Community on Community

I've been watching a lot of this show lately even episodes multiple times. It is probably my new favorite.

Community follows a study group of mismatched traditional and non-traditional students from various social and economical backgrounds who depend on each other to survive their time at Greendale Community College. The show centers on Jeff, a suspended lawyer for faking his degree; Britta, a high school drop out; Abed Nadir,an aspiring film student; Shirley Bennett, a recently divorced mother attending college for the first time, former high school quarterback Troy Barnes, Pierce an aging tycoon, and straight-laced nerd Annie Edison, who has had an unrequited crush on Troy since high school.

Each show ends with a "Ah Ha" moment of how the group learns together, grows together, and takes care of each other. The things the group have worked through this season range from loss of loved ones, dealing with insecurities, working through mess ups and misunderstanding, and celebrating successes as well. They even overcame a virus that put others into a temporary Zombie like state. Take out the "garbage" and it's a lot of how life should be done together with those that you care most about. They even arrange their class schedule so that they can take the same class to remain a study group. It is similar to how the community of a small group SHOULD be. It's not always pretty, sometimes ugly, but at the end of the day you really care about those in your group.

The show is actually taken from the creator's, Dan Harmon, experiences in a community college Spanish Study group. With this as the background, Harmon wrote the show with a main character largely based on himself. He had, like Jeff, been self-centered and independent to the extreme before he realized the value of connecting with other people.

This show has a lot incite on the importance of community to those leading or apart of small groups. I'd love to see created, even create myself, resources on doing life together using this sitcom.

In this episode the group attempts to help Troy become a man as he enters his 21st year of life by taking him to get his first drinks. They show the glitz, glamor, and spoils of the party life. In the end Troy realizes that he is already a man even without the power of booze.