Community

8.6

A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eclectic staff and student body.

Joel McHale / Gillian Jacobs / Danny Pudi / Alison Brie / Ken Jeong / Yvette Nicole Brown / Jim Rash / Donald Glover / Chevy Chase / Richard Erdman

    • Released
    • (2009-)
    • Seasons
    • 6 seasons
    • Status
    • returning series
    • Add to
    • watch list

    SEASON 5

  • Episode 13Basic Sandwich

    When the group learns about Greendale's first dean, they embark on a mission to find his old computer lab; Subway enlists Chang to spy on the group as part of its plan to take over the school.

  • Episode 12Basic Story

    After a liability audit, the Save Greendale Committee discovered that they have, in fact, saved Greendale - until they discover that as a result of the successful audit, the school is being sold to Subway.

  • Episode 11G.I. Jeff

    The entire group becomes part of the cast of a classic "G.I. Joe" cartoon from the 1980s, which turns out to be part of Jeff's coping mechanism as he deals with a monumental life event.

  • Episode 10Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

    The group proposes a "sequel" to Dungeons & Dragons night when they need to get a skeptical professor Hickey to bond with his estranged son.

  • Episode 9VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing

    Whilst cleaning the storage room Jeff, Hickey and Shirley find a pile of unused hidden textbooks and plot a way to make the best out of it. Meanwhile, Annie and Abed are trying to find a new roommate.

  • Episode 8App Development and Condiments

    When developers beta test a new app with Greendale students, the campus soon descends into a dystopian society where status is determined by their app standing.

  • Episode 7Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality

    Jeff helps Duncan score a date with Britta, and Abed has a Hickey encounter on his way to the movie theater.

  • Episode 6Analysis of Cork-Based Networking

    Annie and Hickey fight Greendale bureaucracy to install a bulletin board, Abed learns a lesson about sign language, and the others discover the challenges of planning a properly sensitive school dance.

  • Episode 5Geothermal Escapism

    As a going-away present to Troy before his around-the-world trip, Abed sets up a high-stakes game of "Hot Lava" at the college, but Britta suspects that the game is just masking his real feelings about Troy's departure.

  • Episode 4Cooperative Polygraphy

    After Pierce's unexpected passing, a team of investigators headed by the no-nonsense Mr. Stone arrives at Greendale to subject the study group to lie detector tests before they can be considered for distributions under the will.

  • Episode 3Basic Intergluteal Numismatics

    The college is surrounded with panic when an unidentified person starts dropping coins down everyone's butts and Annie takes it upon herself to find out the person behind it all.

  • Episode 2Introduction to Teaching

    Jeff blows off his new teaching job at Greendale until Annie signs up for his class and forces him to teach, and Abed loses his religion when he takes a course about whether Nicolas Cage is good or bad.

  • Episode 1Repilot

    Having failed in his second go-round as a lawyer, and unable to gather evidence for a potential lawsuit against Greendale, Jeff tries to convince the other former members of the Study Group to sue the school.

    SEASON 4

  • Episode 13Advanced Introduction to Finality

    A plan to celebrate Jeff's (Joel McHale) early graduation is unexpectedly disrupted by the study group's evil doppelgangers from the Darkest Timeline.

  • Episode 12Heroic Origins

    Abed's (Danny Pudi) research into the study group's history uncovers an overlooked series of chance encounters that led each of them to Greendale.

  • Episode 11Basic Human Anatomy

    When Annie and Shirley learn that Leonard is actually holding the spot as the class valedictorian, they join forces to bring him down. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed reminisce about one of their ...

  • Episode 10Intro to Knots

    Jeff organizes a lovely holiday gathering at his apartment but Annie secretly invites Professor Cornwallis, to get in his good graces. When it becomes apparent that Professor Cornwallis ...

  • Episode 9Intro to Felt Surrogacy

    Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) prompts the study group to use puppets to relive the traumatic events of a recent adventure.

  • Episode 8Herstory of Dance

    While the dean sets up a Sadie Hawkins dance, Britta puts together a competing Sophie B. Hawkins dance. Meanwhile, Abed is set up with two dates to both dances by Annie and Shirley.

  • Episode 7Economics of Marine Biology

    Dean Pelton and Annie try to land a "whale" student while Jeff is assigned to keep Pierce occupied. Meanwhile, Troy and Shirley take a physical education education course, and Abed creates a fraternity to annoy the dean.

  • Episode 6Advanced Documentary Filmmaking

    Abed makes a new documentary chronicling Greendale's effort to get a research grant for "Changnesia," as well as Jeff's efforts to prove that Chang is faking his disease.

  • Episode 5Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations

    While Jeff and Britta spend Thanksgiving with Jeff's newly-discovered father and brother, the rest of the Study Group tries to escape from Shirley's dysfunctional family Thanksgiving celebration.

  • Episode 4Alternative History of the German Invasion

    The Study Group loses access to the study room to the German foosballers, and Chang returns to campus, claiming to be suffering from "Changnesia."

  • Episode 3Conventions of Space and Time

    At the Inspector SpaceTime Convention, Abed finds a new "soulmate," Jeff discovers he looks like one of the show's villains, Shirley and Pierce join a focus group, and Annie pretends to be Jeff's wife.

  • Episode 2Paranormal Parentage

    The Study Group's Halloween plans are put on hold when Pierce locks himself in the panic room of his "haunted" mansion.

  • Episode 1History 101

    The dean creates a Hunger Games-style competition for admission into a History of Ice Cream class--the final class Jeff needs to graduate. Meanwhile, a fear of graduation causes Abed to retreat to his happy place.

    SEASON 3

  • Episode 22Introduction to Finality

    Jeff faces an old nemesis as Shirley and Pierce square off in Greendale court, Abed succumbs to his evil alter ego, and Troy decides to meet his destiny at air conditioning school.

  • Episode 21The First Chang Dynasty

    The Study Group, now known as the "Greendale Seven," launches a plot to rescue the real dean Pelton and end Chang's reign of terror over Greendale.

  • Episode 20Digital Estate Planning

    The Study Group must help Hawthorne win a video game so that he can claim his inheritance, but somebody may be out to ensure that he loses.

  • Episode 19Curriculum Unavailable

    When Abed claims the Dean has been replaced by a doppelgänger he is forced to take psychiatric treatment. Naturally, the rest of the study group joins him at his session with Dr. Heidi.

  • Episode 18Course Listing Unavailable

    A fellow student has died and Biology class has been canceled, meaning everyone has to retake it in summer school. When the memorial service turns into a riot, Chang is granted special authoritative powers.

  • Episode 17Basic Lupine Urology

    Presented like an episode of

  • Episode 16Virtual Systems Analysis

    The study group takes a three hour lunch. Annie suggests Abed shows her how the Dreamatorium works so Troy and Britta can be together. But their 'Inspector Spacetime' simulation soon turns ...

  • Episode 15Origins of Vampire Mythology

    While Britta struggles to stay away from her old carny boyfriend, Jeff becomes obsessed with their relationship. Meanwhile, the dean stops by Troy and Abed's to recruit Troy for the dean of the school of refrigeration.

  • Episode 14Pillows and Blankets

    The United Forts of Pillowtown, headed by Abed, is at war with the Legit Republic of Blanketsburg, ruled by Troy. Annie sets up a hospital zone to treat casualties on both sides. Britta ...

  • Episode 13Digital Exploration of Interior Design

    Shirley and Pierce recruit Britta to sabotage the new Subway restaurant in the cafeteria. Jeff finds a hate-letter in the school locker he never realized he had. Troy and Abed begin ...

  • Episode 12Contemporary Impressionists

    The members of the Study Group take jobs as celebrity impersonators to pay off Abed's debt to a celebrity impersonator business, but can Jeff be Ryan Seacrest without his fragile ego spiral out of control?

  • Episode 11Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts

    Pierce comes to Shirley with a business proposal just as she's about to get married to Andre. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed try to act "normal" for the wedding, Britta discovers a new skill, and Jeff struggles with his toast.

  • Episode 10Regional Holiday Music

    A holiday-themed parody of "Glee" in which Abed tries to persuade each member of the Study Group to join the glee club so that they can qualify for regionals.

  • Episode 9Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism

    Shirley teaches Jeff foosball so that he can beat a team of cocky, obnoxious Germans, while Annie creates an overly elaborate ruse so that she doesn't have to tell Abed that she broke his special edition The Dark Knight DVD.

  • Episode 8Documentary Filmmaking: Redux

    Dean Pelton is given the task to make an updated Greendale television commercial, but the shoot soon goes over budget and spirals out of control, descending the dean into madness--with Abed documenting the entire experience.

  • Episode 7Studies in Modern Movement

    The study group helps Annie move in with Troy and Abed - except for Jeff, who lies to get out of it but is busted by dean Pelton.

  • Episode 6Advanced Gay

    Pierce gets a visit from his bigoted father after his wipes become a hit in the gay community, and the dean of the School of Refrigeration recruits Troy to become his student.

  • Episode 5Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps

    During her pre-Halloween party, Britta gets everyone to tell a spooky story so that she can find out which member of the study group scored out as a psychopath on their psychology profiles.

  • Episode 4Remedial Chaos Theory

    At Abed and Troy's housewarming party, Jeff decides to let the decision on who gets the pizza rest on the roll of the dice, leaving Abed to contemplate six alternate realities.

  • Episode 3Competitive Ecology

    Chaos ensues when the Study Group tries to divide itself up into biology lab partners, and Chang appoints himself security "detective," and tries to solve a mystery that is only in his head.

  • Episode 2Geography of Global Conflict

    When another over-achieving student steals Annie's idea for a Model U.N. club, the Study Group comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, new security cop Chang tries to stop Britta's last-ditch efforts to create a campus disturbance.

  • Episode 1Biology 101

    Jeff's plan to keep Pierce out of the Study Group backfires when he gets kicked out instead, Abed copes with bad news about Cougar Town, and Dean Pelton's authority is challenged by another Greendale dean.

    SEASON 2

  • Episode 24For a Few Paintballs More

    When the study group learns that there's a sinister plot behind the paintball tournament, they unite the remaining players to defeat the enemy.

  • Episode 23A Fistful of Paintballs

    In a "spaghetti western" parody, Pierce tries to get revenge on the rest of the study group during this year's paintball tournament.

  • Episode 22Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts

    When the Anthropology class assembles for their final exam, Shirley notices a twinge, which quickly escalates into full-blown labor. As Jeff and Britta argue about how best to help, Chang ...

  • Episode 21Paradigms of Human Memory

    As the study group gathers to assemble their 20th and final Anthropology diorama of the year, they begin reminiscing about their favorite times together - including a trip they made to a ...

  • Episode 20Competitive Wine Tasting

    When a beautiful woman rejects him in favor of Pierce, Jeff is convinced she must have ulterior motives. Meanwhile, Troy invents a painful childhood memory in order to attract Britta, and ...

  • Episode 19Critical Film Studies

    Jeff's "Pulp Fiction"-themed surprise party for Abed is spoiled when Abed tells him over dinner that he's done with pop culture. But is this confession actually just part of another movie homage?

  • Episode 18Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy

    Jeff uses Shirley's parental rights waiver against Chang as a way to get Chang out of the apartment, while Britta is afraid to tell Abed and Troy that their new friend is a war criminal.

  • Episode 17Intro to Political Science

    Anticipating a visit from the vice president, dean Pelton holds an election for student body president. An idealistic Annie decides to run, but Jeff decides to run against her to spite her and show how stupid politics can be.

  • Episode 16Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking

    Pierce pretends to be dying so that he can bequeath a series of cryptic and sometimes mean-spirited gifts to his study partners, and Abed decides to shoot a documentary film of the situation.

  • Episode 15Early 21st Century Romanticism

    Jeff hangs out with Professor Duncan after a fight with the study group, but Chang tags along and starts a party. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy fight for a librarian's affection, and Britta goes to a dance with a girl she thinks is a lesbian.

  • Episode 14Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

    The study group plays Dungeons & Dragons with another classmate to improve his spirits, but Pierce's jealousies cause their good intentions to backfire.

  • Episode 13Celebrity Pharmacology 212

    Pierce bribes Annie into getting him a bigger role in her anti-drug play, Jeff gets in trouble when he sends a lewd text message from Britta's phone, and Shirley rejects Chang's attempts to be friendly to her.

  • Episode 12Asian Population Studies

    Annie lobbies for her new crush, who is also Jeff's rival, to join the study group, but a jealous Jeff counters with Chang. Meanwhile, Shirley announces that she's pregnant, but she doesn't know that it could be Chang's.

  • Episode 11Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas

    When Abed wakes up to discover that everything is in stop motion animation, Professor Duncan and the study group help him try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.

  • Episode 10Mixology Certification

    The study group takes Troy out to a bar to celebrate his 21st birthday. While there, Annie assumes a new identity, Abed is propositioned by a man, one of Shirley's secrets is discovered, and Britta and Jeff fight over the "cool" bars.

  • Episode 9Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design

    Dean Pelton tries to bust Jeff for a phony night school credit, which only unveils a series of conspiracies, plots, and double-crosses between Jeff, Annie, and the dean.

  • Episode 8Cooperative Calligraphy

    Chaos and mistrust tear the study group apart as they try to figure out who stole Annie's pen, causing them to miss the Greendale Puppy Parade.

  • Episode 7Aerodynamics of Gender

    Britta, Annie and Shirley discover that Abed is skilled at insulting the mean girls, so they use him to their advantage. Meanwhile, Troy and Jeff find a secret garden with a trampoline, which they use for relaxation.

  • Episode 6Epidemiology

    The study group is left to fend for themselves by Dean Pelton during a rabies outbreak due to tainted food at Greendale's Halloween party.

  • Episode 5Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples

    Shirley asks Abed to make a film about Jesus, but he quickly angers Shirley by turning it into a self-indulgent mess. Meanwhile, Pierce begins blowing off the study group to hang out with the "hipsters."

  • Episode 4Basic Rocket Science

    Everyone in the study group except Abed is stuck in a crude 1980s space simulator as it is towed off campus, and Abed leads the team given the difficult assignment of bringing them home.

  • Episode 3The Psychology of Letting Go

    Pierce's religion convinces him that the spirit of his dead mother is captured in a cheap lava lamp, Jeff has a crisis of faith when he learns he has high cholesterol, and Britta and Annie try to raise money for the oil spill.

  • Episode 2Accounting for Lawyers

    Jeff blows off the study group and their break-dancing competition to hang out with his old co-workers at the law firm, but Annie tries to prove that one of them is the person who turned him in and got him fired.

  • Episode 1Anthropology 101

    Jeff and Britta engage in a dangerous game of relationship one-upsmanship in response to Britta's embarrassing moment at the end of the previous school year, which could cause the entire study group to fall apart.

    SEASON 1

  • Episode 25Pascal's Triangle Revisited

    Jealousy runs rampant at Greendale as Britta and Professor Slater fight for the affection of Jeff. Meanwhile, Troy is confused when his best friend, Abed, doesn't invite him to move into his dorm room.

  • Episode 24English as a Second Language

    Annie uses inside information about Señor Chang to get him fired so that the study group will be forced to stay together and take Spanish again. Meanwhile, Troy discovers that he has a natural skill for plumbing.

  • Episode 23Modern Warfare

    Greendale Comunity College is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration, and it could fan the flames of sexual tension between Jeff and Britta.

  • Episode 22The Art of Discourse

    Shirley gets Pierce kicked out the study group, Jeff and Britta plot revenge on a group of high schoolers who make fun of them for attending community college, and Troy helps Abed accomplish some of his movie-clichéd social goals.

  • Episode 21Contemporary American Poultry

    Jeff's plan to get chicken fingers from the school cafeteria for the study group quickly evolves into a mafia movie-style endeavor with Abed calling all the shots.

  • Episode 20The Science of Illusion

    Britta's April Fool's Day prank has disastrous consequences, but she refuses to confess that she was responsible. Annie and Shirley temporarily work as security guards, but both of them want to be the "bad cop."

  • Episode 19Beginner Pottery

    Jeff signs up for a pottery class for an easy credit, but winds up failing the class when his jealousy of another student gets the best of him. Meanwhile, Pierce's incompetence could ruin his group's grade in boating class.

  • Episode 18Basic Genealogy

    It's Family Day at Greendale. Pierce's tries to build a relationship with his stepdaughter, but she has eyes for Jeff instead. Britta gets in trouble with Troy's Nana, and Shirley's kids cause problems for Abed's father.

  • Episode 17Physical Education

    Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts, and the study group discovers a white version of Abed at the college.

  • Episode 16Communication Studies

    Jeff sets out to fix his relationship with Britta after things get awkward with a drunken phone call. Meanwhile, Annie and Shirley make plans to humiliate Señor Chang in order to defend Troy and Pierce's dignity.

  • Episode 15Romantic Expressionism

    When Annie starts hanging out with Britta's ex-boyfriend Vaughn, Britta and Jeff vow to protect her. Meanwhile, Pierce feels left out at Troy and Abed's movie night.

  • Episode 14Interpretive Dance

    Jeff runs in to problems when the study group and the dean discover that he's seeing a professor, while Troy and Britta discover each other's secret that they are both taking dance classes.

  • Episode 13Investigative Journalism

    The gang decides not to let an obnoxious student from their Spanish class into the study group. The dean appoints Jeff as editor of the student paper, where Annie is working on a story that could expose the dean as a racist.

  • Episode 12Comparative Religion

    Shirley throws a Christmas party for the gang and much to her surprise learns her classmates come from various religious backgrounds. Meanwhile, Jeff is challenged by the school bully and faces the reality that he may fail Spanish 101.

  • Episode 11Politics of Human Sexuality

    Annie helps the dean put on an "STD Fair," but doesn't want to perform an embarrassing demonstration. Meanwhile Jeff finds a companion for a double date with Pierce, and Troy finds out that Abed is a better athlete than him.

  • Episode 10Environmental Science

    Jeff hangs out with Senor Chang to get out of an essay, angering the rest of the group. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy search for their missing lab mouse, and Pierce helps Shirley out with a presentation.

  • Episode 9Debate 109

    Jeff reluctantly agrees to be Annie's debate partner, Britta humors Pierce by letting him try hypnotherapy on her to get her to stop smoking, and the gang begins to think that Abed's films may predict their future.

  • Episode 8Home Economics

    When Jeff loses his home and his car, he is forced to move into Abed's dorm room. Troy has a big date, but why is a jealous Annie trying to help? Meanwhile, Pierce becomes the keyboardist for Vaughn's band.

  • Episode 7Introduction to Statistics

    Will Jeff blow off Annie's Halloween party and sell out his other classmates in order to get a chance to score with a sexy professor?

  • Episode 6Football, Feminism and You

    Jeff talks Troy into playing for the college's football team, sparking Annie's anger. Pierce helps the dean come up with a new mascot, and Britta tries to become Shirley's bathroom friend.

  • Episode 5Advanced Criminal Law

    Señor Chang is on the hunt for a cheater and threatens to fail the entire class if the culprit doesn't come forward. When someone confesses, Jeff comes to their defense. Meanwhile, Annie recruits Pierce to write the new school song.

  • Episode 4Social Psychology

    Jeff and Shirley bond by making fun of Britta's new hippie boyfriend, which doesn't go well for any involved. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed become pawns in Annie's psychology experiment.

  • Episode 3Introduction to Film

    Brita comes between Abed and his father when she signs him up for a film class, and Jeff risks failing a class unless he "seizes the day."

  • Episode 2Spanish 101

    Jeff takes steps to ensure that Brita will be his partner in Spanish class, but winds up with Pierce instead.

  • Episode 1Pilot

    An ex-lawyer is forced to return to community college to get a degree. However, he tries to use the skills he learned as a lawyer to get the answers to all his tests and pick up on a sexy woman in his Spanish class.