Editors Note: Great apologies to Nikki Z, who got this recap in on time like a true champ.  It was all my doing and my out of town shenanigans that it’s getting to you late, but as always, it’s hilarious, so enjoy it and blow it up on the comments! –SB

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

That was my reaction to the very end of the season finale.  You know what I’m talking about.  I will repeat it for dramatic effect:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

You guys…you know I love Jeff /Britta and I so wanted to see them confess their undying love for each other (preferably while Joel McHale is shirtless) by the end of this season.  I know … I know what you’re thinking “it’s not all about you and what you want Nikki Z.  Jesus fuck get over yourself”.  And, I know that there is a huge fan base out there that was routing for Jeff/Annie all along.  There’s been all kinds of sexual tension building up ever since the debate team episode between those two and I have to admit I saw it coming.  But I never jumped on the Jeff/Annie ship.  I think Jeff and Annie being together is creepy.  Like Joey/Rachel creepy … you know what I mean?  I just don’t get it.  But, whatever.  I didn’t ever get what I want.  Jeff and Annie sucked face and there is nothing that I can do about it now.  FML.

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Okay, let’s just be honest here, my expectations for this week’s Community were not high because – what could fucking top last week’s Modern Warfare episode?  I mean, it’s not often that a show like Community pulls off a fucking EPIC episode like that so I definitely wasn’t expecting anything special this time around.  And, this week’s episode pretty much lowered itself down to my already low expectations.  It was OK, you know … but not piss my pants funny or anything.

Oh, and I kinda freaked out last night because I thought it was the season finale - but I checked NBC website and NEXT week is the finale. Phew.  That would have sucked.  Hopefully next week the show redeems itself.  I have faith, do you?

So, anyway, it’s finals time at Greendale Community College and the gang is preparing not only for their Spanish final, but also for the end of the school year and the end of their Spanish class together.  Annie is trying desperately to find a way to keep the group together next year so she cashes in on an opportunity to force EVERYONE to repeat Spanish 102 when she finds out Senor Chang is not really a Spanish teacher.  Jeff goes all Law And Order on Annie, forcing the group to ice her out while they try to study for their final they are doomed to fail.  On the side, Troy and Abed are pretty much reenacting all of the pivotal scences from Good Will Hunting which, can I just say … I LOVE that movie.  I cry every I see it and not just at certain parts (“it’s not your fault” *sobs*) but pretty much throughout the entire fucking  movie.  Plus, Matt Damon looks smoking hot in Good Will Hunting, with his thick Boston accent and all.  I have a thing for accents.  Except Chicago accents … because I hear that shit all the time.  An English accent pretty much put me over the edge.   Hmmmm … now I’m thinking of Matt Smith from Doctor Who saying “brilliant” over and over again.  Oops … sorry … there’s my ADD rearing it’s ugly head … back to the show!!!

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Unfortunately, I am not a huge action film freak so I didn’t really getall of the movie references in this week’s Community episode, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t think it was the most fucking awesome episode of the season.  Epic fucking awesomeness that people will talk about for years to come.  OK, maybe that last sentence was a little over the top, but I haven’t laughed so hard at a 30 minute sitcom in a VERY long time.  There was just SO much in this episode.  Not only did I finally get my Britta/Jeff moment (can I get a WOO WOO – God, I am a fucking dork) but the paintball battle was brilliant.  And Jeff was shirtless.  Everything about this episode was bad ass.  I can’t think of a single thing that I didn’t like.  The set looked fucking bad ass.  Everyone had a modern warfare look going on, which was fucking bad ass.  I think you are going to read that phrase quite a bit in this post.  Bad ass.

But, first off, I want to talk about Jeff and Britta.  Anyone who has read my posts in the past knows that I totally love Jeff and Britta together.  (dare I say Jitta or Briff – no, never mind, I hate those stupid fucking name combinations).  I am really glad the writers gave Jeff and Britta a chance to become good friends before they sexed it up.  Their little pre-sex ”you’re not so bad yourself” talk was sweet and I think these two do really care about each other.  The whole relationship has become really cute without making me want to throw up in my mouth from gooeyness.  I know that Community isn’t the Jeff and Britta show (although I would totally still watch it if it was) but I hope that we get to see more of whatever these two have going on before the end of the season.  What do you think will happen?  Do you think Jeff and Britta will just be completely “over it” because now they did it and there’s no more sexual tension?  I hope not…but who am I?

And…the rest of the episode .. what can I say … BAD ASS.  From the beginning, when Abed resuced Jeff with that super-stealth-wall-kick-move to the final battle scene with Senor Chang in the study room – just bad ass.  I loved when Jeff, Troy and Abed took out the Chess club.  I loved how the girls were staking out the men’s bathroom.   I loved when the group took out the Glee club.   I loved the whole freaking episode.  I really wish I knew more about the movie references though.  I know there was some Die Hard and Rambo in there, but that’s about all I know.  What about you guys?  Can you name the movie references?  What were your favorite lines of the night?

In this week’s episode of Community, Britta goes against her nature and attempts to be funny but instead ends up dumping a dead guy out a window.  Jeff and Troy fuck with Pierce by dressing him up like the Cookie Crisp Wizard.  Annie and Shirley duke it out for the “Biggest Badass” title and take Abed along for the ride.   Let’s get our Community on!

In the beginning of the show, the Dean warns the Greendale campus of the dangers of April Fool’s Day pranks.  I would like to state for the record that I FUCKING  HATE APRIL FOOL’S DAY.  There, I said it.  I am the ultimate party-pooper (or buzzkill, like Britta) when it comes to pranks/practical jokes.  I swear I must have a pick-on-me-I’m-a-fucking-wienie tatoo on my forehead that is only visible to bullies because I am always the fool-ee, never the fool-er.  Anyway, Shirley and Annie decide to play rent-a-cop and end up duking it out over who’s the biggest badass.   In my professional TV-watching opinion Shirley is the bigger Bad Ass.  See, I happen to know that being a mother has the tendency to make you absolutely bat shit crazy and Shirley could use that pent up frustration that she can’t take out on her kids unless she wants a visit from Child Protective Services to get all Barney-Bad-Ass as a campus rent-a-cop.

So, Jeff and Troy call Britta out as a buzzkill, which I can totally relate to.  I cannot tell a joke.  I cannot tell a funny story.  I try to be the funny one at work and in social settings and I fail miserably every time.  Being a buzzkill sucks and I totally get where Britta is coming from.  And, I can totally see myself doing something as stupid as trying to kidnap a lab frog and accidentally dropping a dead body out a window.  The Dean gets so pissed off he declares April 1st as March 32nd – FOREVER!  Yes!  Shirley and Annie take on the task of finding out who is responsible for the dead body on the lawn.  Britta tries to frame Jeff and the funniest part of the episode is when Shirley and Annie try to frisk Jeff!  You can tell the actors are just laughing their asses off trying to get through the scene.  I love when that happens.  And Abed.  God, I love Abed.  His role in this episode was perfect.

Oh, yeah … Troy and Jeff fuck with Pierce by dressing him up like the Cookie Crisp Wizard when he brags about being a Level 6 Buddhist or something.  I don’t really know anything about Buddhism … but I do know all about Cookie Crisp and that costume and cookie wand was fucking awesome.

In the end, Annie slams Jeff’s head into a desk!  Yes … it was hilarious!  Then Britta admits that she is the culprit and starts crying about how she wants to be funny so everyone will like her.  And then everybody starts crying because they come to the realization that they are trying to be something they are not to impress the rest of the group.  And the moral of the story is:  just be yourself.

Best lines of the night:

Troy:  You’re more of a fun vampire, because you don’t suck blood.  You just suck.

Dean:  I’ll just get my groceries in a better neighborhood this week.

Jeff:  Britta, why waste your time envying my gift for levity when there is so much you could be doing with your severity?

Britta:  You know what?  My prank is going to cause a sea a laughter and I am gonna watch you drown in it.

Annie:  The only reason I slammed Jeff’s head into the table is because I wanted to feel like an adult.

What did you guys think of the episode?  Do you remember the Cookie Crisp mascot as a wizard or burglars?  Do you think animals in people close are hilarious?  And most importantly, are there any Level 6 Laser Lotuses among us?  Comments!

Professor McSlutty breaks up with Jeff.  THANK GOD!  Jeff goes and screws Pierce’s thieving ex-stepdaughter.  Abed bonds with Shirley and her boys over a cousin in a burka and ding dongs.  Britta is abused by Troy’s crazy-ass Nana.  Senor Chang gets in a throw down with Pierce.  AND the writers have the audacity to disrespect Glee!  WTF?  Let’s get our Community on!

I spent the first few hours of my day writing a Debby Downer-esque post about why I am so dissapointed in this show (all while pretending to work, I’ll have you know).  It was a really great post chalked full of Friends comparisions and Seinfeld references, but I erased it because it was just too damn depressing and apparently I have some major psychological issues that I need to tend to.  Plus, you guys don’t come here to read the rantings of a barely coherent crazy person, right? [Trust me when I say, if they're reading this blog right now, that is EXACTLY what they come here for. --SB]

So, I am trying to stay positive about Community, but I can’t help the fact that I wasn’t all that into last night’s episode.  I mean, I think Pierce had some pretty great lines.  I loved the Pictionary scene, especially when the cop said something about the problem with racism never being solved until Pictionary bans the word windmill.  HA!  Now that I think of it, this episode was full of some really great politically incorrectness that I would love to discuss further, but my brain is not functioning correctly so I just can’t go there right now.  Please feel free to discuss among yourselves. 

I’m obviously happy that the Professor McSlutty/Jeff ship finally sank.  For the love of all that is holy – I really hope the writers leave that ship on the bottom of the ocean where it belongs.  Was I happy that Jeff went out and got busy with Katherine McPhee on the same day McSlutty dumped him?  Not really.   But, that’s Jeff, right?  And on that note, does NBC have something against janitors?  Because I SWEAR every NBC show has some horndogs fucking in a broom closet.  I went to community college and I never had sex anywhere on campus … let alone a broom closet!  Am I a prude or is Jeff a fucking manwhore?  And why does this college enroll so many sluts?  Why didn’t Greendale accept MY fucking application?   

BTW, can we talk about Katherine McPhee’s hair?  Love it or hate it?  I liked it from the front, but not so much from the back.  (That’s what she said.)  God, I’m a dork.

Anywaaayyyyyy, best lines of the night: 

Senor Chang:  Hey, Phantom Menace, how’s the trade embargo with Naboo?

Jeff :  Disappointing you is like choking the Little Mermaid with a bike chain.

So, what do you think of Community so far?  What were your favorite lines from this episode?  Are you getting bored with this show?   Can you help me out with some comments today because I’m having a slight mental breakdown and my brain hurts?  Thanks.  You’re the best.  No pressure.

Let me just get this out of the way:  

Hellllooo Holy-Hot-Leather-Wearin’-Give-Me-A-Piece -Of-That-Bacon Jeff Winger!  I said God Damn!   Please, please, please wear that black leather jacket EVERY DAY (preferably with pants, though), OK? 

Alrighty then, now that we have that sudden outburst of 30-something sexually peaked hormonal rage out of the way, let’s get our Community on!  Sorry for major delay in this week’s post btw, I have been busy with life and shit.  Apparently children do not raise themselves, which is unfortunate because I have a whole lot of TV to watch and these damn kids always seem to be getting in the way.  In this week’s episode:  Jeff gets naked, Britta can’t pronounce bagel and Abed, well, could Abed be more adorable? 

I can relate to the “Britta says BAGel” storyline.  Apparently I have a very Chicago-y accent, whatever that means.  I once dated a guy from Southern Indiana and his family would always trick me into saying stuff like classes and accent andDa Bears so they could laugh at me.  Whatever.  Fuck them.  They said y’all.

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What a great fucking episode to move into the Olympic hiatus with, right? Britta drunk dials Jeff. Troy and Pierce wear pretty, pretty, pantsuits. Abed and Jeff get wasted. Senor Chang dances. I fucking love this show! (I WILL fill my quota of “fucks” today.) Maybe I liked this episode so much because we got some obvious movement toward the ultimate Jeff and Britta hookup, so it left me satisfied, even though I was forced to endure Professor Slutty for yet another episode. I hope she gets lost during the Olympics. I LOVE that Britta drunk dialed Jeff (oh, the days) and I love that Jeff was so concerned about Britta that he felt the need to drunk dial her back. So. Cute.

Hands down, the funniest part of the night was Jeff and Abed getting all shit-faced in the name of all things Britta. I am all for getting wasted for a good cause and Jeff’s deeply repressed love for Britta is a mighty fine reason to condone binge drinking in my book. I had to rewatch the scene a few times because there are just so many great pop culture references smashed all up in there! I mean, come on! Abed, Jeff and Pizza Guy were busting out the Breakfast Club dance moves! Breakfast Club DANCE MOVES, people … do you not feel the same level of EPIC that I do about the Breakfast Club references? It doesn’t really get any better than that! And poor, hung over Abed couldn’t remember Molly Ringwald’s name and called her Molly Ringworm – classic. Oh, yeah…holy hot Jeff Winger muscles, did anyone else catch that?

Senor Chang was on fire in this episode with his bullshit radar and now legendary dance moves. Love me some Senor Chang! Wow…I never thought in a million years that I would type that sentence.

And once again Abed was on it in this episode. I loved his overuse of inflection when being sarcastic…which brings me to another point: how do you type inflection? Why is there not a uniform sarcasm font? Someone needs to call the Internet authorities because I think this is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately.

I would also like to take the time out to thank the writers of Community for teaching me yet another useless acronym – BCI or Booty Call Implications. Not that I don’t think it’s funny, it’s just I’m married and unfortunately sober and will probably never get a chance to send or receive a BCI. So, it makes me kind of sad, in a seriously fucked up way.

On another note, sometimes I feel really stupid when watching shows like 30 Rock and Community because I don’t always get all of the references, and then I’m all, duh Nikki, how smart do you need to be to understand the references in a 30 fucking minute NBC sitcom? Am I the only one who feels this way sometimes? Like the MASH episode – yeah I figured out that they were playing on MASH and all, but I was lost beyond that and I felt like a fucking moron. So, I guess I really liked this episode because there were a lot of references that I did understand. Yeah me – I am not a fucking idiot because I grew up in the 90’s and watched The Breakfast Club 627 times! (that sarcasm font would be really fucking handy right now.) What about you – what were your favorite references in this episode?

 There were a lot a really great lines in this episode, but this was my favorite of the night:

Abed: You’ve been acting your whole life. It’s time to pass that act up, and find the actor that’s playing you.
Jeff: Oh, they’re gonna love you in California.

What did you guys think?  Your favorite lines?  Moments?  Did you like the Jeff and Britta stuff?  And most importantly, how do you think you communicate sarcasm in writing?  Comments!

As fate would have it, I had the office all to myself on Friday morning; which gave me a chance to re-watch  the latest episode of Community online as well as write this post, because … you know … I am completely committed to my job. 

Last night’s Community was NOT my favorite episode.  Maybe it was just me … but for the first time since the premiere, I found the episode a little boring.

We start the episode off with Jeff trying to convince Britta that Vaughn is a “Gateway Douchebag” for Annie.  On a side note, Micro-Nipple’s reappearance was a pleasant surprise for me, I love hippies as long as they don’t sport nappy dreadlocks because you never know what could trapped up inside those dreads.  Dude, there could be a spider up in there and shit.  Anyway, it was nice to see Jeff and Britta spends some quality time together, on the couch, flirting.  Hopefully it’s all a set up for future humping (a girl can dream).   And in the end the duo’s attempted Annie/Vaughn cock-block is spoiled partly due to Britta’s manipulation FAIL and Troy’s lame attempts to seduce Annie.  Is it safe to assume the that Troy and Annie are pretty much kaput?  I might miss Annie’s pining.

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Hey guys, it’s SB.  Nikki Z wrote this post (and did an awesome job!) and I apologize for the lateness–we had a mix of technical difficulties and SB-not-using-the-internet-much-on-weekends-plus-busy-Monday-at-work-itis.  Don’t hate!  We’ll be back on the ball this week.  (That’s what she said?)  So enjoy and be sure to leave lots of comment love for Nikki Z!

I have to be honest with you, not only is this my first post for offcolortv, but this is my first post ever, on any blog, in the entire history of the Internet. That’s right folks, I am a blogging virgin. I don’t know all of that bloggy-lingo-mumbo-jumbo ya’ll use and I definitely don’t know a thing about writing for TV. What I can offer is an addiction to watching television and a passion for talking to others about my favorite shows, so here I am. Please be gentle, because not only is this my first time, but this is our first time. This is our honeymoon and I do not want to end up fucked into unconsciousness while you tear the feathers out of my pillows. If you didn’t get that reference then you obviously have not read Breaking Dawn and we are probably not going to get along very well, so fuck you.

Now that the uncomfortable disclosure is out of the way, let’s get our Community on! I have to admit, I really do love this show. My community college experience would have been way cooler if I had had a batch of age and ethnically diverse, exceptionally witty and well-spoken characters to hang out with on a daily basis. Yeah, I went to a community college, but really, I had no choice. I mean, let’s be honest, it’s not like anyone actually wants to go to community college, right? But, for those of us who were forced to attend the school of losers, Community does a pretty damn good job wishing we would had the chance to go Greendale Community College. Who wouldn’t want to have Spanish class with Joel McHale?

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