Sorry this is late. I fell way behind on the reviews I was planning to write after Thursday, so this is going to be a short one. Continue Reading

Community
Aired 5/5/2011

I’ve been neglecting Community for a while now. I haven’t written about it since last year’s stop motion animated episode. The truth is I do have a couple of drafts of some of the highlights from the second half of this season but I could never really finish them. Chalk it up to laziness. For the record, between my last review and this one the show has aired some of its strongest and funniest episodes, namely “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” and “Paradigms of Human Memory”. But as good as those episodes were, I don’t think I’m alone in saying that nothing the show has done this season has been as outright awesome as last night, in the first of the two-part season finale. Get ready for a fistful of praise… Continue Reading

Community
Season 2, Episode 11

It took some repeated viewings but now I’m firmly of the opinion that “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” is one of the finest holiday themed episodes of TV ever made. In terms of its message, the episode really does belong up there with the old school stop motion animated shows that air around the clock during this time of year. In fact, it’s probably more sophisticated than that. What sends it over the top, for any fan of this show, is how that message is incorporated into a story that so distinctly revolves around this cast of characters, their personalities, and their relationships with each other. It’s animated, yes. It’s a Christmas episode, yes. But it’s also undeniably Community. Continue Reading

Community
Season 2, Episode 10

I don’t know yet how many sitcoms I’m gonna be reviewing regularly. Right now there aren’t many that merit a whole lot of retrospective thought. Back in its heyday, The Office was one such show, but its decline in quality has been obvious for a few years now. Something like 30 Rock is too random and character development is spotty at best. Reviewing it, to me, would consist of writing out a list of the best lines of dialogue. If there’s one sitcom on TV right now that devotes as much time and attention to its characters as much as its jokes, it’s Community, and Thursday’s episode was a great example of that. Continue Reading