Because the effects team didn't write the script?

By definition, an extra million or so viewers means an extra million chances for someone to tune in to the next show, or check out the previous show.

But here's the thing you're not considering (one of several things you're not considering, really)… even if there's no difference for NBC between Community pulling a 1.1-1.2 at 8:00 and a new show pulling a 0.6 at 8:00 (and believe me, neither of THIS year's remaining new shows would be pulling even an 0.8 in that…

One of them is a B+. It's a G+D+B+.

Oh! I mean that, while watching the episode four months or so later, I forgot I had had lines. I remembered that I was in a couple of the classroom scenes, and I remembered the riot, but not specifically that I talked in the classroom.

Screenplay. Write one. Other things?

I trust Ben Jonson, but that's my own cross to bear.

How about "Star Wars"?

Semicolon. Less coherent grammatically, but who doesn't love a semicolon?

I feel like I'm really getting to enjoy being in a crowd in the background. Because people aren't focusing on me, and because Garrett is already established as kind of weird, I can go pretty big with the reactions without it coming of as overplaying.

Aided by the fact that Fox was showing a rerun, and ABC was showing some damn thing nobody wanted.

It's also January 2 — not exactly the best week for TV. Some networks didn't even bother to bring their shows back until next week. Sure, ratings will dip a little because it's not the premiere, but not coming at a time when a lot of people are either visiting family for the holidays or coming back from visiting…

I mean, eventually they HAVE to throw MJ Fox or Sean Saves the World to 8:00, right?

…of Animal Practice.

Well, Annie's the same age as Troy, who turned 21 in season 2, so they'd be 23 in season 4, and it's… 3 years later or so, so… 26. Annie is 26. I MAKE CANON.

I enjoyed it — Garrett has to be frightened so often, I don't get to play angry. I also ad-libbed picking up the book cart and shaking it after knocking it over… is it an ad-lib if it's not words? I don't know, but I'm still at the point as an actor where anything I add that gets used is exciting.

Call of Duty ad didn't happen until he was filming… 505? I remember because we had a scene together, and he had been working on set there earlier that day.

Ehhhhhhh.

And the other ten or so writers.

But think of the other 11-plus months of the year… how often does it get played then?