I agree that this episode wasn't as effortlessly articulated as Cooperative Calligraphy, but few episodes of anything are. Every time I watch that episode, I'm floored by just what an amazingly executed piece of television it is. It should really be held up as a gold standard of sitcom writing, because the things it…

Oh no question, Community has always had much more interest in characterization and sentimentality than 30 Rock ever did. But 30 Rock was called things like "live action Family Guy", which has always seemed off-base to me. It was mostly focused on the jokes, but there were obvious attempts to give its central…

Ann and Chris's departure has been ridiculously mishandled so far. These characters are leaving. Why are we being subjected to long sub-plots about their future that are relevant to them and absolutely no one else on the show? While neither character has ever exactly been a central part of the show, both of them have…

UH YOU COULD'VE JUST SAID NO!

Can we take a moment to appreciate how great Annie is this season? They've totally restored her back to her S1/2 self, and it's wonderful.

There was Pierce staying with Abed in Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, but they've always had a fairly cold and distant relationship, for sure.

Abed seemed almost pissed off in this episode.

There was toooons of it for 30 Rock in that shows' middle years, until the last season made people realize that hey, they do care about these characters after all.

Why is every single-camera comedy doing a prank war plot lately?

Yeah, in both Cooperative Calligraphy and even Intro to Political Science, there was more to the joke than just "HAHA RHYMES!!!!"

As warm and fuzzy as this would be, it might just be that NBC is benching them so they're not too far ahead of the rest of the block, since they aired new episodes all through the fall while Parks and Community didn't.

This was the first episode of this show I've watched since Season 3. I was surprised by the genuine depth they alluded to with Alex's storyline. It sort of goes to show how this continues to be a show that could be great if it wanted to but mostly doesn't care enough, though.

It didn't feel like *quite* as much of a repilot as Community, but they were definitely pretty similar. Community and Suburgatory have always had some similarities - namely their ability to shift from absurd, silly humor to genuine drama in a moments' notice. (Community's more consistent with it, though).

I thought this a lot stronger and more tonally consistent than a lot of Season 2, which was great at times (The Wishbone is one of the best sitcom episodes of recent years) but floundered too much to be called a great season overall. This has always seemed like a show that's *just* on the edge of being great. I'd like…

I am genuinely devastated by the loss of the dog and I hope they adopt a new one by the end of the season.

His character never. ever fit comfortably into the show. Cutting down the ensemble was a good move. I will definitely miss Ryan Shay, though. (That one obviously wasn't the shows' decision).

Yeah, Ben Wyatt seems like the obvious Parks example.

Cece had a bigger part in this episode than she did in plenty of pre-Coach episodes.

Well, after February it is no longer on the schedule, and they cut the episode order. Seems like basically a de facto cancellation to me.

TVBytheNumbers is pretty much full of shit. They tout their 90% accuracy rate or whatever - but it's really pretty easy to guess most renewals and cancellations. You know Modern Family is getting renewed, and you know Hostages is getting cancelled. The ones that are difficult are the bubble shows, and if you notice,…