The elevator shaft thing semed a bit heavy-handed — I'm not sure what would disappoint me more:  having someone fall down it later (making it a telegraphed plot development) or NOT having someone fall down it (making it a clumsy symbol).

You do know what jokes are, right?

Jesus, six pages of comments?  Commenting on Community episodes is like homework now.  Well, I'm just going to assume I'm agreeing with some of these and diagreeing with others, because I do not have time to go through all these.  Allow me to add my own points which undoubtedly repeat what's been said, so as to…

Agreed.  I didn't particularly like the first QoJ, so I wasn't enthused when I saw this was going to be a repeat of that gimmick.

Well, Idris Elba just isn't that good at comedy, and they didn't really use him that well.  Sobotka, on the other hand, just has to play exactly the same role and he'll work — IMHO, he worked well last night and could work for a long term character.  Stringer just never fit into the show all that well.

Agreed on pretty much all the criticisms in the review and the comments, but still somehow this episode gave me hope.  Yes, Andy's characterization has been hopelessly inconsistent.  Yes, Jim and Dwight should not have been implicated in a fraud/embezzlement scheme, especially given that neither character has ever…

I wasn't sure if they were trying to make Bobby a villain or not.  When he was introduced, he seemed like a sweet moron character until he met with Leslie and his selfish brat tendencies showed.  He was a villain to the extent that the P&R world has villains — small scale and mostly harmless.

Interesting.  I feel bad for the guy, he certainly does seem insecure about his place in the industry.  It's a shame that he doesn't seem able to appreciate the level he's reached.   He's freaking Guido, Cypher, and Ralphie — and that's just to pick my personal three favorites.

I agree there's something "off" about the whole Vito subplot (though it did give us the line "I love you, Johnnycakes").  But I'm not sure the story is just a time-killing detour.

I agree, Roger and Sally should really get a spin-off when Mad Men goes away.

The history of blackface
involves taking away the dignity of african-americans, reducing them to
caricatures, and insulting their intelligence and general competence. It is therefore amusing to present a scenario in which the viewer expects traditional blackface — and, further, almost certainly is uncomfortable if not…

You know, I've seen the criticisms and reservations in the comments, and I can't really disagree, but — but — but, damn, I still love these episodes.  The phrase "hole in the world" is a fantastic example of the familiar Buffyverse trope of having a supernatural phenomenon serve as a tangible metaphor for the…

I thought it was awesome, the funniest the show has been in ages, and actually an improvement over the first live ep.  The Amos n Andy bit with Jon Hamm had me laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.  "This demeans us both!"

I'm just posting to say that — after working PERFECTLY through the Office, thank you very much — my stupid fucking cable cut out throughout this episode.  It was doing that annoying ass pixelated thing, constantly freezing up and fritzing out.  So I missed pretty much the whole episode.

Such a great fucking episode (or pair of episodes, I suppose).  Awesome.

Don't tell me America doesn't love Tony Danza.

Wow, I don't have nearly as much rancor for "Norman's Conquest" as the rest of you.  That isn't to say that I approve of the mob's equation of masculinity with infidelity, but it doesn't anger me.  I just view this as part of the show's era, once again evidence of the very specific moment in history the show occupies.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have been so, what's the word, dickish.  I just really have a different take on these books.  And also I shouldn't post before I 've had my morning coffee. 

Zack — wow, I rarely say things this starkly, but I think you're realling missing the point of the Potter books.

You're right, I had forgotten the end of CAP.  I shouldn't have implied that this version of Abed was entirely new, in fact the "confident Abed" was confined pretty much exclusively to that episode, which I only remembered because I've been re-viewing season 1 lately.  It actually surprised me, because I'd forgotten…