human Beings! So the running gag for this episode is that Britta's a buzzkill and she doesn't particularly enjoy this mentality, so she sets out to prove everyone wrong. Her idea of a prank is getting a frog to wear a mini sombrero, as pictured above, with Sr. Chang's name on it. However, this backfires and she ends up killing the frog and sending a cadaver out the window. Jeff knows it was her doing, so before he can tell on her, Britta decides to fill his backpack with tiny Mexican items and frame him for the job. Eventually, she confesses to the group and complains about the moniker "buzzkill," which sets everyone off in a round of hysterics. Jeff cheers her up by calling the heart of the group and all is well again!
Meanwhile, Annie and Shirley find out that the Dean is hiring people to be part-time security for "these times of heightened shenanigans" (his words, not mine). Abed asks which one will be by-the-book and which one will be the badass and this launches them into a continuous argument over who is badass-er. Eventually, the two cause $78 worth of damages, so Abed dons a police chief personality and yells at the two to get their act together, which they do, in interrogating Jeff. Nice work, ladies.
And also, Jeff and Troy pull an April Fool's Day prank on Pierce, dressing him up like the Cookie Crisp wizard when he mentions he's about to become a "level six laser lotus" in his Buddhist community. He looks absolutely ridiculous, especially when they give him a wand with a cookie on the end and tell him it's a piece of meteor. Wow guys. Anyway, it's resolved during the aforementioned round of hysterics and everyone's happy again.
The tag is the most perfect thing ever. It's the very first time we ever see "Troy and Abed in the Morning." Perfection personified. <3
What Was Great
~ "You're like a fun vampire. Except you don't suck blood, you just suck." Oh Troy...
~ "Buddha arrived on a meteor!!" Yeah okay, Pierce.
~ When Annie spits on the ground, the Dean's delivery on this line: "Oh, Annie..."
~ "Mornin' boys. I'm Annie Edison. But people call me Psycho because I had a nervous breakdown in high school. My partner's a Christian housewife."
~ Chang: "I told you that in confidence!"
~ "GLENDA! Oh, I apologize..."
~ Annie and the mace. So funny.
~ Abed as the police chief. "Agitatin' my sciatica. I'm too old for this!"
~ "Nice frame job, Britta-dict Arnold." "Ooh, colonial burn!"
~ "Knock knock! Who's there? Cancer! Oh good, come on in! I thought it was Britta!"
~ Abed feeding Jeff popcorn lol
~ The glorious tag. Love love love.
What Wasn't So Great
~ Pierce annoyed me in this episode. Meh.
~ Glenda. Sorry, she's super old, but she was meh too.
Rating
I'd give this episode a solid eight out of ten. It was funny and the tag made my life.
1x21- Contemporary American Poultry
Episode Rundown- This is the infamous chicken finger episode- the one that never fails to make me super hungry. This episode is in the style of a mafia movie, modeled off of Goodfellas (I think, I've never seen the movie), and involves Abed in the center of it all. Basically, the Greendale cafeteria is always running out of chicken fingers, which Annie says "are the only good things in the cafeteria." They find out Starburns, the fry cook, is scamming the students and slipping chicken fingers out the back door to his friends. Huh! Fancy that. So, the group decides to become all mafia-like and gets him fired. Aw...
They replace Starburns with Abed as the fry cook and then the group is super happy, because they always get chicken. The only problem is, as this continues, Abed gets higher and higher in his important role and the group begins to depend on him for things instead of Jeff, which makes the latter super jealous. So he abandons the group and tries to get Abed fired. Typical. Anyway, the rest of the members of the group are becoming spoiled brats and he decides to "send them a message." They get fed up with Abed, turn to Jeff again, and he goes to talk Abed out of being fry cook. I don't really think it gets resolved, but they end the episode by eating chicken fingers on top of the counter like in Sixteen Candles. Fab!
The tag is basically Troy and Abed being Troy and Abed. They've gathered everyone else, besides Pierce, to show them how they can "walk down the stairs" and do the "awesome elevator." It's meh, even after they switch clothes.
What Was Great
~ The beginning of the usage of "streets ahead." If you have to ask what it means, you're streets behind.
~ "Well I wouldn't know. I'm a vegetarian." "WOOOOW. Shocker!"
~ Abed's voiceover throughout the episode. So funny.
~ Troy as the pharaoh and Pierce's impression of Donald Trump
~ "To victory- it feels unfamiliar, but it tastes like chicken." Well done, Winger.
~ The idea of Annie's Boobs- "Please rename that thing! They are my body parts!"
~ "You want a shot at the Jeff Winger Throne? You better bring a powerful ass. Oh, and for your information, I don't have an ego. My Facebook photo is a landscape!"
~ "Travis is his middle name!" "I go by Travis!" "No, you go by the door." Lollll so funny.
What Wasn't So Great
~ Chang, blegh
~ The actual Annie's Boobs. I hate monkeys.
~ The way the group treats Abed when they get all high and mighty. Hahaha I don't know. I'm super protective of Abed. I love him <3
~ The tag. Too boring.
Rating
I would definitely give this episode a solid nine out ten. It's that fabulous. It's the first time we see them do a themed-episode and it sets the bar pretty high.
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