“For the record, I never thought you were cool. I only thought you were a lesbian.” Paige
Community has always been one of the smartest and most creative comedies on television. However tonight’s episode felt a little forced. It got away from what makes it great, unique ways of showing different people forging unlikely relationships. We saw relationships forged and characters experience events that let us know more about them, but they given to us in a way that I am not on board with. They gave us all this through other people not in the study group.
Annie and Britta learn more about their relationship through a girl named Paige who Britta befriends because she thinks she’s a lesbian. Annie’s naivety is beginning to be less than cute. She can be sweet and hopeful without being dumb. Her asking a million questions to Britta about lesbianism illustrated where we are with Annie. I’m curious when we’ll get to see more of a real side of Annie. We caught a glimpse in the Anti-drug play, but it was dragged down by Pierce using her to get more lines in the play. I think we’ll like Annie even more (if that’s possible) when see her grow up a little bit. Same goes for Britta. We get that she’s trying to be different and has a bleeding heart, so I’m anxious to see when we get to see her with her guard down again.
It may sound hypocritical, but I love seeing Troy and Abed’s relationship be unchangingly awesome. In their wooing of the sexy librarian they learn that their friendship is strong and they’ll need a girl to accept them for who they are. I was scared that the librarian choosing Troy was going to create a rift in their relationship and I just don’t think the show would gain anything by pitting them against each other.
We’re beginning to see Jeff accept what we’ve been sensing for a long time now: he likes being a part of the study group. Jeff Winger is at his best when he tries to be above the group, but his heart ultimately comes out. However, I didn’t think the Chang and Duncan angle worked so well to illustrate this. We care when Jeff cares about those we care about and I just don’t care about Chang and Duncan. And it didn’t help we got a cheesy voiceover to end the episode.
Other thoughts:
-A Britta/lesbian story line and they put her in a cutoff denim and leather vest, yeah, that was totally on purpose.
-It makes perfect sense that Andy Dick is who Pierce hallucinates whilst hopped on pain meds.
-Winger’s apartment looks like he just moved in.
-Magnitude was a fabulous one note joke.
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