What can I even say about Community? For it to only be in its first season and do a Goodfellas episode followed by an epic action movie episode is crazy, ambitious and downright awe-inspiring. It looked and sounded authentic, while still retaining Community‘s spirit. Plus, it did something that makes it better than just about any other show on television: it put the whole Jeff and Britta thing right out on the table — both literally and figuratively.
If you go back and look at my reviews from the early part of this season, the only thing I think I’ve every complained about is the Jeff and Britta relationship. It was done to death, and there’s nothing that annoys me more in a sitcom than a “will they or won’t they” couple crammed down our throats. Not only was this addressed at the beginning of the episode during another segment of “Abed Explains it All,” but it was actually somewhat resolved!
Sitcom law says that if a “will they or won’t they” couple finally consummates their relationship and releases the sexual tension that has been building up since the show’s beginning, that everything has to stop, the other characters have to go away, and we have to focus on the love that these two people share. Community didn’t do that. Sure, they got rid of the other characters– because otherwise it would have been a little creepy — but the entire show didn’t stop. There was so much going on, that they just kind of snuck it in there. Also, that’s what she said.
Jeff and Britta are two good-looking single people who spend a lot of time together, who have a mutual attraction. There is no way that this wouldn’t happen at some point. I’m just so thankful that it wasn’t a “very special episode” during season three. They got it out of the way, so now we have a new avenue to explore: As Abed said, “something’s different.” Instead of beating the same dead horse, we’re going down a completely new avenue — one that, if creator Dan Harmon has his way, would be littered with the bodies of Glee castmembers.
Clacked by Kona Gallagher 
on May 06, 2010 @ 21:01 EST5EDT
This episode may have been the most awesome thing ever made. I am actually a bit pissed I watched it live and didn’t DVR it because now I can’t rewatch it multiples times tonight.
This was seriously one of the best half hours of TV ever.
“And tell the drama club: This time, their tears will be real.”
(ac: It’s up on Hulu now.)
This was thirty minutes of complete and utter awesome! Can’t say enough about it. And I was wondering if I imagined the veiled digs at Glee, but I guess it wasn’t just me.
Just watched it and think it may be the best episode of the season so far. Wonder if a newcomer to the show would find it as awesome as we did.
Absolutely loved this episode.
Yes this was fun. Which reminds me of how the german translation for “Die Hard” got rid of the cursing. They translated “motherf***er” into “Schweinebacke”, which means “pig cheek” and is a total nonsensical word (I mean who even cares about pigs and if they have cheeks or not?) but since it’s phonetically correct it works (better than any “real” german curseword which by the way sound nothing like anything Conan O’Brien always says which is just gibberish).
Funny thing is every time I see Bruce Willis or a persiflage of the “Die Hard” movies like this one, I really _need_ somebody to say “Schweinebacke”. I was around 12 back then and this was one of the first movies that were really “Hard Core” that I was allowed to watch. Hehe… Schweinebacke :-)