My favorite part is when Jeff tells Britta his secret in private and she gives him her "judgey face".

When he confesses to the group, she gives it to him again in silence, with Troy pointing at her with that "you see that?" look on his face.

I would have far preferred Die Hard in a restaurant. That bit Abed does about the Hans Grouper gets a solid chuckle out of me.

Abed’s character felt really off in this particular episode.

Decent episode. I liked the overall concept and the professor attempting to turn the group against each other was good.

Some of the Chang stuff seemed a little plot holey though. His call to Dean Spreck at the end indicates he'd been planning on getting the group expelled that night, but how did he know that the professor was even going to be at the dinner? Or that the group would leave the two of them alone at some point, and then leave the prof tied up? And I got the impression that him not being able to tie knots was just part of his Kevin schtick of not knowing anything, so he must have known that the prof could just get out of it if he wanted to. But I'm nitpicking, I still generally like the ep.

The Jeff-Annie dynamic in the cold open is so adorable! Great acting by Alison throughout the ep.

One of the better episodes of the season, imo. Starts really well but then devolves into unstructured chaos. Really makes you appreciate Dan's strict adherence to his story-circle.

I genuinely loved this episode - probably in my overall top ten but it has some of my fav features - bottle episode, ensemble cast, Christmas themed. But I love the atmosphere of the episode, and despite lacking the Harmon touch, it’s something I often go back and watch as an isolated episode. Plus the long shot at the beginning is pretty beautiful, and I wish the whole thing could have been the same.

Most of season 4 suffers. There were a few episodes that were good— this was unfortunately not one of them.

Mildly amusing episode. I do love the conversation about gifts before the theme song - "there's a real problem with resistance in this group".

I liked this episode overall. However this was the episode where I felt like the actors were portraying their characters in an SNL skit. The way that they said their lines in the first 3 minutes felt like it was very scripted . Later the episode got better.

In the beginning when when Jeff asks if he and Annie need to have a talk about playing house just felt too forced and out of character . When Jeff asks so forcefully who tanked their section , knowing that he tanked his section didn’t seem believable. And then when he agreed with Annie’s idea to have the professor over it seemed too quick.
I wondered if the actors had better working hours that season and maybe thr producers just accepted a take even if it seemed forced. I also didn’t like the repetitiveness of the same joke 5 times over of no gifts means bring gifts. It was vaguely funny the first time (Jeff and Annie discussing her gift) and second time (Shirley with her cart of gifts), but well overdone by time Troy and Britta said the same words, then Abed then Chang. I’m like who approved this? It’s the same joke 5 times in a row. And it just made me feel bad and embarrassed for Jeff because he didn’t have any gifts ready.

I’m a big Jeff and Annie shipper, so I really liked having/seeing the let’s play house scenes and banter, but I felt the difference between seasons 1-3 vs 4 quite a bit with this episode. I did feel the part where the professor ties himself up when no one is looking was well done and brought a way for our favorite group to work out getting out of a pickle together. From a cinematographic perspective having this episode which felt more sitcom-y / threes companyseque, really made me appreciate seasons 1 to 3 more. Feel free to disagree . This is just what I experienced when watching it.

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only s4 ep i genuinely enjoy

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