Community Review: "Remedial Chaos Theory"
Following an underwhelming episode, Community bounced back in the grandest of ways with "Remedial Chaos Theory," as Troy and Abed hosted an apartment warming party and we got to see seven different ways the night could've gone.
Due to a clever move by Abed, Jeff had no excuse to leave early for the fictional "Single Malt Platinum Boobs and Billionaires Club." Besides, who would want to go there when you could experience so many different timelines?!? Especially when there was a model of the boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark in Troy and Abed's apartment?
Things that happened in every timeline included Pierce's need to tell everyone that he had sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom; Shirley being obsessed with her baking; Britta wanting to sing Roxanne; Jeff hitting his head on the ceiling fan; and an ugly Norwegian troll terrorizing Troy.
I'm a huge Troy and Abed fan, so I really loved this episode. I felt that everyone was at their best and the different timelines gave us such a variety of situations; they offered something for everybody.
The result? Troy going to get the pizza resulted in the worst possible outcome with Pierce getting shot, Annie having a breakdown, Jeff losing an arm, and Shirley becoming a drunk. Abed leaving created the most honest timeline, but also resulted in everyone being unhappy. Jeff getting the pizza created the simplest, happiest timeline. So what does that say?
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Leigh Raines is a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow her on Twitter.
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Rank: Regular Character
October 24th, 2011 9:06 PM
Top 5 episode. Character study. Hilarious. Many Worlds Theory.
October 21st, 2011 9:00 PM
did anyone notice the fridge in the kitchen? It has some kind of cover that looks like a vending machine. In the bottom right corner you can just make out Troy's face from that time when he got stuck in the vending machine at Greendale (or am I just making that up?)
October 17th, 2011 7:49 PM
I think people are forgetting that Annie is 21 this year, so she's not been a teenager for a while now. I know some are never going to be okay with Jeff/Annie, fair enough, but there's no denying they have insane chemistry & I think it's evident that Jeff really does care for her a lot. I would like to see where that leads, as long as it doesn't take over the show. I'm all for it being subtle. It's one of the reasons I like it in the first place, because Britta/Jeff in the beginning was too much for me. I just hope they're not forcing a J/A overload to switch the fans off because what a waste of natural chemistry that would be!
October 15th, 2011 12:03 PM
Loved this episode, but am I the only one who doesn't like the Jeff-Annie hookup? He's in his 30's and she's a teenager! It's kind of creepy. I'm glad they eluded to that in one of the timelines and I hope they keep moving in that direction. Other than that - brilliant.
October 15th, 2011 10:28 AM
Actually, it was not britta bein' britta with the 'me so hungee' dance, she posted this in her twitter commenting live while Community was on the air:
@GillianJacobs - All it said in the script was "Britta does a silly dance." So...I'm totally responsible for the "Me so hungee dance." #Community
I didn't mind it at all but after reading some comments about people being very nit-picky about it, i thought i'd post this.
October 15th, 2011 2:31 AM
Finally! After three straight duds, THIS is the show that we love and the show that Community can be. A creative concept and the characters that matter most in a funny, silly episode.
October 15th, 2011 12:49 AM
I noticed that Jeff was tricking everyone with the dice from the very first timeline. I knew that there was seven of them, so i also assumed there would be a seventh timeline where Jeff's plan would be found out before rolling the die. I'm so glad that this was the timeline that would be used for the rest of the show because many of the others tore up the group or pushed love interests.
Rank: Extra
October 14th, 2011 9:05 PM
I love this show so damn much. Evil Troy and Evil Aaaabed!!!
Rank: Guest Star
October 14th, 2011 5:11 PM
This is why Community is one of the best sitcoms on TV....shows may do 2 timelines....but SIX!!! WOW!
I loved all the timelines but the TRoy one had to be my favourite and the continuation during the credits was amazing with Abed making them fake goatees and Troy being the only one to put it on.
Also, I have to say that I think I winced everytime Jeff hit his head.
Also, I have to say I think I prefer Jeff & Annie and Troy & Britta.
October 14th, 2011 1:20 PM
At first I thought 'Remedial Chaos Theory' was going to be a weak episode. I couldn't see any fun in the group going to Troy and Abed's new apartment and just sitting around arguing again. But then the alternate timeline stuff started kicking in and it was a blast!
I'll admit that I didn't like the first few timelines. To me they were a bit boring and typical of what we've been seeing so many times on the show now. Then dice timeline 1 came up and the insanity hit the fan (much like Jeff's head throughout most of the episode). That 'dark' timeline had me laughing more than any season three episode so far.
Then dice timeline 5 was tossed which brought things back to a more normal level. At least with this one we get to see Annie a bit grossed out again with her attraction to Jeff, and Jeff also stops himself a little with the observation that Annie still uses bubblegum flavored lip gloss. Since I'm a Jeff/sane-Britta pairing fan, I hope these little things will continue to