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What was it about " Studies in Modern Movement " that didn't quite work for me? Was it the straightforward sitcom-y situations the gang found themselves in? Was it that none of it took place at Greendale? Or was it that the study group got broken down to smaller separate groups? I think it's the latter. Splitting them into four groups, telling four relatively unrelated stories was definitely a change of pace, and one that may have hurt the episode's flow.At the heart of the episode was Annie's move. At the onset, the gang was together prepping Annie's things for their trek to Troy and Abed's apartment. Everyone except Jeff . Winger's brilliant "fake hospital" bit was by far the best part of the episode. The clerk talking nurse talk and calling doctors over the PA was great, but Jeff's casual use of a scanning gun to create the rhythmic beeps of a monitor were perfection. Winger at his best.But as the episode progressed, the separation of characters continued, and the comedy diminished just a bit. Annie trying to go with the flow of Troy and Abed could be called the main storyline as it was the episode's focus. It went exactly how you would expect, with Annie riding a rollercoaster of hating, then enjoying, then hating the pair's idiosyncrasies. The shadow puppets were fun, and I liked the duo's Dreamatorium, their version of a holodeck. But something about the generic story here, the sitcom roommate situation, that just felt a bit hollow. In fact, every situation reeked of sitcom tropes, but not in a way that was being ironic or paying homage.Jeff being blackmailed by Dean Pelton to spend a day with him reminded me of Bania trying to get a dinner with Jerry on Seinfeld Britta and Shirley riding with a weird Jesus hitchhiker also felt awfully familiar. As did Pierce's toxic-fume-induced hallucination. Community is rightfully known for taking these common sitcom occurrences and turning them on their head, but here they all felt fairly regular. Mind you, there were still quite a few laughs in these straightforward situations. Jeff's uncomfortable, forced responses with Dean Pelton early in his storyline were perfectly delivered. And the overlapping montage of song from all the groups was another highlight of the episode.But there was still a bit lacking in this episode when everyone was split off into their smaller groups. This was punctuated by the end, when Jeff showed up at the apartment and everyone mocked him with the "Kiss From a Rose" performance Pelton had tweeted. After 20 minutes of not quite feeling like a Community episode, this was the great moment that confirmed what show I was watching.More Episode Reviews: