Friday, May 13, 2011

TV Review: Community [2009-2011]


MASTERING THE B.S DEGREE AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The series premiered on September 17, 2009 about a group of students at community college in the state of Colorado.


MAIN CAST
Joel McHale
Gillian Jacobs
Danny Pudi
Yvette Nicole Brown
Donald Glover
Alison Brie
Ken Jeong
Chevy Chase

CELEBRITY APPEARANCES
Betty White
Drew Carey Hilary Duff George Takei
Kevin Corrigan
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show)
LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Josh Holloway (Lost)

SEASON 2 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
01 – Betty White guest stars with ongoing relationship issues between Jeff and Britta
02 – Jeff finds out who betrayed him to the State Bar Association
03 – Pierce’s mother passes away and the rest of the group comforts him
04 – The group gets tracked within a space simulator
05 – Abed makes a Jesus film and the old folks become rebels without a cause
06 - Bio-hazard food poisoning infects Greendale students at the Halloween party 
07 - Abed becomes the ultimate "mean girl" while Jeff and Troy finds Zen-like trampoline
08 - Bottle episode as the group attempt to find out who stole Annie’s pen
09 - Jeff and Annie investigate the identity of unknown Professor Professorson
10 - Troy celebrates his 21st birthday so the group takes him to the Ballroom Bar
11 - Abed finds the true meaning of Christmas through his imagination of winter wonderland
12 – Shirley reveals pregnancy but the baby could be either her ex-husband Andre or Chang
13 – Pierce gives Annie money for rent leading to a bigger role in an anti-drug play
14 – The group organizes a game of Dungeons & Dragons to lift Fat Neil’s spirits
15 – On Valentine’s Day Abed and Troy are attracted to a librarian while Britta befriends a lesbian
16 – Pierce is pretending on dying to play head games with the group
17 – Vice President Joe Biden is coming and Greendale holds its first student government elections
18 – Britta has a crush on Abed and Troy’s friend Lukka who has participated in genocide
19 – The group arranges a Pulp Fiction-style surprise birthday party for Abed
20 – Pierce is engaged to an Asian woman while Troy faked being molested at acting class
21 – The group reminisces the past year after they find items Troy’s monkey took from them
22 – The group helps Shirley give birth during the final exam of Anthropology class
23 – The Greendale students play Paintball Assassin for the prize of $100,000 cash
24 – Season Finale: The Dean of City College uses Paintball Assassin to destroy Greendale


RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5