COMMUNITY: Analysis of Cork-Based Networking

The Save Greendale committee is in deep trouble if Chang is now part of the group. Bring back Troy! Of course this first meeting with Chang and a long list of things to accomplish leads to a conversation about a vaguely Game of Thrones-esque show that Britta’s only now starting to watch because now she can’t avoid it. Spoilers beware now, as it seems that there’s a problem between Abed and Britta about the show versus the books.

Hickey’s sent off to find a way to put a bulletin board back in the cafetera, and finds out about needing a work order from the head janitor from some underling. There’s red tape involved and so Hickey won’t do it. As if to demonstrate her willingness to work through the red tape, Annie goes with Hickey to talk to the janitors about the work order – in three to six business months – there’s a difference, it seems, between janitors and custodians at Greendale. So starts a saga of trying to grease the right palms to get the bulletin board back up, and the results aren’t all that pretty.

Abed meets a deaf girl in his census work – one of the other projects for the Save Greendale team – (guest star Katie Leclerc from Switched at Birth), and now Abed’s speaking in ASL to Britta – still intent on spoiling the Game of Thrones-esque books. In the end, the deaf girl spoils the end of the book for Abed (something on the order of the Red Wedding) for cold hard cash from Britta, and Abed really did like her. Dejected from that quasi-rejection, Abed sees Coat Check Girl again and they leave the dance for dinner (admitting the gas leak year yet again – we get it show; last year wasn’t good).

Hickey and Annie go into a custodian mixer, and meet Bob, the head custodian (guest star Nathan Fillion), who offers a quid pro quo to get the bulletin board up in exchange for the school’s internet filter allowing more porn. Hickey goes to talk to someone in IT – because that is always the way. Turns out that the IT person (Paget Brewster) will let the porn through if she gets a better parking spot. The parking enforcer wants an end to ridesharing so that he can also control the bulletin board information (bulletin board oversight). Dean Pelton, the last step for the bulletin board, won’t sign the form until Hickey says “Easy Peasy Lemon Squeasy”. Annie did really pimp herself out to get what she wanted. Pelton tears up the petition and so the bulletin board is no more.

Chang has a moderate breakdown as he, Jeff, Duncan and Shirley all prepare for the school dance – the last of the big tasks for the committee right now. Bear Down for Midterms, it seems, too closely to a bear that mauled students in Wisconsin. Oops? “Fat Dog” is the replacement for “Bear Down” and it’s so awkward and Annie even figures out that “Bear Down” is too soon.

In the end, Hickey takes down his own bulletin board of rejection from the police force and puts up the board in the cafeteria. Annie nearly kills a custodian, but protects the board from staying where it is. Too bad just as the dog dance starts, Garrett realizes that it’s a bear dance. Chang still can’t get it right.

Why is Professor Duncan calling what sounds like a call girl line and really is some sort of military action all over staples? No one will ever know.