Season 2 was her best for me (religious episode + pregnancy arc), but she's had some decent moments in season 4 too. Also as a side note: pretty much everyone reverted to their stock characteristics in IFS (Jeff going on about Vegas, Pierce being a slightly more exaggerated version of himself).

I currently have Greendale Babies as my ringtone. Going to change ASAP, before someone I want to respect me hears it.

Portal is one of the few games I consider to be (or at least approach) art. The others: BIT.TRIP FLUX (though it loses its impact if you don't play the rest of the series first) and Little Inferno. I highly recommend those two.

Yeah, I've been wondering that too. Because why would someone from animal control be at a town hall meeting?

No, that was Aubrey Plaza.

"Hey Ben, I think we should start a family."

FLAGGED BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH YOU

I was thinking that meant he died in 2013, but maybe I don't understand how to write that correctly.

This is better than season 8 of The Office, but I'd argue that it represents roughly the same level of decline from previous seasons.

RIP Abed, 2009-2013

I sort of feel like the other episodes in which the actors are replaced with something else (Abed uncontrollable Christmas and Digital estate planning), most of the characters are instantly reduced to caricatures. Specifically Jeff talking about women in the former, and Pierce being racist/homophobic in the latter.

difference was the law and order episode knew better than to try. It just wanted to be funny. This one tried to add emotion on top of that.

The mere fact that you call it that tells me that you're not ready.

Yeah, give your Fs to tonight's Glee instead.

It's possible I'm exaggerating, but I definitely miss the Dean from previous seasons, especially since he seems to be often reduced to a weird costume now. I'll have to rewatch Herstory of Dance; I do remember him being more enjoyable in that.

Thank you for saying that. Makes sense.

I don't know what it is, but pretty much all of Troy's so-dumb-it's-funny lines haven't worked for me this season. The only time they ever land is when Donald Glover does a goofy facial expression, but the puppet removed that.

It's sad, but I feel the same way. It's like how it's not cool to say you like The Office anymore because it's been so bad for so long, but even worse because I loved Harmon-era Community more than I ever loved The Office.

This episode devoted wayyyy too much time to the musical numbers to be able to do any emotional stuff well. The episodes you listed devoted enough time and energy to make it work, especially Chaos Theory.

That was SUCH a weird moment to acknowledge Duncan's absence. I get that's sort of the whole point of it, but there was already so much confusing crap going on in the hot air balloon scene it didn't work at all for me.