October 19th.

And finally, Oct 19th finally came, despite all odds. I was so excited, that even after coming home at 2:30 am, I wanted to watch the new episode. So I did. And oh boy, I had no idea what was going on when the first laugh track was played. A little part of me died on the inside, and I started mumbling, “No, no, no..” and then boom! Abed goes back into the real world, and things start to make sense. Well played, writers, well played!

And as I kept watching, I realized something. Abed TV was full of cheap humour, laugh tracks, and other noises (like when Jeff walks in, or when fake Pierce walks in). Does that remind you of another show? Well if it doesn’t, it’s The Big Bang Theory. Don’t get me wrong, I like that show too, but I would be lying to myself if I said that the show isn’t stupid. It caters to a certain audience – namely, high school students. And that’s what Abed TV was doing, with the hipster glasses, the food fights, and the annoying dumb jokes. Now I’m not targeting The Big Bang Theory here; I just used it as an example. I believe that the writers on Community were trying to tell us, the viewers, that we should not get our hopes up and be okay with NBC cancelling our beloved show, because that would be better than turning it into your typical laugh track induced “comedy” show. Like Harvey Dent from The Dark Knight says – “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”

All in all, the season premier itself was quite alright. I won’t say good, because it could have been much better. I loved Troy’s jokes. But what I didn’t like was the whole Troy-Britta thing. I saw it coming, I didn’t mind it, but I didn’t see it happen so soon, and definitely not so clumsily done, without any explanation. Maybe that’s just me, but I would definitely want the show to explain that a little bit. Pierce was amazing with his ball tasting jokes, a pity he couldn’t nail it. Okay, that was a bad joke on my behalf, but that being said, I could feel it in this episode itself that Chevy Chase wasn’t going to be around for too long. I know everyone says Chevy’s a dick and it’s a good riddance, but damn, I sure as hell will miss Pierce. He used to be one of my favourites on the show.

As far as the other characters go, I liked the Dean. Especially with him buying a new condo. The others though, meh.. I do have hope for the show, and I do think it has the potential to win this ratings war, but I have to emphasize again, that it’s okay if the show gets cancelled, as long as they don’t turn into another cheap network comedy. And for those who have TVs at home, and have access to NBC, please please please, I urge you to watch Community at 8 pm on TV itself, because it does matter.

PS: Anne’s boobs should have made an appearance. (You don’t know if I’m talking about her boobs or the monkey, ha!)