TMC
04-07-2026, 02:21 AM
https://jacksonupperco.com/2026/04/07/the-ten-best-community-episodes-of-season-two/
The 2010-2011 season for sitcoms was perhaps the best of the entire decade, with strong laugh-forward shows abounding. NBC’s “Comedy Night Done Right,” the finest sitcom niche from the niche-filled 21st century, was thriving. Not only was 30 Rock still in good shape, but Parks And Rec was also stepping into its brilliance. And while the once-great The Office was long past its apex, at least it was still offering Steve Carell, meaning it had yet to maim its situation. Combine all that with the state of Community here in its peak-quality second season, and you have their zenith as a collective — a display of sitcommery that, unfortunately, would be diluted as the Peak TV decade unfolded. Community previews why. Its first season established media-on-media parody as a major aspect of the show’s humor and weekly storytelling, thus embedding meta into its DNA as something to regularly expect. It’s now part of its identity, its situation. But as we’ll see, even when such meta is also supported by a character like Abed’s, it’s nevertheless still so predicated on outside notions beyond those created by Community that the emphasis on sustaining elements, overall, is reduced, as those elements now less exclusively inspire the show’s narrative projection of self.
The 2010-2011 season for sitcoms was perhaps the best of the entire decade, with strong laugh-forward shows abounding. NBC’s “Comedy Night Done Right,” the finest sitcom niche from the niche-filled 21st century, was thriving. Not only was 30 Rock still in good shape, but Parks And Rec was also stepping into its brilliance. And while the once-great The Office was long past its apex, at least it was still offering Steve Carell, meaning it had yet to maim its situation. Combine all that with the state of Community here in its peak-quality second season, and you have their zenith as a collective — a display of sitcommery that, unfortunately, would be diluted as the Peak TV decade unfolded. Community previews why. Its first season established media-on-media parody as a major aspect of the show’s humor and weekly storytelling, thus embedding meta into its DNA as something to regularly expect. It’s now part of its identity, its situation. But as we’ll see, even when such meta is also supported by a character like Abed’s, it’s nevertheless still so predicated on outside notions beyond those created by Community that the emphasis on sustaining elements, overall, is reduced, as those elements now less exclusively inspire the show’s narrative projection of self.