“Community” — “Paradigms of Human Memory” Chosen As Best Sitcom Episode For 2010-2011

[Brian Damage]

I had a hard time choosing between this episode, “Critical Film Studies,” or “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design.” All are perfect examples of the “event” episodes that “Community” does so well: “Critical Film Studies” was supposedly the Pulp Fiction Episode, but ended up being an extended homage to My Dinner with Andre instead, while “Conspiracy Theories” was the Mystery Episode, where Jeff and Annie tracked Professor Professorson and found out things about Greendale they never should have known. But “Paradigms,” the Fake Clip Show Episode, is the one I keep re-watching, the one that I keep laughing at, the one I keep finding new things to laugh at. The reason “Community” can get away with an episode like “Paradigms” is because they’ve developed the characters so well that we can accept an episode without a plot, of a series of unrelated jokes in never-happened stories. I hope Seth MacFarlane was watching—he could have learned a thing or two.

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[robyrob]

it WAS a great episode, but I wouldn't say that it didn't have a plot ~ I thought they tied it all together very nicely, and the "fake clips" made sense, I mean different characters will have a different perception (or a very badly misconstrued reconstruction) of events, so who's to say?