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Community, Season 3, Episode 17, “Basic Lupine Urology” Written by Megan Ganz Directed by Rob Schrab Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC “Basic Lupine Urology” (an odd title at first until you remember the creator of Law & Order is named Dick Wolf) is light on the character development Community has been trading in …

Community, Season 3, Episode 16: “Virtual Systems Analysis” Written by Matt Murray Directed by Tristram Shapeero Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC Community seems to flourish when it brings Abed’s autistic tendencies to the forefront. They played a crucial factor in the recent “Pillows and Blankets” two-parter, but it’s episodes like “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas,” …

Community, Season 3, Episode 15, “Origins of Vampire Mythology” Written by Dan Harmon Directed by Steven Tsuchida Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC As fun and unique as episodes like “Pillows and Blankets” are, it’s almost more impressive when Community pulls off a run-of-the-mill episode with the panache they do in “Origins of Vampire …

Community, Season 3, Episode 14, “Pillows and Blankets” Written by Andy Bobrow Directed by Tristram Shapeero Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC This isn’t the first time Community has experimented with a documentary aesthetic. Last year’s “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” was a season-highlight that commented on the prevalence of shows like The Office, Parks and …

Two women sit in a restaurant. As they wait for their food, they discuss current events, politics, and an interesting historical tidbit one of them recently learned. Their food arrives and the conversation moves into the more personal- one woman’s marathon training, the upcoming nuptials of a (female) family member. To the canny observer, the …

Community, Season 3, Episode 13, “Digital Exploration of Interior Design” Written by Chris McKenna Directed by Dan Eckman Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC Dan Harmon had said he wanted to work more serialization into season 3 and this is one of the first episodes that really bears that out. It draws on Shirley …

Community, Season 3, Episode 12, “Contemporary Impressionists” Written by Alex Cooley Directed by Kyle Newacheck Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC Abed is one of Community’s most intriguing characters. His pop culture hyper-literacy aligns him with just the kind of person that would be an avid fan of the show (albeit at a comically …

Community, Season 3, Episode 11, “Urban Matrimony and Sandwich Arts” Written by Vera Santamaria Directed by Kyle Newacheck Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC So, Community’s back. Maybe not with the high concept episode with meta-commentary on its absence fans were hoping for but a solid half-hour none the less. Community has always been …

For the first time ever, we polled the entire SOS staff on their favorite TV of the last 12 months. We knew that, given the fact that our contributors are (principally) spread out across Canada, the US, and Britain, that the results might well be a mixed bag. What we didn’t necessarily expect was the …

Last night tragically marked the final episode of Community before it went on hiatus. NBC pulled the show from its midseason schedule with no definite return date set. In the meantime our favourite study group as creates a PSA called “Save Greendale,” in which the gang makes a case for the social value of “The …

Community, Season 3, Episode 10 “Regional Holiday Music” Airs Thursdays, 8pm EST on NBC So Community is now benched and for how long we don’t yet know, but if they absolutely had to go out, this was the way to do it. It combined everything that I love. Christmas, musicals, and hating of Glee, all …

Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on …

Community, Season 3, Episode 9: “Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism” Airs Thursdays 8pm ET on NBC We are now just one Christmas-themed episode away from Community being benched for an undisclosed period of time and with an episode such as this, it’s all the more heartbreaking. Where else would you get to see a show where …

Thanksgiving is here (American Thanksgiving, at least), making it officially the Holiday Season. It’s a time for reflection, for pausing to appreciate those people and things we’re most grateful for, and for focusing on what’s really important in life. Television. Here are just a few of the many things I am grateful for this year. …

Community, Season 3, Episode 8 “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux” Airs Thursdays, 8pm EST on NBC Before I start my review, let me address the elephant in the room. Yes the show was benched from the January lineup this week and it was a real shame to get that news. While it didn’t come as a huge …

Community, Season 3, Episode 7 “Studies In Modern Movement” Airs Thursdays, 8pm EST on NBC What to say about this episode, other than that the scene in which Jeff and the Dean sing “Kiss From A Rose” to each other was one of the funniest moments of the entire series. I don’t think I’ve laughed that …

Community, Season 3, Episode 6 “Advanced Gay” Airs Thursdays, 8pm EST on NBC After two very similar but still great episodes, Community returns to a much more conventional plot. Pierce is approached by two gay men who want him to autograph his Hawthorne Wipes. He signs them, not realising that the men are gay until …

Community, Season 3, Episode 5: “Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps″ Airs Thursdays, 8pm ET on NBC After the amazing “Remedial Chaos Theory” from a couple of weeks ago I knew that I would go into the latest with a bit of a bias. After all it was one of my favourite episodes from the entire …

Community, Season 3, Episode 4: “Remedial Chaos Theory″ Airs Thursdays, 8pm ET on NBC Now this is more like the Community I came to know and love. I’m not going to lie, I have been a little disappointed with the first three episodes of season three and thought that it might be heading in a …

Community, Season 3, Episode 3: “Competitive Ecology″ Airs Thursdays, 8pm ET on NBC A common theme in sitcom television is that the characters within the world of the television show only interact with each other and never make any friends outside of their group. If they do, they are only pushed away by other members …

  Community, Season 3, Episode 2: “Geography of Global Conflict″ Airs Thursdays, 8pm ET on NBC With the extremely disappointing news that just over 4 million people watched last week’s episode of Community, I worry more about how much longer it will be on the air. Of course by the end of the season they …

TV is full of shows set in their own universes, worlds different from our own (sometimes slightly, sometimes drastically) that open up new avenues for storytellers to explore. It can be a lot of fun to ponder what it would be like to live in a particular universe, to explore that different world, but would …