You win

[gwyn]

OK, fine, flist, you win. (Especially trelkez, but all of you win.) I'm halfway through the third episode of Community and I'm hooked. I really didn't want to watch this show, for a lot of reasons, including that I hate Chevy Chase and I've always thought Joel McHale was repugnantly smarmy, and I was also really afraid of it hitting my embarrassment squick so badly, but it's... incredibly charming. And funny.

Mostly it's Abed. OMG, he makes me laugh so much. I'm not sure I understand why Troy won the fandom cage match thingie that I confess I don't pay a lot of attention to, but maybe that will come with more episodes. (Though I do love his girlie sneezes.)

I generally have a lot of issues with sitcoms because of my embarrassment squick, but every once in a while some sneak through that I can handle, like 30 Rock and Big Bang Theory. I think this one's a keeper. Ken Jeong is a scary, scary genius.

Do the adorable credits go away completely? I just noticed on the fourth episode they're not doing them. So sad, if so!

Curse you, flist!

Comments

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

I still love S1 Community, but for me it's faltered badly this season, mostly because creator Dan Harmon has started pandering to certain shippers. I know he's trying to keep the few viewers he has (it's up against the double-whammy of American Idol AND TBBT), but this was not the way to do it, especially as he'd created this great weird dynamic in which you could ship everyone with everyone else (except Pierce, of course - ew).

I am the exception, though - mostly all the old fans still love it this season.