written by Matt Roller | directed by Joe Russo

However, it just couldn't escape being a redo of an idea they've already aced and, consequently, this didn't rate as highly with me. It suffered from "sequelitus", unfortunately, and the core idea just wasn't improved on enough—unlike how season 2's paintball finale took the idea from "Modern Warfare" and seriously went to town with things. Still, it was very entertaining and I loved the casting of Arrested Development's David Cross as Buzz Hickey's son. Plus the scene where Buzz used some "good cop, bad cop" techniques on Abed (Danny Pudi) playing two captured Hobgoblins was hilarious. As usual for Community, there was also lots of fun little moments and ideas peppered throughout the half-hour (like the fantasy naming of the group's role-play characters that included the first name of series producer-director Tristram Shapeero).
I also have to wonder why Community is mimicking some of its best ever episodes, in a potential final season that only has thirteen hours to play with.
20 March 2014 | NBC