Sarcastic lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) has been disbarred after lying about his bachelor’s degree—it turns out it was from Columbia, just the country, and not the University. He enrolls at Greendale Community College to finish his degree, but feels like he is better than the other students. When he arrives on campus, Jeff sees hot, blonde activist Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs). In order to get close to her, he pretends to be running a Spanish study group and invites her to join him in the library. However, Jeff’s plan to get some alone time with Britta is ruined when he learns that she invited the nerdy pop-culture obsessed Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) to join his fake study group. And to make matters worse, Abed shows up with even more friends from Spanish class—uber-religious single mother Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), compulsive over-achiever Annie Edison (Alison Brie), former high school quarterback/prom king Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), and cynical, slightly racist/misogynist retired millionaire Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase).
Jeff had also planned to scam his way into passing his classes by getting all the test answers from his former client/teacher Professor Ian Duncan (John Oliver). But when this falls through, he’s forced to join the study group for real. At Greendale, the faculty is just as odd and diverse as its students. The oddest of them all is Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash), head of the college, who is constantly trying to be friends with the study group (and flirting with Jeff). The dean is constantly coming up with crazy ideas on how to improve the school’s stature, make things more fun, and ensure everything is politically correct. His ideas are often horrible, and end up making things worse. And speaking of horrible, there’s Spanish teacher Ben Chang (Ken Jeong). Chang is a bit unstable, and is usually at odds with the study group.
Over the course of the series, the group becomes more than friends, hanging out with one another and going on all kinds of wacky adventures both inside and outside of school.
I had forgotten just how fun this show was until I started revisiting the episodes on this Blu-ray set. Community is one of the most creatively written and executed comedies. The series has a lot of fun experimenting with new ways to tell stories. Whether it’s paying homage to specific action movies, documentaries or TV shows, or just making a bottle episode or clip show, it always does so in a fun, unique way. The cast is wonderful, and works great as an ensemble. No matter who gets paired up for the storylines, it always seems to work, and yields some comedy gold. The series did a great job of revisiting, and expanding its world over the course of the series, often calling back to small, seemingly insignificant things mentioned in earlier episodes. The series ultimately ran for 6 seasons, but alas no movie as Abed had hoped for early on in the show’s run.
- Season 1 (2009-10, 25 episodes, NBC):
The season that introduced viewers to this crazy world, and the even crazier characters that reside in it. The study group is taking Spanish 101 taught by professor Ben Chang (Ken Jeong). This season offers a fun parody of Goodfellas, but the most memorable episode is “Modern Warfare”, also known as the “paintball episode”, which is a hilarious homage to action/horror film.
Recurring characters include: Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash), Professor Ian Duncan (John Oliver), Vaughn Miller (Eric Christian Olsen), Professor Eustice Whitman (John Michael Higgins)
Notable guest stars: Jack Black, Blake Clark, Tony Hale, Anthony Michael Hall, Sharon Lawrence, Lee Majors, Katharine McPhee, Patton Oswalt, Lisa Rinna, and Owen Wilson - Season 2 (2010–11, 24 episodes, NBC):
The study group is now taking Spanish 201, still with professor Ben Chang (Ken Jeong). The fun and creativity continues with a Rankin/Bass-style stop motion animated holiday episode, a bottle episode, a The Office style confessional/documentary episode, a clip show full of clips from episodes that don’t exist, and a 2-part follow-up to the paintball episode.
Recurring characters include: Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash), Professor Ian Duncan (John Oliver), Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman), Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), Vicki Jacobson (Danielle Kaplowitz), Neil (Charley Koontz), Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), City College Dean Spreck (Jordan Black), Andre Bennett (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), June Bauer (Betty White), Helicopter Pilot/Tiny Man (Andy Dick)
Notable guest stars: LeVar Burton, Drew Carey, Rob Corddry, Eliza Coupe, Hilary Duff, Anthony Michael Hall, Josh Holloway, Amber Lancaster, Brit Marling, Jerry Minor, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, Maite Schwartz, Stephen Tobolowsky, Paul F. Tompkins, Matt Walsh - Season 3 (2011–12, 22 episodes, NBC):
Dean Pelton became a regular character this season, and had a new foe in the head of Greendale’s air conditioning repair school Vice Dean Laybourne (John Goodman). The study group takes Biology 101, taught by the intense Professor Marshall Kane (Michael K. Williams). Troy and Abed move in together and host a housewarming party which introduces the idea of the alternate timelines of the study group, and the concept of “the darkest timeline”. The season’s more creative episodes include a Ken Burns’ Civil War parody about pillow forts versus mattress forts, filming a new commercial for Greendale, a holiday musical, a Law & Order parody, an episode were the group gets trapped in a video game, and integrating sponsor Subway into the episodes. There was also a less successful storyline about Chang becoming a security guard and plotting to take over the school.
Recurring characters include: Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman), Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), Vicki Jacobson (Danielle Kaplowitz), Murray the AC Repairman (Dan Bakkedahl), Neil (Charley Koontz), Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Andre Bennett (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), Mel Rodriguez (Sgt. Nunez)
Notable guest stars: Larry Cedar, Rob Corddry, Keith David, Giancarlo Esposito, Kirk Fox, Jeff Garlin, Luis Guzmán, Leslie Hendrix, Michael Ironside, Taran Killam, Travis Schuldt, Martin Starr, French Stewart - Season 4 (2013, 13 episodes, NBC):
In this season Chang returned to Greendale, but with “Changnesia”, thinking he was someone named “Kevin”. This season also saw the exit of Chevy Chase, and was the first without series creator Dan Harmon. Some complained about this, but I thought this season still had some of my favorite, most creative episodes. Some of the season’s more memorable episodes took us to InSpecTiCon to see the Inspector Spacetime convention, another turned our favorite characters into puppets, and there was a Freaky Friday body swap between Troy and Abed. This season also saw the return of the “darkest timeline”.
Recurring characters include: Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman), Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), Vicki Jacobson (Danielle Kaplowitz), Neil (Charley Koontz), Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Professor Cornwallis (Malcolm McDowell), City College Dean Spreck (Jordan Black)
Notable guest stars: Jason Alexander, Sara Bareilles, James Brolin, Adam DeVine, Chris Diamantopoulos, Giancarlo Esposito, Sophie B. Hawkins, Tricia Helfer, Brie Larson, Natasha Leggero, Matt Lucas, Fred Willard, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth - Season 5 (2014, 13 episodes, NBC):
Series creator Dan Harmon returned as showrunner for the fifth season. This season saw Donald Glover leaving the series, the return of John Oliver as Ian Duncan, and Jonathan Banks joined the cast as criminology professor Buzz Hickey. The season opens with Jeff returning to Greendale a year after graduation, where he ends up teaching. Some of the season’s highlights include an animated homage to G.I. Joe, an episode where the group plays an old-west themed VCR game, and the study group playing another game of Dungeons & Dragons.
Recurring characters include: Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman), Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), Vicki Jacobson (Danielle Kaplowitz), Neil (Charley Koontz), Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Rachel (Brie Larson)
Notable guest stars: Steve Agee, Paget Brewster, LeVar Burton, Rob Corddry, David Cross, Chris Elliott, Nathan Fillion, Ben Folds, Gina Gershon, Vince Gilligan, Walton Goggins, Tim Heidecker as Roger (“App Development and Condiments”)
Mitchell Hurwitz as Koogler (“App Development and Condiments”)
Jen Kirkman, Katie Leclerc, Michael McDonald, Kumail Nanjiani, B.J. Novak, Robert Patrick, Brian Posehn, Questlove, Amber Tamblyn, Eric Wareheim, Paul Williams - Season 6 (2015, 13 episodes, Yahoo Screen):
This sixth and final season (sorry, there was no “and a movie”) aired on Yahoo! Screen. Joining the remaining original cast members were Paget Brewster as Francesca “Frankie” Dart, a consultant hired to help improve Greendale, and Keith David as Elroy Patashnik, a failed inventor who decides to enroll at Greendale to reinvent his life. Yvette Nicole Brown only appeared in 2 episodes this season due to a family emergency. The season highlights included one final paintball episode, an RV road trip, and a look at a hypothetical seventh season in the series finale.
Recurring characters include: Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman), Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), Vicki Jacobson (Danielle Kaplowitz), George Perry (Martin Mull), Deb Perry (Lesley Ann Warren)
Notable guest stars: Steve Agee, Matt Berry, Matt Besser, Brooke Burns, Jay Chandrasekhar, Wayne Federman, Nathan Fillion, Matt Gourley, Seth Green, Steve Guttenberg, Mitchell Hurwitz, O-Lan Jones, Lisa Loeb, Jason Mantzoukas, Kumail Nanjiani, Randall Park, Justin Roiland, Danielle Schneider, Travis Schuldt, Brian Van Holt, Steven Weber, Billy Zane, Erin McGathy
Mill Creek Entertainment has put together a nice collection of all six seasons of Community in a Complete Series Blu-ray box. Sony had previously released each of the seasons on DVD, but this is the first time the show has been released on Blu-ray. The entire series is spread across twelve discs, with two discs per season. The discs comes packed in three multi-disc HD keepcases, with the two discs for each season stacked on one side of a keepcase. The keepcases are placed inside an outer cardboard box.
The first few seasons squeeze 12-13 episodes plus extras onto each disc, and the picture quality suffers a little at times. For the most part the picture looks fantastic, but occasionally there is a bit of static or the video looks a little over-compressed. This isn’t too much of problem, and didn’t distract from my overall enjoyment of the episodes. The audio track is excellent, providing clear dialogue and making nice use of the stereo and surround channels to add ambiance and excitement to what’s happening on screen. This is especially evident in action-packed episodes like “Modern Warfare”.
As for the bonus material, there are no new supplements exclusive to this release, but Mill Creek has ported over nearly all of the bonus material from the original DVD releases, which includes commentaries on every episode, as well as outtakes, deleted/extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more. There is so much great material here, over 2 full days worth! The only feature that was dropped from the original first season DVD is a 5-minute highlight reel. However, from the second season DVD, the dropped features include a making-of featurette for “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”, full-length Storyboard Animatic and In-Process Animatic versions of that animated Christmas episode, and a behind-the-scenes featurette for “A Fistful of Paintballs”/”For a Few Paintballs More”. I really wish Mill Creek had found a way to include these, even if they had to put them on the sixth season discs.
While this release does include the “Study Break” series of webisodes, there were several other series of webisodes produced over the years that have not been included on this release: “The 5 As of Greendale”, “The Community College Chronicles”, “Spanish Videos”, “Road to the Emmys”, “Dean Pelton’s Office Hours”, “Abed’s Master Key”, “Miracle on Jeff’s Street ” and “Abed and the Dean Share a Moment in a Honda”. These other series were never made available on the original DVD releases either, so it’s not surprising, but it would have been great if they had somehow found their way onto this “Complete Series” set.
All told, this is still an excellent box set that is sure to please fans, and a great way for new viewers to experience the series.
What’s Included:
Episodes: (40:24:47)
- All 110 episodes of the series (6 seasons, but alas no movie):
- Season 1 (2009-10): (8:54:32)
Disc 1: “Pilot”, “Spanish 101”, “Introduction to Film”, “Social Psychology”, “Advanced Criminal Law”, “Football, Feminism and You”, “Introduction to Statistics”, “Home Economics”, “Debate 109”, “Environmental Science”, “Politics of Human Sexuality”, “Comparative Religion”, “Investigative Journalism”
Disc 2: “Interpretive Dance”, “Romantic Expressionism”, “Communication Studies”, “Physical Education”, “Basic Genealogy”, “Beginner Pottery”, “The Science of Illusion”, “Contemporary American Poultry”, “The Art of Discourse”, “Modern Warfare”, “English as a Second Language”, “Pascal’s Triangle Revisited” - Season 2 (2010–11): (8:24:44)
Disc 1: “Anthropology 101”, “Accounting for Lawyers”, “The Psychology of Letting Go”, “Basic Rocket Science”, “Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples”, “Epidemiology”, “Aerodynamics of Gender”, “Cooperative Calligraphy”, “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design”, “Mixology Certification”, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”, “Asian Population Studies”
Disc 2: “Celebrity Pharmacology”, “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons”, “Early 21st Century Romanticism”, “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking”, “Intro to Political Science”, “Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy”, “Critical Film Studies”, “Competitive Wine Tasting”, “Paradigms of Human Memory”, “Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts”, “A Fistful of Paintballs”, “For a Few Paintballs More” - Season 3 (2011–12): (7:47:51)
Disc 1: “Biology 101”, “Geography of Global Conflict”, “Remedial Chaos Theory”, “Competitive Ecology”, “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps”, “Advanced Gay”, “Studies in Modern Movement”, “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux”, “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism”, “Regional Holiday Music”, “Contemporary Impressionists”
Disc 2: “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts”, “Digital Exploration of Interior Design”, “Pillows and Blankets”, “Origins of Vampire Mythology”, “Virtual Systems Analysis”, “Basic Lupine Urology”, “Course Listing Unavailable”, “Curriculum Unavailable”, “Digital Estate Planning”, “The First Chang Dynasty”, “Introduction to Finality” - Season 4 (2013): (4:38:46)
Disc 1: “History 101”, “Paranormal Parentage”, “Conventions of Space and Time”, “Alternative History of the German Invasion”, “Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations”, “Advanced Documentary Filmmaking”, “Economics of Marine Biology”
Disc 2: “Herstory of Dance”, “Intro to Felt Surrogacy”, “Intro to Knots”, “Basic Human Anatomy”, “Heroic Origins”, “Advanced Introduction to Finality” - Season 5 (2014): (4:38:26)
Disc 1: “Repilot”, “Introduction to Teaching”, “Basic Intergluteal Numismatics”, “Cooperative Polygraphy”, “Geothermal Escapism”, “Analysis of Cork-Based Networking”, “Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality”
Disc 2: “App Development and Condiments”, “VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing”, “Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons”, “G.I. Jeff”, “Basic Story”, “Basic Sandwich” - Season 6 (2015): (6:00:28)
Disc 1: “Ladders”, “Lawnmower Maintenance & Postnatal Care”, “Basic Crisis Room Decorum”, “Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing”, “Laws of Robotics & Party Rights”, “Basic Email Security”, “Advanced Safety Features”
Disc 2: “Intro to Recycled Cinema”, “Grifting 101”, “Basic RV Repair and Palmistry”, “Modern Espionage”, “Wedding Videography”, “Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television”
- Season 1 (2009-10): (8:54:32)
- 1080p Widescreen 1.78:1
- Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles: English SDH
Extras:
- Season 1:
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release. The only DVD feature missing is a 5-minute Season One Highlight Reel.- Audio Commentaries
- Episode 101 – “Pilot” (25:25)
Writer Dan Harmon, directors Anthony & Joe Russo, and star Joel McHale (“Jeff Winger”). - Episode 102 – “Spanish 101” (21:18)
Writer Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, and stars Joel McHale & Chevy Chase (“Pierce Hawthorne”). - Episode 103 – “Introduction to Film” (21:18)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Danny Pudi (“Abed Nadir”), Gillian Jacobs (“Britta Perry”) & Donald Glover (“Troy Barnes”) - Episode 104 – “Social Psychology” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Anthony Russo, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown (“Shirley Bennett”), Joel McHale (“Jeff Winger”) & Danny Pudi.
- Episode 101 – “Pilot” (25:25)
- Episode 105 – “Advanced Criminal Law” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Andrew Guest, and stars Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 106 – “Football, Feminism and You (21:18)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, and stars Alison Brie (“Annie Edison”), Joel McHale & Donald Glover. - Episode 107 – “Introduction to Statistics” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, and stars Joel McHale & Chevy Chase. - Episode 108 – “Home Economics” (21:15)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Lauren Pomerantz, and stars Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 109 – “Debate 109” (21:15)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, and stars Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 110 – “Environmental Science” (21:18)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Ken Jeong (“Ben Chang”), Gillian Jacobs & Donald Glover - Episode 111 – “Politics of Human Sexuality” (21:16) Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Hilary Winston, and stars Alison Brie & Donald Glover
- Episode 112 – “Comparative Religion” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Adam Davidson, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 113 – “Investigative Journalism” (21:13)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, and stars Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 114 – “Interpretive Dance” (20:40)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Danny Pudi & Alison Brie. - Episode 115 – “Romantic Expressionism” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, writer Andrew Guest, and stars Alison Brie, Donald Glover & Joel McHale. - Episode 116 – “Communication Studies” (21:10)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 117 – “Physical Education” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Anthony Russo, and stars Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 118 – “Basic Genealogy” (20:55)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Karey Dornetto, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Joel McHale & Chevy Chase. - Episode 119 – “Beginner Pottery” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Hilary Winston, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 120 – “The Science of Illusion” (20:51)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Adam Davidson, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 121 – “Contemporary American Poultry” (21:15)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 122 – “The Art of Discourse” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Adam Davidson, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Donald Glover & Danny Pudi. - Episode 123 – “Modern Warfare” (21:00)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Emily Cutler, and stars Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 124 – “English as a Second Language” (21:14)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Emily Cutler, and stars Ken Jeong, Alison Brie & Donald Glover. - Episode 125 – “Pascal’s Triangle Revisited” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, writer Hilary Winston, and stars Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Joel McHale & Chevy Chase.
- Audio Commentaries
- Season 1 Outtakes
These fun gag reels are split across both discs:- Outtakes (Disc 1) (6:39)
- More Outtakes (Disc 1) (8:10)
- Outtakes (Disc 2) (10:28)
- More Outtakes (Disc 2) (8:05)
- Creative Compromises (2:53)
Tongue-in-cheek feature that finds series creator Dan Harmon complaining that the series was watered down for TV, offering as evidence several scenes from episode 6 where Britta has a flatulence problem. - Mini Episodes
- Study Break: Stop Using Your Brain (1:31)
The group attempts to take a 90-second study break. - Study Break: Truth or Dare (1:31)
The group tries another 90-second study break and play a game of truth or dare. - Study Break: Generation Gap (1:30)
The group tries to relax for 90 seconds, but find themselves divided into two groups based on age.
- Study Break: Stop Using Your Brain (1:31)
- Alternate Scenes: Advanced Criminal Law (3:58)
These alternate scenes from season 1, episode 5 find Pierce arguing with Annie as he struggles to come up with a song for Greendale. - Season One Cast Evaluations (11:43)
Series Creator Dan Harmon talks to the actors about what problems they have with the other members of the cast. Includes audition footage and interviews with cast members Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Dr. Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Joel McHale, and Chevy Chase. - Extended Producer’s Cut: Communication Studies (26:34)
Extended cut of episode 116, “Communication Studies”, with additional rough footage inserted back into the episode.
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release. Missing are three bonus features for the animated Christmas episode (a 17-minute making-of featurette: “Creating Wonderland”, and 22-minute Storyboard Animatic and In-Process Animatic versions of the episode), plus a 20-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for the two-part season finale: “The Paintball Finale: From Script to Screen”.
- Audio Commentaries
- Episode 201 – “Anthropology 101” (21:09)
Director Joe Russo, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Joel McHale & Danny Pudi. - Episode 202 – “Accounting for Lawyers” (21:15)
Director Joe Russo, writer Emily Cutler, and stars Joel McHale & Rob Corddry (“Alan Connor”). - Episode 203 – “The Psychology of Letting Go” (21:17)
Director Anthony Russo, writer Hilary Winston, and stars Donald Glover & Chevy Chase. - Episode 204 – “Basic Rocket Science” (21:13)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Anthony Russo, writer Andy Bobrow, and star Donald Glover. - Episode 205 – “Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples” (21:01)
Executive producer Garrett Donovan, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi & Richard Erdman (“Leonard”). - Episode 206 – “Epidemiology” (21:16)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Anthony Hemingway, and stars Donald Glover & Ken Jeong. - Episode 207 – “Aerodynamics of Gender” (21:14)
Writer Adam Countee, producer Jake Aust, and stars Donald Glover & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 208 – “Cooperative Calligraphy” (21:12)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Joe Russo, writer Megan Ganz, and star Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 209 – “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design” (21:13)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Jim Rash (“Dean Pelton”) & Joel McHale. - Episode 210 – “Mixology Certification” (20:41)
Executive producer Neil Goldman, writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 211 – “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” (21:26)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Dino Stamatopoulos, composer Ludwig Göransson, and star Danny Pudi. - Episode 212 – “Asian Population Studies” (21:17)
Director Anthony Russo, and stars Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ken Jeong & Donald Glover. - Episode 213 – “Celebrity Pharmacology” (20:43)
Writer Hilary Winston, and stars Jim Rash & Chevy Chase. - Episode 214 – “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” (21:15)
Series creator Dan Harmon, directors Joe & Anthony Russo, and writer Andrew Guest. - Episode 215 – “Early 21st Century Romanticism” (21:11)
Director Steven Sprung, and stars Ken Jeong, Donald Glover & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 216 – “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” (21:06)
Series creator Dan Harmon, directors Joe Russo, and writer Megan Ganz, and star Joel McHale. - Episode 217 – “Intro to Political Science” (20:42)
Director Jay Chandrasekhar, writer Adam Countee, and stars Joel McHale and Dino Stamatopoulos (“Star-Burns”). - Episode 218 – “Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy” (21:17)
Director Anthony Russo, writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 219 – “Critical Film Studies” (20:36)
Executive producer Neil Goldman, writer Sona Panos, and stars Ken Jeong & Danny Pudi. - Episode 220 – “Competitive Wine Tasting” (21:09)
Director Joe Russo, producer Jake Aust, and stars Donald Glover & Danny Pudi. - Episode 221 – “Paradigms of Human Memory” (20:51)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Chris McKenna, and star Jim Rash. - Episode 222 – “Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts” (19:51)
Stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash & Ken Jeong. - Episode 223 – “A Fistful of Paintballs” (21:23)
Executive producer Garrett Donovan, director Joe Russo, writer Andrew Guest, and star Jim Rash. - Episode 224 – “For a Few Paintballs More” (20:26)
Director Joe Russo, writer Hilary Winston, and stars Donald Glover & Danny Pudi.
- Episode 201 – “Anthropology 101” (21:09)
- Season 2 Outtakes
These fun gag reels are split across both discs:- Outtakes (Disc 1) (5:20)
- More Outtakes (Disc 1) (6:38)
- Outtakes (Disc 2) (6:38)
- More Outtakes (Disc 2) (5:58)
- DJ Steve Porter Remixes Season One (1:50)
Music video created from scenes from the first season. - Deleted Scenes
- What’s The Worst That Can Happen With Chang (:36)
- I’m a Vegetarian Anarchist (:50)
- Where’s The Party (:45)
- This Won’t Be Very Effective (:47)
- He’s a Real Giver (:30)
- The Excrement of Strangers (:22)
- Spirits of the Elders (:45)
- Are You Trying To Shoot Yourself (1:05)
- Season Two Cast Evaluations (10:35)
Series Creator Dan Harmon interviews the actors about how they think the second season went. Includes interviews with cast members Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Jim Rash.
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release.
- Audio Commentaries
- Episode 301 – “Biology 101” (21:23)
Stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 302 – “Geography of Global Conflict” (21:22)
Writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Gillian Jacobs, Martin Starr (“Professor Cligoris”), Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 303 – “Remedial Chaos Theory” (21:21)
Series Creator Dan Harmon, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 304 – “Competitive Ecology” (21:26)
Writer Maggie Bandur, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 305 – “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” (21:05)
Writer Dan Harmon, and stars Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash & Joel McHale. - Episode 306 – “Advanced Gay” (21:23)
Writer Matt Murray, and stars Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs & Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 307 – “Studies in Modern Movement” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash & Joel McHale. - Episode 308 – “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux” (21:25)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Jim Rash, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown & Danny Pudi. - Episode 309 – “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” (21:21)
Writer Chris Kula, and stars Joel McHale & Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 310 – “Regional Holiday Music” (21:17)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writers Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Joel McHale & Danny Pudi. - Episode 311 – “Contemporary Impressionists” (21:22)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Kyle Newacheck, writer Alex Cooley, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 312 – “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts” (21:22)
Stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Malcolm-Jamal Warner (“Andre Bennett”) & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 313 – “Digital Exploration of Interior Design” (21:20)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Dan Eckman, writer Chris McKenna, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 314 – “Pillows and Blankets” (21:21)
Series creator Dan Harmon, writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 315 – “Origins of Vampire Mythology” (21:10)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash & Joel McHale. - Episode 316 – “Virtual Systems Analysis” (21:12)
Writer Matt Murray, and stars Gillian Jacobs & Alison Brie. - Episode 317 – “Basic Lupine Urology” (20:50)
Series creator Dan Harmon, director Rob Schrab, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 318 – “Course Listing Unavailable” (20:52)
Writer Tim Saccardo, and stars Dino Stamatopoulos, Gillian Jacobs & Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 319 – “Curriculum Unavailable” (21:13)
Writers Andy Bobrow & Adam Countee, and stars Gillian Jacobs, Martin Starr, Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 320 – “Digital Estate Planning” (21:07)
Series creator Dan Harmon, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs & Joel McHale. - Episode 321 – “The First Chang Dynasty” (21:17)
Director Jay Chandrasekhar, writers Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown & Gillian Jacobs. - Episode 322 – “Introduction to Finality” (21:25)
Writers Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane, and stars Gillian Jacobs & Yvette Nicole Brown.
- Episode 301 – “Biology 101” (21:23)
- Season 3 Outtakes
These fun gag reels are split across both discs:- Outtakes (Disc 1) (6:43)
- More Outtakes (Disc 1) (7:16)
- Outtakes (Disc 2) (5:33)
- More Outtakes (Disc 2) (2:45)
- A Glee-Ful Community Christmas (6:22)
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the season’s musical Christmas episode. Includes interviews with cast members Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, and Joel McHale. - Deleted Scenes
- Biology 101 (:41)
- Geography of Global Conflict (:17)
- Remedial Chaos Theory (:29)
- Competitive Ecology (:36)
- Advanced Gay (:32)
- Documentary Filmmaking: Redux (4:04)
- Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts (:42)
- Digital Exploration of Interior Design (:54)
- Pillows and Blankets (1:12)
- Basic Lupine Urology (:14)
- Course Listing Unavailable (1:43)
- Introduction to Finality (2:04)
- This is War: Pillows vs. Blankets (13:26)
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the season’s Ken Burns’ Civil War parody episode. Includes interviews with creator/writer Dan Harmon, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Andy Bobrow, production designer Denise Pizzini, set decorator Don Diers, and cast members Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong.
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release.
- Audio Commentaries
- Episode 401 – “History 101” (21:26)
Executive producer Moses Port, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Andy Bobrow, and star Danny Pudi. - Episode 402 – “Paranormal Parentage” (21:29)
Director Tristram Shapeero, writer Megan Ganz, and star Alison Brie & Joe McHale. - Episode 403 – “Conventions of Space and Time” (21:31)
Director Michael Patrick Jann, writer Maggie Bandur, and star Joel McHale (they don’t introduce themselves). - Episode 404 – “Alternative History of the German Invasion” (21:26)
Writers Ben Wexler, Hunter Covington, Maggie Bandur & Tim Saccardo. - Episode 405 – “Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations” (21:33)
Director Tristram Shapeero, writer Steve Basilone, and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Joel McHale & Adam Devine (“Willy”). - Episode 406 – “Advanced Documentary Filmmaking” (21:32)
Writer Tim Saccardo, and stars Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie & Zac Perlman (“Archie”). - Episode 407 – “Economics of Marine Biology” (21:27)
Star Joel McHale & others (they all introduce themselves as Chevy Chase, so it’s unclear who they are). - Episode 408 – “Herstory of Dance” (21:32)
Executive producer Moses Port, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Jack Kukoda, and star Danny Pudi. - Episode 409 – “Intro to Felt Surrogacy” (20:43)
Executive producer David Guarascio, writers Gene Hong & Andy Bobrow, and star Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 410 – “Intro to Knots” (21:31)
Director Tristram Shapeero, writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Alison Brie & Joel McHale. - Episode 411 – “Basic Human Anatomy” (21:31)
Director Beth McCarthy-Miller, writer Jim Rash, and stars Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown & Joel McHale. - Episode 412 – “Heroic Origins” (21:32)
Writers Steve Basilone, Hunter Covington, Maggie Bandur & Tim Saccardo, and star Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 413 – “Advanced Introduction to Finality” (21:33)
Director Tristram Shapeero, writer Megan Ganz, and stars Alison Brie & Joel McHale.
- Episode 401 – “History 101” (21:26)
- Outtakes (6:28)
Fun gag reel. - Inspector Spacetime: Inspection (9:43)
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Inspector Spacetime episode. There is a wonderful tour of the convention and a look at many of the Easter eggs strewn throughout. Includes interviews with writer Maggie Bandur, production designer Denise Pizzini, set decorator Don Diers, property master James Kroning, property maker Michelle Mace, and cast members Danny Pudi, Joel McHale, Donald Glover, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs and Alison Brie. - Deleted/Alternate/Extended Scenes
- Annie’s Appletini (:34)
- Why So Sour Kraut (:30)
- Dinner Roll Therapy (:59)
- I Really Blasted Him (:20)
- I Haven’t Slept in Three Days (:53)
- Boy, You’re Good At That (:20)
- Reading My Pun Book (1:41)
- Sleep Like a Baby (:25)
- This is Your Legacy (2:43)
- There’s Another Cloud (1:07)
- Little Annie Adderall (:40)
- Bring on Summer/Winter! (:37)
- Fake a Heart Attack (:50)
- Adventures in Advanced Puppetry (15:37)
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the puppet episode. Includes footage from the table read, and interviews with writer Gene Hong, director Tristram Shapeero, puppet captain Drew Massey, and cast members Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Jim Rash, Joel McHale, Sara Bareilles (“Balloon Guide”), Jason Alexander (“Mountain Man”), Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Gillian Jacobs & Alison Brie.
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release.
- Audio Commentaries
- Episode 501 – “Repilot” (21:34)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, writer Andy Bobrow, and stars Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 502 – “Introduction to Teaching” (21:32)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Tristram Shapeero, and star Joel McHale. - Episode 503 – “Basic Intergluteal Numismatics” (21:28)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Tristram Shapeero, and stars Joel McHale & Alison Brie. - Episode 504 – “Cooperative Polygraphy” (20:36)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Alex Rubens, and stars Joel McHale & Danny Pudi. - Episode 505 – “Geothermal Escapism” (21:33)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Joe Russo, writer Tim Saccardo, and star Danny Pudi. - Episode 506 – “Analysis of Cork-Based Networking” (21:34)
Executive producer Dan Harmon, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Monica Padrick, and star Alison Brie & Ken Jeong. - Episode 507 – “Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality” (21:33)
Executive producer Dan Harmon, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Dan Guterman, and star Alison Brie, Ken Jeong & Joel McHale. - Episode 508 – “App Development and Condiments” (21:35)
Executive producer Dan Harmon, director Rob Schrab, writers Jordan Blum & Parker Deay, and star Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 509 – “VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing” (21:35)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Tristram Shapeero, writer Donald Diego, and star Yvette Nicole Brown, Ken Jeong & Spencer Crittenden (“Anthony”). - Episode 510 – “Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” (21:34)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Joe Russo, writer Matt Roller, and stars Danny Pudi & Joel McHale. - Episode 511 – “G.I. Jeff” (20:44)
Executive producers Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna, James Fino & Joe Russo, director Rob Schrab, and star Yvette Nicole Brown. - Episode 512 – “Basic Story” (21:34)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, and star Alison Brie, Ken Jeong & Dino Stamatopoulos. - Episode 513 – “Basic Sandwich” (21:34)
Executive producers Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, director Rob Schrab, writer Ryan Ridley, and star Alison Brie & Yvette Nicole Brown.
- Episode 501 – “Repilot” (21:34)
- Re-Animating The ’80s (17:36)
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the animated homage to G.I. Joe, and recreating the ’80s hand cell animation on a computer. Includes interviews with executive producer Dan Harmon, director Rob Schrab, original G.I. Joe storyboard artist Larry Houston, prop designer/animator Brent Noll, VFX supervisor Jeffrey Max, colorist/animator Andrea Gerstmann, lead character designer Julia Vickerman, VFX artist Sevan Najarian, and stars Danny Pudi (“Fourth Wall”), Jim Rash (“Vice Cobra Assistant Commander”), Joel McHale (“Wingman”), Yvette Nicole Brown (“Three Kids”), Ken Jeong (“Overkill”) & Alison Brie (“Tight Ship”). - Outtakes (5:58)
Fun gag reel. - Advanced Television Production: 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep (42:26)
Cameras follow the cast and crew in this extensive behind-the-scenes look at a not-so typical, stressful work week on Community. As filming begins on episode 510 (“Dungeons and Dragons”), the second act still hasn’t been written. Also to be written is the season finale, Episode 511, which starts shooting at the end of the week. Dan Harmon also oversees the audio mixing for episode 502. Those interviewed include series creator Dan Harmon, Dan’s assistant Spencer Crittenden, writers Tim Saccardo, Carol Kolb, Erik Sommers & Ryan Ridley, executive producer Chris McKenna, writers’ PA Michael Waldron, prop master Rhonda Robinson, and stars Joel McHale, David Cross, Ken Jeong, Jim Rash & Danny Pudi.
These bonus features have been ported from the original DVD release.
- Audio Commentaries
Dan Harmon provides a “Communitary” on every episode of the final season. Unlike the previous seasons, there is no menu option to enable the commentaries, and the disc doesn’t even state they are there—you need to manually switch the audio track on your Blu-ray player.- Episode 601 – “Ladders” (27:29)
- Episode 602 – “Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care” (26:59)
- Episode 603 – “Basic Crisis Room Decorum” (24:35)
- Episode 604 – “Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing” (30:54)
- Episode 605 – “Laws of Robotics and Party Rights” (28:38)
- Episode 606 – “Basic Email Security” (28:07)
- Episode 607 – “Advanced Safety Features” (28:29)
- Episode 608 – “Intro to Recycled Cinema” (28:23)
- Episode 609 – “Grifting 101” (28:48)
- Episode 610 – “Basic RV Repair and Palmistry” (26:09)
- Episode 611 – “Modern Espionage” (28:32)
- Episode 612 – “Wedding Videography” (26:09)
- Episode 613 – “Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television” (27:16)
- Gag Reel (7:51)
The usual fun gag reel stuff. - Deleted Scenes
- Paycheck Advance (1:00)
- It Was Worth It (:30)
- Solving the Giant Hand (:45)
- Securing the Premises (1:59)
- Being There For Garrett (:41)
- Bruised But Not Rotten (:24)
- Community Trivia (24:46)
The cast and crew try to answer 20 Community trivia questions. - Six Seasons and a Finale (19:36)
The cast and crew talk about the Yahoo pickup, shooting by the seats of their pants, the changing cast, their favorite TV series finales, saying goodbye to the series, and more. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with show creator Dan Harmon, and stars Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, Danny Pudi, Paget Brewster (“Frankie Dart”).
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Community is one of the most creative TV shows, always pushing the boundaries and trying crazy new things. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s always interesting and fun. There are so many great, classic episodes of TV in this collection. The picture and sound quality of Mill Creek’s Blu-ray set is quite good, and the discs are loaded with bonus features. While there is no new bonus material that has been created specifically for this release, there is literally over 2 days worth of bonus material included, ported from the previous DVD releases. Fans of the series will definitely want to pick up this Blu-ray release (though hold onto your original second season DVD as some of the original featurettes have been dropped from this release). And for those interested in checking out the series, Mill Creek’s Complete Series set is a fantastic way to do so!
