Six Seasons and a Movie: NBC’s Community
Community has always been a conundrum for NBC. The show, created by Dan Harmon and produced by Sony Pictures Television (IMDb), has never been a ratings magnet and yet has one of the most vocal online fan bases. Community follows the path of fraudulent ex lawyer Jeff Winger, played by Joel McHale, as he is forced to go to Greendale Community College in order to obtain a college degree so that he practice law again. On the way, he begrudgingly befriends an eclectic study group that shapes his character for the better. Community has so far aired a total of eighty-four episodes in four seasons (IMDb), and it has picked up a thirteen-episode order for the current season (“Upfronts 2013”). After a mediocre
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As they tried to rebrand Community for wider appeal, the writers drew not only on old plot points Harmon had set up in previously seasons, such as Jeff’s relationship with his estranged father, but on what they somewhat erroneously thought fans wanted to see (i.e. a romance between Britta and Troy). Though many characters from the study group had commanding A-story lines in individual episodes, the writers tried to focus in on Jeff’s character growth in this season as he approached graduation. The fifth episode, “Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations,” addressed Jeff’s tense relationship with his father. During Thanksgiving, Jeff confronts his dad and realizes that, though he is a broken man because of his father’s abandonment, Jeff does not need his approval to be the better man he has become at Greendale. Episode twelve, “Heroic Origins”, focused less specifically on Jeff but still explored how Jeff’s previous lawyer life negatively affected the others before the study group was even formed. In the season finale, “Advanced Introduction to Finality,” Jeff embraces his new, more empathetic identity as he refuses a lucrative position with an old law partner, instead committing to remain the better man he became in the last four years by working for a smaller firm in order to stay near the study group. Community in its previous seasons was defined by the nature of Harmon’s leadership and innovation with all his characters; without him, the show stagnated in its focus on Jeff and became too predictable in its attempt to appeal to a wider
Jonas discovers what is really beyond his community, beyond all the rules and policies they have to follow; he decides to leave and give all of his memories to the rest of the community so they would know about what they have not seen or experienced before. Jonas discovers that the community has decided too many things for everyone. He realizes Sameness is not right, that it cannot last any longer. He thinks of all the what-ifs. What if the Elders choose a wrong spouse? What if the Elders choose the wrong job for someone?
Galley told him,” Instead of agonizing about the things you can’t change, why don’t you try working on the things you can change.” Renee and Annette couldn’t just give the Alper family money straight out of their pocket or just wish Jeffrey’s illness away, but they could do a fundraiser and raise money to help Steven’s parents pay for Jeffery’s medical bill. While Steven is telling his parents about this great idea, his mom begins to feel very sick. Since she feels so sick, Steven and his dad have to go to Philadelphia to take Jeffrey to his treatments. During one of Jeffrey's treatments, Steven meets Samantha, a girl who teaches him to always be by his brother’s side. Steven and Samantha sat for hours talking and having fun eating snow cones. The day of the All City Band concert finally comes, and Steven gets three big surprises. The first surprise was all his friends decide to do something really special for Jeffrey, and shave their heads. The second surprise was his dad, who said he couldn’t come to the All City Band, but decided that this was a big deal for Steven and he shouldn’t miss it. Then the last surprise, which came right before Steven’s big solo performance, was the exact opposite from the first two good surprises. It was terrible especially since it came from Jeffrey. Steven learns a lot from this experience from having Jeffrey
His mum then says, “why do you think, then?” and Jared said “there you’re mates.” This goes back to the idea of mateship only goes so far, and yet again it went to far. Jarred should have stepped in right from the beginning and stopped what happened but instead decided to stay quiet about the whole thing. This gets to think about how mateship affects society today and if it is that heavily involved in the youth today. A great example of this was shown not to long ago with the Essendon drug saga. The players all decided to keep it too themselves even though the allegations were being made the kept quiet and stuck as a team. Now they are worse off than if they spoke up but the made the decision to stick together. This shows that mateship is still involved in
Following the success of the US version of The Office starring Steve Carell on NBC, Parks and Recreation, a small-town government political mockumentary, premiered on NBC in April 2009. The show trails Leslie Knope, an employee of Pawnee, Indiana’s Parks and Recreation department, as she pursues both her political and altruistic ambitions to better the town and perhaps the entire country through bureaucratic hard-work. The audience journeys through the amusing political climate of a small middle-America town, as Leslie attempts to beautify and magnify her town via new parks, programs, and events. With thanks to the talented, comedic cast, including SNL’s Amy Poehler and The West Wing’s Rob Lowe, Parks and Recreation aired for 7 seasons, recently
The best way to define a community will never be clear. You have your own feelings on communities and our thoughts on it will always be different from everyone else's. Everyone has a different perspective on communities, it is endless. All of the definitions relate to what I think about a community. Community to me means “home”. A community is where I have grown up and learned important life lessons. The things that matter most to me in my community are my family, my
Each little thing that goes on reminds him of what happened with his brother. His friends, and his home life is hard on him everyday. He goes home and gets reminded by his mother on how he is not his brother Buck. She will not look at him the same or treat him the same way she did when Buck was around. Now that he is gone she only gives him the physical needs, no emotional support on his life. Beth never asks her son how he is feeling and how his school life is going. Conrad feels unwanted and not needed in his home life. He has no support and so he always feels like he has to put on a show just to get by. Conrad finally realizes that he needs someone to talk to, so he finally goes to a psychiatrist to get some help. The psychiatrist helps Conrad go through all his thoughts and help him realize what he needs to say and do. He finally has enough confidence to tell his best friend why he is avoiding him and never wants to hang out with him anymore. When he had a chance he striked back at his mother's harsh remarks to him.He got tired of trying to walk around her. He had enough courage and confidence to tell her how she made him feel. When Conrad and his dad was putting up the Christmas tree, and she walked in without an hello and started questioning him why he quit the swim team. Conrad finally found out how to fight once he got enough of being put down. Conrad learned to step out of his comfort zone and take flight on his
Our Boys follows the small town of Smith Center as it supports the football team in their pursuit of perfection. The season after the greatest class of seniors has left the gridiron, doubts rise in the minds of the citizens of Smith Center about whether the new class of seniors can continue the winning tradition. As the reader dives deeper into the pages of the book, it is discovered that this book is not about the pursuit of perfection on the field, but rather in the perfection of raising children to succeed in real life.
At this time Jeff is engaged in a strenuous body-building program but he also finds time to enlighten his mind.
It took a few hours but Jeff had fund his two friends in a grocery store. The face of Pete looked so worn out that he could have been mistaken for an elderly man, even though he was only 40. This did not come as a surprise to Jeff because he himself was very tired from their chase on Melanie Peterson.
This shows the community because their family was committed to each other no matter what happen and that is how a community is. Ma Joad found out a way to keep Tom with the family. A community is committed to each
community he would not be able to stand next to his parents while walking across the street. He views as if he were “like a bag of weed,” when the police showed their faces he was tossed to the side. This is a serious situation as a child, the feeling of abandonment, yet, he openly talks about this to the audience. He allows the audience to feel the situation but also laugh about it. Trevor also discussed raw topics like racism
He has been removed from numerous residential and foster homes throughout the time gone from the family and has limited contact with family members. Buddy has been disobedient towards Tammy since the age of 10. The family sees Buddy’s return as a bad thing assuming he will start to skip school again and be out of control. One of his siblings, Lori assumes that once Buddy comes back he will continue to hit her like he did in the past. The family overall has a hard time getting along with one another because they do not work together. Tammy feels that her children do not help her with any chores and add more stress. The stress of the kids not helping affects her boyfriend, Johnny who is upset that he pays the bills and take care of the house and the children don’t respect him. Overall the family has a problem with not working together to help with everyone be at peace and feel like a
What stops him from moving on? It has the potential to become a dark satirical comedy if certain elements are developed within the screenplay. The structure of the script is often confusing especially locations as it is difficult to keep track where the events unfold. It is difficult to find a rising climax and action within the script and could be reworked into the final draft. Furthermore, adding more to Jonathan’s reason to commit suicide would be an interesting approach as right now in the draft, I find it confusing as to why he committed suicide, was it problems with Jeff?or was it just depression?What was eating him away? Once these questions are answered, the story will have a whole different take on it. It would also be intriguing to see how Jeff coped with Jonathan’s
The definition provided in The American College Dictionary from 1964 says “a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.” I never really viewed community in this manner. Many of us think of the word “community” as a group of people who live near each other. We forget that a community is actually just a group of people with common interests or characteristics who often happen to live near each other. Communities can be bound by race, religion, economic standings, political standings, and most commonly, location. Frequently, communities fall into more than one of these categories.
Jeff is a person who can be friends with anyone. He is always in a