Community creator, but now ex/ousted-showrunner (booo!), Dan Harmon did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit yesterday where he talked about topics ranging from his notable creative differences with star Chevy Chase to whether or not he plans on tuning in on October 19th when the show returns for its fourth season under the guidance of new showrunners David Guarascio and Moses Port.

"I’m going to wait a few episodes," Harmon wrote, responding to the former query, "maybe the whole season, and see how other people react. If people love it, then I’ll be able to safely watch it with an open, friendly heart, because the whole point is whatever makes the audience happy. If they say it’s good, it’s good, and I can watch it and even say it’s good. But I’m not going to be part of any campaign to convince anyone – me or others – of anything, good or bad. I’ve received a lot of advice from a lot of creatives that in a situation like this, it’s best for everyone on all sides that I make a clean break and not look back. I’ll be one of the very last people you hear weighing in on New Community. It’s the most practical, healthy decision I can make for its audience. Here’s an important related question: DO I HOPE IT’S GOOD? The honest answer is yes.”One Redditor asked Harmon to shed some light on the rumor that notoriously difficult Chevy Chase walked off the set, refusing to do a scene. "He refused to do the 'tag' for the Digital Estate Planning episode. In the scripted tag, Abed comes to Pierce with the thumb drive he took, and says 'Pierce, I’ve been able to adjust some of the code for your Dad’s video game and I’ve made a version I think you might like better.' He puts the thumb drive into a laptop in front of Pierce. We cut to the laptop screen, where we see Pierce’s avatar on a front lawn with the giant floating head of Cornelius. Every time Pierce presses the space bar, his avatar throws a baseball to his father’s head, which gives him a thousand points and a “great job, son!” Pierce presses the space bar a few times, pauses, then leans over and embraces Abed and we fade to black.""When Adam Countee (writer) pitched that tag, tears instantly rolled down my cheeks, and in point of fact, my eyes are getting watery describing it to you," Harmon continued. "It was the most important part of the episode and possibly one of the most important moments of the season. I was very upset to hear that it wasn’t shot because someone didn’t feel like shooting it, especially since it was literally the last day of shooting, which meant we’d never be able to pick it up. I regret nothing about how upset I got (the feud then spread to Harmon publicly insulting Chase at the wrap party and Chase then leaving Harmon a scathing voicemail message). My job was to care about my show."So why did Chase refuse to do the tag? Chase claims it was because he didn't think it was funny but Harmon thinks that he was just tired and wanted to go home. "He probably didn’t realize he was permanently damaging the episode by doing so because he often walked off set and then we would just pick up his shots later in the week," Harmon answered. "But this was the final shot of the season. The sets came down after he walked away. So this was the one time in three years that his personality caused unfixable damage to something I really held valuable."Harmon then addressed whether or not turning Chevy's character, Pierce Hawthorne, into a villain in Season 2 was a reflection of how he and the writers felt about Chase. "It wasn't a reflection of how we felt about Chevy, it was a reflection of how we felt Chevy would be best used," Harmon responded. " I don't see Clark Griswold when I look at Chevy, and I certainly don't hear Fletch when I'm listening to someone tell me how much like Fletch they are. As I've said, I think his best performance was in the Dungeons and Dragons episode. I think what makes Pierce - and Chevy - heroic - is their unwillingness to surrender. There's a voice inside of us screaming I DON'T WANT TO DIE, I DON'T WANT TO BE IGNORED, I DON'T WANT TO FADE AWAY, IT'S NOT FAIR IT'S NOT FAIR IT'S NOT FAIR. Pierce, in his best moments, channels that voice, for the sake of all of us, so that we don't have to say these petty things."Harmon also wrote that there were many storylines set up for Season 4 and beyond, but that the one that he was sure would be used by new showrunners Guarascio and Port would involve Jeff finally finding his dad. "We were going to do it in Season 3 but then one of the NBC execs started saying ‘just make sure Jeff meeting his Dad isn’t a dark story,’ and I didn’t want to write one of the series’ most important stories under that hex," Harmon stated. "So I said, ‘let’s just punt that story to season 4.’ And we ended season 3 with Jeff googling his Dad, so...!”Harmon went on to answer a slew of other questions: His favorite episode? "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons." His vote for an actor to play Jeff's dad? Bill Murray. Favorite subtle joke? The Beetlejuice prank To read the entire AMA, head over here