I really just think this was a circumstance that changed during the ups and downs of Harmon's firing, rehiring, and all the cast shake-ups. I'm pretty sure we'd have a completely different show right now if Harmon had still been on board for season 4.

Yeah, last week had me dead asleep the following Tuesday but I'm feeling fine today. Can't wait to delude my body with sleep deprivation periodically for the next 2.5 months!

I'd have to say that it still might be? I'm honestly not really seeing where complaints about Pudi's weak acting are coming from.

Yeah I'm disagreed with you on last week but I don't know what the fuck the writers were thinking with her here. Just having her mention to Elroy that everyone thinks she's a joke made the whole thing even more confusing and poorly handled.

And also, isn't the whole point of bartending that you DON'T get drunk? I was assuming that one of the characters would point that out and say that Britta was the worst for getting drunk at a job that you're not supposed to get drunk at, but they all acted like drinking while bartending was pretty much expected of her.

I loved the Dean plot so I can't advocate for its removal. Agreed on the points about Britta and the ending, though.

Quality of the rest of the episode aside, the scene with Jeff and Abed arguing over video editing was a great snappy bit. I'd like to see more things in that vein.

I haven't had a chance to rewatch the episode yet (they usually sit better with me on rewatch), but the more I think about it the more pissed I am at how Britta was used in the latest episode. Could they really not think of a better use for her character than for her to wander around drunk and shit herself?

The "Annie transfering" thing ended up so inconsequential that I had already forgotten about it. I get what they were trying to do, but given that the audience would know that she's not actually going to transfer, it seemed like a rushed grab at haphazard emotional stakes to try and steer the episode to a solid…

I'm impressed at how quickly they've gotten a grasp on Frankie's character. She already feels like she's been on the show for a while.

Weaker than the other two episodes but it was still pretty good, I definitely laughed out loud a bunch (mostly at everything regarding the Dean's texts with Jeff). The resolution to the main story felt weirdly rushed, which is strange because they clearly had more time they could've used, but overall the main story…

Shit, I'm already up so it's really hard not to justify just waiting another hour. I guess the next three months are indeed gonna be a cycle of convincing myself I'm not gonna stay up, staying up anyway, and regretting it while tired and cranky every Tuesday morning.

Is this something one will only be able to see with Hulu Plus? Haven't had any experience with other Hulu originals.

Heh, I had Kansas winning it all.

I had them losing their next game and everyone else in my bracket pool had them going all the way to the final four. I'm perfectly fine with this.

The first hour of the finale was a flashback alt-perspective of the pilot that actually ended with the entire exact performance of Don't Stop Believin' from the pilot. It may have been 100% reused footage but it worked.

"I Lived" by One Republic. Tonally a good song to end it on, I thought.

In all seriousness, they actually did have a handful of original songs per season after season 1. I like to think that it was in direct response to Community's criticism.

If you'd told me in 2012 that Community would outlast Glee I never would've believed it.

Honestly the whole thing was kind of predictable and perfunctory - they flashed forward into everyone's lives like every show is doing now and everyone got the endgame that was pretty much expected of them, so nothing was either unexpected or infuriating or amusingly stupid.