I hadn't realised how solidly golden the tags are. Well, up until S3, where they derail a bit. But I just watched the D&D episode (man, Chevy Chase makes me feel like a rookie TV watcher, what with my assumptions of actor/character bleed and shit) and the one where they walk into the room with the Asian women is so short and simple and perfect...

AND I HATE PIERCE HAWTHORNE.

Giant ears or tail, that one? That's a gem.

Where do you think the tags derailed? I kind of don't like when they tie into the main action too much, personally.

I remember being disappointed with the start of season 3, but I'll have to rewatch to be sure exactly where. I'm not sure why I thought S3 would get here before I was done S2--it will be here mid next week. I'll be done S2 today.

Oh, no, you aren't supposed to have a gap!

I'm also not supposed to watch one season in a day, so I'll pay the price without grumbling too much.

Maybe commentaries and special features, but I might also need to switch shows for a bit. You know--four or so days.

It's remarkable how sad this show is. If you only look at Abed--the character everyone's supposed to like. Season 2 he has one huge break at Christmas, and then a pretty rough time at his birthday. Pierce is continually twisted and miserable, Britta is the worst, Jeff is lying to phone sex operators, Chang is psychotic--these people are flat out...let's just say, go Troy! He's doing pretty well, all told.

It's pretty sad that I had to image google to work out which characters most of the Pulp Fiction References are to. My knowledge only goes as far as SLJ, Travolta, and Uma. I had to look the rest up.

That's some seriously continuous Community watching. Bravo.

It's pretty damned sad--in a glorious way. I'm on disk 4--just finished Competitive Wine Tasting, and I think that's the first tag I didn't think was remotely funny. Which is a pretty dammed good run.

AND I HATE PIERCE HAWTHORNE.

He needed to die in all the fires in S2. I was *stunned* when he had moments in S3 where my reaction was not hatred. And I was even a little pissed at "Digital Estate Planning" for making me have a moment of warmth toward him (the "I never had a brother" line, and his interaction with Gilbert after the game was over). I admit, it got to me. (Its airing coincided with my brother going into detox for alcoholism, so I was an easy target, but even so, I wouldn't have thought ANYTHING could made me an easy target for Pierce Hawthorne.)

What are your (plural) top five Community eps?

Top five tags?

I don't know if I can get either down to five. I'll give it some thought, though. I definitely gravitate towards the high concept episodes - Epidemiology, Chaos Theory, Pillows and Blankets, Lupine Urology. But also all the finales. And tags are even harder - my favorite at any given time is most likely to be the one I saw most recently.

I am watching Lupine Urology again, and remembering good bits from the commentary, so that might be a good commentary to try, Lee.