I look forward to this actually happening. Then we can get 10-11+ Todd reviews which will barely mention the plot of the episodes but which tackle the two pressing questions:

My, right now, attitude is: - That the season had flaws and learning opportunities that deserve to be examined. Not ignored. Not repressed. We need to go Clockwork Orange on S4 as fans and critics of the show.- That Todd's Harmon-abandonment issues has gone critical, to a point where his jabs and reviews run contrary…

My gut says that Kevin/Chang replaces Pierce. And Heroic Origins set that up.

Yeah but the point is, he didn't do it.

Now do Barney's backstory.

Slight twist. Toby is actually a rugged actor. He removes prosthetic makeup and is revealed as Colin Ferguson (star of Eureka). The ineffectual HR rep was just an act to keep the drama going. The whole point of the documentary was to see how long it would take people to spot an actor in their workplace. Costa Rica and…

Best way they could establish that Robin is Barney's soulmate?

I'd much rather Robin come in with an ant head.

I can buy the idea that Darkest Jeff was Jeff simply reverting rather than Jeff CHANGING.

And Subway literally only has one corporate location and never runs locations in a college.

I'll add… I thought this was a premise that could go wrong in a thousand ways and some of us here were anticipating them. Something like Abed or Chang masterminding everything.

Okay…

Look forward to seeing it.

I've done some voiceover and impressions (most of my experience is with live performance) and I do a passable vocal impression of Chevy Chase as Pierce and Danny Pudi as Abed. (I did a play awhile back with multiple parts in vignettes; one of my parts was a character with congenital analgesia and I played him almost…

Right. But my concern is that S1 Asperger-y Abed would have put them together because they seemed to match broad types that would make for exciting stories.

Thinking this through, I think the suckage factor of a Harmon-less episode is directly proportional to how many times the writers fall back on Pierce being a racist/homophobe/villain.

I'd say a low quality episode from Season TWO. Season three, in particular the back half, had the seams already starting to show.

Interesting counterpoint: How would you feel about Abed deliberately bringing them together?

I think Leonard's roommate should wind up as valedictorian, prompting a feud.

Addressing all of the continuity talk: