Deliberate like the Halloween-ness was played down because it aired in February? I don't think I agree with that. The general spookiness, haunted mansion shenanigans, and shadowy Gilbert seeming like a ghost were sufficient Halloween signifiers for me.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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-t - Feb 16, 2013 9:55:34 am PST #6426 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
askye - Feb 16, 2013 9:56:05 am PST #6427 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
They used the Halloween opening credits for the episode.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2013 10:06:46 am PST #6428 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
then - I am not satisfied! I wanted MOAR Halloween.
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2013 10:19:33 am PST #6429 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jeff's costume was mentioned as much as Annie's was, wasn't it? None of them drove the plot, but Jeff and the Dean's costumes were as mentioned as Annie's because of the association, Shirley talked about her family's themes, and Jeff pointed out that Abed and Troy were wearing matching costumes, not Troy and Britta, which seems to me to be the most important thing that any of the costumes were used to express.
-t - Feb 16, 2013 7:38:19 pm PST #6430 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, a new Gravity Falls showed up on my DVR. Delightful!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2013 4:11:26 am PST #6431 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Community felt a little to antic and cartoon-y to me. Loved individual bits, quite a few in fact, but overall it felt like a late-in-the-run sitcom episode to me. More surreal than the usual sitcom for sure, but everybody seemed to be "doing" their character beats rather than inhabiting the characters. Well, except maybe Donald Glover. He always seems to inhabit Troy even when what they've done for the character feels pro forma.
That said, I probably should have kept the episode for a re-watch. Unfortunately, I'm trying to get stuff off my DVR before it maxes out (I'm really behind on watching stuff).
Fred Pete - Feb 19, 2013 4:38:43 am PST #6432 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
Finally caught up with The Office over the weekend. It's starting to feel like a soap opera, probably because the writers are trying to end so many story lines in the near future. Although it's one of those series that should really end, "And life goes on." Maybe a big ending for someone, maybe Andy leaving for -- something else. But life just goes on at the office for most of the characters.
Polter-Cow - Feb 19, 2013 4:54:32 am PST #6433 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe a big ending for someone, maybe Andy leaving for -- something else.
Not a three-month boat trip?
Fred Pete - Feb 19, 2013 5:14:11 am PST #6434 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
I was thinking a mental institution or even jail. He was pretty dark last week.
le nubian - Feb 19, 2013 2:04:53 pm PST #6435 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I agree, Fred. I didn't think anything he did last week was funny and I was hoping he would be arrested.