Yeah, the meta reasons he's in the group for story telling purposes seem pretty clear. For in-the-world-of-Greendale reasons that he's kept around, well, they were all just the people who showed up for that first study group, nothing brought them together except that they happened to be taking the same class. The real foundation of their friendship is that they just keep showing up and spending time together, and he does that, too.

And Pierce needs the rest of them more than they need him, and he knows that and that's what drives so much of his really dickish behavior.

From my perspective of a little more than halfway through the second season.

Community Flash Mob Occupies NBC's Rockefeller Center. Ha! Also, I recognized a friend of mine in the video!

I really really hated Pierce last season too. The writers changed perspective this season to make the Pierce situation more tenable: by making the group less likable .

They are totally eating my life and I love it! I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm all caught up.

Come watch them with me in the new house! We can vampire arm each other!

Agreed on the Pierce hate, but it's kind of the only way they could make me stomach Chase

Come watch them with me in the new house! We can vampire arm each other!

Yes, please! I can help with moving/unpacking, too. No rolling dice to see who gets pizza, though.

I love it when a plan comes together!

Last night' we had dinner with one of my Dad's best Caltech friends and his wife, who were raving about Big Bang Theory. It was adorable.

I'm still waiting for an episode that takes place in the tunnels.

The tunnels are generally more occupied by undergrads than grad students, since the grad students tend to live more off-campus. But it would definitely be a good reference.

I think I got a Community toaster. I cannot convince my sister to look despite her being an avid Arrested Development fan. But I think I got a cousin to look. Now I feel a need for a total rewatch.