Hello everyone and welcome to a new take on the discussion series that I will be trying out called five things from. This idea came about as I thought that I wanted to expand the range of shows that I cover but not all fit the current discussion/analysis approach. Therefore we are trying out this new format called Five Things From. I will select five moments from an episode to look at and highlight rather than it being an in-depth analysis which doesn’t work for all shows. They may be big events, a certain character, random references or little bits that make me chuckle. Hopefully it will take those who have seen all of the show on a pleasant trip down memory lane too. Here we go!

The announcement introduction

In both episodes so far the episode has began with a dean voice-over making announcements to the students (this time involving a not so subtle trick to get cannabis growers to turn themselves in). It is a good way to set up any needed premise, drop some exposition or just to get in a couple of early laughs. I liked how Abed actually mentioned how the announcements were like the beginning of a tv show. Anyone who knows me knows that I love me a good meta-post!

Ken Jeong!

I didn’t know that Ken Jeong was in this! I love his stand up and have seen him on various shows like the Masked Singer but I have never seen him in an acting role before. He was over the top in his usual way and I like his character. It made me chuckle how he thought that everyone was wondering why an Asian man was teaching Spanish when it was clear that was what nobody was thinking. And him saying that his knowledge will bite your face off is both as hilarious as it is terrifying.

Starburns

I need to know more about this man! Is he a one off? Do we ever see him again? Does he speak? What made him think that star shaped sideburns looked good? Did he cut it that way or grow them naturally? So many questions!

Dragging it out

It has happened to all of us…you end up having to work in a group or pair with not your first choice (to be polite). You want this done as quickly as possible but they want anything but. When someone doesn’t want to focus and you are so unwilling to dabble in small talk things get tense. I am still not really liking Jeff but you had to feel bad for him here. I also don’t know if you are supposed to feel bad for Pierce or not but I weirdly like him. He just wants to be friends…even if he is all sorts of slightly offensive.

“This isn’t a school paper, this is a real paper”

This quote really tickled me as I have friends who were part of the university paper/newsletter and know how offended they would be at this kind of talk. It just highlighted how consumed and in a bubble you become regarding collage/university life.

So there we have it…my Five Things From Community 1×2. Let me know what you think of this new spin-off style and any ways to improve it! Thanks for reading!