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Yeah, Abed's actually been quite infuriating to me this season. I think the implication is supposed to be that he's gone off the deep end since Troy left, but if that's the case, they're doing a really bad job at communicating it to the audience (also, what in the fuck happened to his girlfriend?).
They need to team Abed and Frankie up more, I think. She's good for him, and the few interactions they have had together have been delightful.
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I'd still rank it below season 5 at this point, personally (though, admittedly, season5 also had its share of disappointing episodes - namely the finale).
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The season 5 finale is badly structured and provides an unsatisfying conclusion to that season's story arc. Dan Harmon himself even admitted that particular episode was very rushed and that he was disappointed with how it turned out.
I mean, it's still not as bad as the season 4 finale, but I'd definitely rank it as one of the weakest (Harmon era) installmemts.
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I thought this week's episode was fantastic (despite boasting yet another tag that didn't work) - though I'm a sucker for any episode that highlights what assholes the main characters are to everyone else. A lot of laughs, namely the Garrett impressions, and Elroy's whole thing about encouraging white people. And the incest reveal was just delightful. More episodes like this, please!
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It's still really weird to see you re-posting the exact same thing on the AVClub or vice-versa.
Normally I'll edit my posts on one of the two so they're not identical, but for this week's episode I couldn't really think of anything else. Plus, you've gotta get in early at The A.V. Club otherwise your comment just fades into the ether.  Also, the Community fanbase there now is nowhere near as obsessive as it was during the season 2-3 era. Now that was fucking intense. This episode in particular is a good example of that where it worked and also was just super weird to watch.
To be fair, I watched it immediately after I watched this week's American Dad! episode, so it really didn't seem all that weird in comparison.
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« Reply #657 on: 06-02-2015 15:26 »
« Last Edit on: 06-02-2015 15:30 »
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Well, I just watched the finale. That was... weird. I wasn't a big fan (though, unlike many other episodes this season, I absolutely loved the tag) - Community's been pushing the meta content way too far this season, particularly in regards to Abed, and while the main premise of the episode definitely had potential, the execution left a lot to be desired. And the writers really should've committed to having the emotional crux of the episode be either "Jeff and Abed," "Jeff and Annie," or "Jeff and Greendale," rather than sloppily trying to do all three. Also, what the fuck was up with the uncensored swearing? Seems really bizarre to drop that in the season finale (especially given that we had beeps earlier in the season, despite the fact that they could've done that all along).  Overall, I'd have to say that Basic Crisis Room Decorum remains my favourite of the season, with this one ranking somewhere below the middle. As far as the positives go, I think the most impressive thing is how well this show has adapted to the cast changes. Frankie and Elroy were fantastic additions and I hope that they return in some capacity should the show be renewed. Having said that, it seems the writers dropped the ball with a few of the characters who've been around since day one; Annie was severely underused all season, and Britta and Abed deserve better material than most of what they were given; the latter especially, as Abed's reliance on meta commentary went from delightful to infuriating this year. It was, however, nice to see them FINALLY use Chang well. I also think this season had a few too many bottle episodes, and I was disappointed to see a lack of running story arcs (it's really weird that a half-hour sit-com became less serialised without network intervention). And lastly, the increased episode length hasn't been more of a detriment than a blessing, and the writers and editors either need to figure out how to take advantage of it, or keep the pacing of the show more akin to how it it was on network tv. Despite all the negatives I've mentioned, I still quite liked this season for the most part, and I hope the show returns. Final season rankings: 2, 3, 1/5 (they're even in my books), 6, 4.
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Yeah, I guess that's true. I think I went in with the mindset that it was a season finale rather than a series finale. If it does turn out to be the latter, I actually think it works quite well, despite my comments above. Though I'd have still preferred a more conclusive ending to the show (but then again, I guess that's what "and a movie" is for).
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I'd say the movie is still quite possible. From what I understand, Community's viewership on Yahoo! was actually pretty high, the problem was that viewers weren't sticking around to watch anything else on there, which is how Yahoo! apparently thought this service would work. Plus, keep in mind that a movie likely wouldn't be commissioned nor produced by Yahoo! - I believe that decision would fall on the hands of Sony. Anyway, this pretty much confirms season 6 is the last season (which Dan Harmon has all but said himself, anyway), though to be honest, I'm not too upset by that - I've gotten more than enough closure on the show at this point. I'm actually more saddened by the prospect of Other Space only ever having 8 episodes. 
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Yeah, Dan Harmon has said that the viewing figures from Yahoo essentially confirmed his belief that loads of people were always watching the series, but the Nielson system is biased towards a certain kind of person. He's also suggested that the viewing figures outperformed their expectations considerably, so, this loss of money seems to be based more on Yahoo's mishandling of how to actually monetise the show rather than the show, itself, finding viewers.
That alone should be good news for anybody looking to finance a film, as a sizeable percentage of those viewers should translate into movie tickets.
I'm fine with season 6 being the end of the show. As much as I liked it, it was easily the weakest Dan Harmon season by my estimation (partly due to cast changes, partly due to it feeling awkward that everyone is still hanging out together, partly due to the general sense that they've covered all of pop-culture and there not being a huge deal of obvious genres to delve into, meaning that future high-concept episodes would predominantly be sequels and rehashes), they'd almost certainly lose another sizeable chunk of the cast if they were to continue (though, to be fair, they handled the cast changes well in seasons 5 and 6) and the season 6 finale was an utterly beautiful end to the series that was clearly written to serve as an ending and felt much more final than any of their open-ended finales from the past. Also, they've fulfilled the TV part of their prophecy.
So now it's just time for the movie and, based on what's been said in the past, I think that that is very likely to happen, though whether it be funded conventionally or made with tape in Dan Harmon's basement after a Kickstarter project as he once joked, remains to be seen.
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I guess it was too hard to cut the song down to the right length. I found it a little jarring, but it definitely wasn't my biggest gripe with season 6 (which I'd say would either be the awkward pacing or the general lack of direction).
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