TV Recap: Community "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux”

Matthew Guerrero

When NBC announced its mid-season lineup on Monday a mighty cry echoed across the internet: “Where the fuck is Community?” The network pulled the show from the back half of the schedule, though it will allow the entire season to be produced and to air them…whenever. People have been quick to note that this is not a cancellation, but it’s certainly not good. Hopefully NBC will put the past seasons of the show on Netflix Instant Watch, allowing people who haven’t seen the show to catch up in the wake of this internet buzz, and then be ready for the new episodes, whenever NBC decides to air them. 

TV Recap: Glee “Mash Off”

Ryan Roach

Okay. Well. Since I’m a glass half-full kinda guy, let’s talk about those last five minutes first. Santana learns she’s been inadvertently outed publicly after goading an angry Finn into calling her a cowardly lesbian. Leaving aside Schu and Sue’s decision to surprise Santana with a tape of the commercial for maximum impact instead of just telling her what happened, the scene itself was very effective and deeply sad.

TV Recap: Glee “The First Time”

Ryan Roach

Hi. My name is Ryan. I’m 36 years old. And I watch Glee.

I wasn’t always ashamed of being a Glee watcher. I fell in love with the dark, absurd pilot and was immediately hooked. Sue Sylvester was hilarious, Mr. Schu was optimistic and earnest, yet not above framing and blackmailing minors, Finn and Puck were dreamy, and Rachel could really sing. But soon I became disenchanted by the inconsistent characterizations, the twee moralizing, the incessant auto-tuning. Oh, and that one time the deaf kids sang “Imagine” and then the Glee kids got up and took over.

TV Recap: Community “Studies in Modern Movement”

Matthew Guerrero

When Community is firing on all cylinders, there’s nothing like it on television. From zombie attacks to chicken-finger crime rings to multi-dimensional pizza parties, the show has been continually innovative for the past two seasons. In lesser hands, the wilder episodes could play as empty stunts, but thanks to the efforts of Dan Harmon and his writers, and a cast unparalleled in any comedy on television right now, those episodes are not only hilarious and bizarre, they reveal aspects of the characters that gives the show’s more serious moments a genuine grounding in emotion.