We should all start mailing letters to NBC that say "Six seasons and a movie" every single week.

I don't want to sound like a hipster but my kid memory is telling me that the much, much, less popular VR Troopers was a better show with actual storylines that unfolded over the course of its short run.  I remember something about one of the three heroes father being transformed by the big bad on the show into a…

I'm not digging Kane being set up as this ultra wise borderline messianic figure, who after only knowing Jeff for a few minutes, can intuit all  that psychically and spiritually plagues him.  As someone mentioned way up thread it seems like an easy out for the writers to spell out lessons to Jeff.  A role which was…

The ratings are in and they're not good.  Via TV by the numbers:
. Community fell 23% from last fall's premiere to a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating

Yeah, I've been replaying the song in my head and trying to come up with a context where it makes sense but I just can't. It felt like part of it was from Jeff and the other part was a blatant Fuck You from Harmon aimed at critics of the shows more meta moments - delivered via meta.
But this episode as a whole felt a…

I didn't laugh once but I chalked it up to Harmon trying to get a ton of plates spinning as early as possible this season.  I kind of feel like this episode should get an "incomplete"; in so far as it might get better in hindsight depending on whether the groundwork laid tonight pays off later down the road.

This was such a table setter episode that it's hard for me to objectively grade.  That being said the 2001 bit was nothing short of genius and will hopefully be the beginning of reastablishing the connection Pierce and Jeff were forming in season 1 but was abruptly dropped in season 2.
On a different note, did anyone…