Community
Season 4 Episode 11 Recap
"Basic Human Anatomy"
This past Thursday’s ep was hilars. One of the funniest ones
so far. It opened with the group deciding what their group project for history
was going to be. They decide on banners because Jeff wants “doable and passable”
and also Annie and Shirley both want an A since they are both in the running
for valedictorian.
Shirley mentions that it’s Britta and Troy’s anniversary of
their first date. Of course Britta and Troy don’t even remember their anniversary
and were put on the spot. But Troy does
remember that it’s third anniversary of Abed and he watching Freaky Friday. As a gift, he presented Abed a slew of body switching movies. Abed rifles through them and comes
across the original "Freaky Friday". Both lament how the other has it easier and
they both grab the DVD and fake body switching as a janitor flips the switch on
and off during a “routine light switch check”.
The following morning Troy and Abed start the day as if they had
switched bodies. This means that Abed is really going on the date with Britta.
And by the way, Donald Glover did an outstanding job playing Troy-as-Abed.
Danny Pudi didn’t impress me as much playing Abed-as-Troy but he’s so great in
everything else that this is forgivable.
Jeff is irritated at the bit that Troy and Abed have
committed to and he finds the dean. Dean tricks him into saying the same phrase
as Troy and Abed and holds the DVD with Jeff. He does a fake body switch of his own with Jeff looking at
him weirdly. Another “routine light switch check” goes on while this happens. Jim Rash nailed it as Jeff! He had the deep voice, the arrogance and even
pretended to be on a Blackberry. After Jeff leaves, Annie and Shirley show up
to find out why Leonard is ahead of them in the running for valedictorian. Dean-as-Jeff
tells them Leonard has been taking easy classes and Annie is visibly attracted
to him. I gotta admit………..so was I. Dean-as-Jeff rips off his shirt and hunts
down Leonard who leaves. Not sure if that meant he was dropping out of school
or what.
Abed-as-Troy is on the date with Britta and she slowly
starts to realize that this bit is just Troy acting out because he doesn’t know how
to break up with her. I kind of felt bad for Britta.
Jeff finds Troy-as-Abed and tries to get him to drop the
bit. Realizing that he has to play along, he goes with Troy-as-Abed to find the
missing DVD so they can “switch” back. While searching for the DVD Troy-as-Abed
starts talking about how Troy wants to break up with Britta. Jeff is moved and takes
Troy-as-Abed to the restaurant where Britta and Abed-as-Troy are on their date.
The duo holds on to the DVD (that Troy pulls out of the backpack because he had it the entire time) and they switch back. Jeff succumbs to the bit and does the routine
light switch check at the restaurant.
Everyone goes back to the study room to find that Pierce has
done the project and it turned out pretty good.
We close with Britta and Troy hugging and knowing that everything is
okay. This will ensure that there will be no awkwardness in future episodes.
With Chevy leaving the show, Pierce had a small part in the episode. The phasing out continues. If the next episodes are as funny as this one, then it won't be as painful.
Again, I loved this episode. It had some of the formulas
that worked in previous eps:
- Jeff was being cynical, sarcastic, selfish and on the blackberry. Then he has a revelation towards the end and shares his nuggets of wisdom with the others.
- Troy and Abed were awesomely weird.
- Annie was wound tightly. Yay!
High Points:
The Dean’s monologue about “body switching” with Jeff and
referring to Jeff being “inside” of him had me dying!
Predictions:
The race between Annie and Shirley is going to get ugly.
There you have it Delta Cubes, looks like we are back on
track. I knew it would get better. Next episode let’s all wear Delta Cube
shirts while watching it. Just kidding, looking for a Delta Cube shirt sounds
like work. But, I’ll probably make popcorn or something.
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