Human Cannonball = rock perfection
https://youtu.be/TK8CNSciKp4

Watch the scene again- it graphically shows a lot of gore flying out the back of his head. I think if it turns out he survived that, it's going to require some very awkward retconning dialogue ("I am one lucky SOB to survive that bullet smashing through my brain and out the back of my head!").

Wow this is like the Bloomsday of Generation X.

Yes, I also thought I heard this.

Chilton doesn't actually live, right? He was pretty graphically shot right in the head and is deader than dead right? I'm guessing his appearance will be another flashback, in a season that's looking to be heavy on them.

This show makes me extra happy to be a vegetarian.

Sure, they cant be blamed for it. But the Russo's probably signed on to Winter Soldier well over 2 years ago, and probably signed on for 3 more Marvel films months before this finale was written. They're a big part of the Marvel machine now. And it's well-known they got the CA:WS gig because of their work on the…

Paul F Tompkins fan?

Yes, peaked = got better. South Park is a notable example of a show that peaked, ie reached the height of its greatest after season 6. That was the whole point of the discussion, it's incredibly rare for a show to peak after season 6.

Don't know anything about the Babylon 5 movies, but Fire Walk With Me is 95% prequel, so it's hard to imagine them following that path.

He's probably right, but it's kind of odd, though I guess totally on par for Dan Harmon, to spend time in the possible series finale taking digs at the work of formerly essential Community staff (the Russo brothers, who directed many of Community's best episodes as well as Winter Soldier and soon-to-be produced…

If we rank NBC comedy finales, would we rank the season 5 finale of Community since season 6 isn't an NBC show?

I would keep all of season 5 and 6- I think even the weakest episodes had their charm (and from season 4 I'd keep "Herstory of Dance" "Intro to Knots" and "Basic Human Anatomy").

Hickey died?

It's surely no coincidence that winning the respect and admiration of Alison Brie is an important element in 2 of the very best TV finales of the year (and maybe the century).

If you're talking cultural impact then this list is a mess. Entourage has definitely had more cultural impact than Rome or Spawn or Oz and probably more than Deadwood, and even probably The Wire if we're being honest.

Who's down for some Turtling around?

Obviously in this scenario E is played by Portia de Rossi.

Thurtle? Skirtle?

Dirty little potato people!