Community has finally been officially axed by NBC. After a long short 5 seasons, the critically acclaimed sitcom comedy series has finally aired its last episode. The first season was extremely well written. The show was very entertaining because despite its low budget, it was able to create unique and interesting episodes. I absolutely loved the strong cast of nine main characters. Most shows don't go this far into developing such a large main cast, but this one does. Each character has his or her own unique and interesting story.
After the 3rd season, however, the show writer Dan Harmon was no longer part of the show and the effects were disastrous. While seasons 1-3 had 20 episodes each, season 4 only had 13 episodes. What's worse was that NBC decided to keep delaying the show until February instead of releasing the show in the fall. Perhaps what was really bad was how the show writers botched Chase's character so much that the actor himself became fed up with the show and quit. The way he left the show left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. They wrote him out of the show saying he died. You can tell even the cast themselves didn't give a shit because the dynamics between the cast has changed. After Chase's departure, in the final season Troy also leaves mid-season. It was definitely hard to watch. The original cast members were replenished by newcomers that became regular "important" casts that were not replaceable.
Lastly, I do think the show ended when it should. After the gang graduated from Greendale at the end of season 4, for some unknown reason they all continued to hang out at the community college. At this point, the show just wasn't going anywhere plot-wise and it was time to truly time to wrap things up.
In honor of the show, let's list some of its most epic episodes:
1. Modern Warfare S1E23: The entire school turns into a paintball war zone. The production level and the seriousness levels of the episode turns this into one of the best critically acclaimed episodes of the year.
2. Epidemiology S2E6: A Halloween themed special, the school becomes infected with "zombie-like" symptoms and the gang has to fight their way out.
3. Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas S2E11: This is first of the uniquely created episodes. The cast members are displayed as Christmas characters in a Rudolf the reindeer style animation.
4. Fistful of Paintballs S2E23-24: Season 2 season finale is a two part paintball war.
5. Digital Exploration of Interior Design S3E13-14: Two part story of how the school turns into a pillow fight war zone.
6. Digital Estate Planning S3E20: An 8-bit animated game episode, the characters voice over their characters as they fight their way into a platform game. It is by far, my favorite episode of the series.
7. Geothermal Escapism S5E5: The school becomes a engulfed in
8. G.I. Jeff S5E11: Jeff Winger is a G.I. Joe in this episode and fights his way through Cobra. Classic G.I. Joe animation and hilarity ensues.
Overall, I think this series deserves way more recognition than it has. The stories in each episode is a fantastic adventure you cannot see elsewhere. Sure, the ratings were sub par and was in decline over the years, but the loyal fans of the series understand how good the series was. I highly recommend this series to anyone who is able to dream big or has imagination.
Farewell Community!
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