‘Community’ Season 5 Premiere Review

This has been a long time coming. I’ve been watching this show since Season 1 and if you are like me…you were sad to see Dan Harmon fired from his show at the end of Season 3. Now we can celebrate with the death of the “Gas Leak Year” and welcome back our favorite Greendale study group.

Because I’m loyal to the things I like, I watched Season 4 of Community. Without getting too into it, I thought it was mostly crap. You can tell the team was trying hard but you could tell that the weirdness that makes this show great was gone. I’m happy to announce that Episodes 1 and 2 (“Repilot and “Introduction to Teaching”) are a return even better than we could ask for.

“Repilot” serves as just that, a reboot of sorts for the show. Jeff finds himself returning to Greendale after he has failed as a lawyer. But now, it’s as a teacher. The study group reunites (sans the grumpy quitter known as Chevy Chase) realizing that none of their lives are that great post-Greendale. Without getting too far into plot details…you should know that this episode is a great example of laying groundwork for what is an amazing comeback. This episode has some great call backs to the first episode of the show, memorable Britta one-liners and a hilariously meta “Donald Glover is leaving the show joke”. However, this episode was really just setup. The real icing on this pop culture cake is episode 2 of the premiere.

“Introduction to Teaching” shows us what life is like as a teacher at Greendale. We get to meet Professor Buzz Hickey (Jonathan Banks basically doing a psuedo Mike from Breaking Bad) as he shows Jeff the ropes of teaching. The only thing I want to highlight here is that there is a CLASS ON NICOLAS CAGE MOVIES. This episode is worth it for Abed’s Cage breakdown alone. Seriously…go and watch it.

If you haven’t picked up on it yet, I loved these episodes. If they are any indication of what the rest of the season looks like…things are gonna be great. I haven’t even mentioned the surprise cameo in this episode. If you haven’t had a chance to watch the premiere…GO TO HULU NOW! You won’t regret it. If only for the Abed Cagedown.

What did you guys think of the premiere? As always, leave your comments below. I want to know if you think this show is worth #sixseasonsandamovie