Last week's episode of "Community" was the stuff of legend -- it was a parody of "Apollo 13," and it also had plenty of opportunities to utilize each character to the fullest. With that in mind, it was inevitable that we would have a bit of a letdown this time around. The story was hilarious at times, but it took a bit too long to get to its ultimate payoff.
Here's the gist of what happened -- after being forces to sit through YouTube videos during anthropology class (a wonderful waste of Greendale's cash), Shirley wanted the opportunity to teach her follow classmates about God. She tried to commission Abed to make a video for her, and when she didn't like Abed's "meta-film" basically talking about being a "story within a story about a story" she kicked him to the curb.
Abed became the rejected man with a vision that people wanted to support -- the campus version of Jesus. Meanwhile, Shirley wanted to crucify him and destroy this dream in just about every way possible. Yes, this whole episode was a bit blasphemous -- but it also was actually rather brilliant. The more you sit back and think about the episode as a whole, you quickly realize just how brilliant and well-thought this whole premise was. Everyone's reaction to Abed worked wonderfully, and his ultimate destruction was equally hilarious as he realized just how bad his ultimate creation was. Shirley destroyed it, and he yet again became the hero.
The other major plot this week involved Pierce having a bit of a later-in-life crisis, and hanging out the rebellious old people in order to feel cool. The end result? He gets "arrested" by the campus cops and Jeff has to go bail him out. Like with the first plot, this had a pretty funny payout -- it just took a little long to get there.
Once we get near the end of the season, this will probably be an episode that stands out from "Community." The only actual issue with it is (ironically) the fact that it is far more fascinating to think about than it was to watch.
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