The 30 Best Episodes of NBC's "Community".
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1.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Cooperative Calligraphy
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,717
2.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Remedial Chaos Theory
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 13,720
3.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The dean is given the task of making a Greendale commercial, but the shoot soon goes over budget and spirals out of control - with Abed documenting the experience.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,318
4.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Curriculum Unavailable
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
When Abed claims the Dean has been replaced by a doppelgänger he is forced to take psychiatric treatment.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.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,957
5.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The study group plays Dungeons & Dragons with another classmate to improve his spirits, but Pierce's jealousies cause their good intentions to backfire.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 7,659
6.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Digital Estate Planning
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The study group must help Pierce win a video game so that he can claim his inheritance from his father, but somebody may be out to ensure that he loses.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,549
7.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas
(2010)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Duke Johnson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,039
8.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
For a Few Paintballs More
(2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When the study group learns that there's a sinister plot behind the paintball tournament, they unite the remaining players to defeat the enemy.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 7,019
9.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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."
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,530
10.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,912
11.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Comparative Religion
(2009)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,581
12.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Critical Film Studies
(2011)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Jeff's "Pulp Fiction"-themed surprise party for Abed is spoiled when Abed tells him over dinner that he's done with pop culture.
Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,391
13.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Pillows and Blankets
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The students of Greendale are drawn into an epic pillow fight as Troy and Abed start a war that threatens to destroy their unique friendship.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,430
14.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Virtual Systems Analysis
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
After sending Troy and Britta on a date, Annie volunteers to keep Abed company in his Dreamatorium.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,302
15.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
The Psychology of Letting Go
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,080
16.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Debate 109
(2009)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,224
17.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Regional Holiday Music
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,865
18.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,633
19.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Basic Lupine Urology
(2012)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.
Director: Rob Schrab | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,477
20.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Introduction to Finality
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,120
21.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Mixology Certification
(2010)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,556
22.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Cooperative Polygraphy
(2014)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,179
23.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Paradigms of Human Memory
(2011)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
While working on the final diorama for their anthropology class, Chang discovers the cache of items stolen by Troy's monkey.
Directors: Tristram Shapeero, Duke Johnson | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,349
24.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Social Psychology
(2009)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,768
25.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Epidemiology
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,671
26.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Physical Education
(2010)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 5,370
27.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Biology 101
(2011)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,076
28.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Modern Warfare
(2010)
TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy
Greendale Community 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.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 14,226
29.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Intro to Felt Surrogacy
(2013)
TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy
Dean Pelton prompts the study group to use puppets to relive the traumatic events of a recent adventure.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,073
30.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Competitive Ecology
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 4,030
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