i don't think it makes much sense that they're anything but terrorists. faisel was surprised that "they'd trained" her, which would be completely insane if they were there in any sort of intelligence capacity from any structured and resourced intelligence organisation.

it'll be something meta. ha ha.

hm, i'm not sure. i think the dean, like chang, is good in small doses; upgrading him (/them) to main cast generally means having to squeeze them in or find a place for them in more or less every episode. but then, i suppose the show needs to grow from season to season, and since community has never really let me down…

community would not, could not and should not ever do such a thing. and why would you want it to?