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CGR | Season 5, Episode 13: Basic Sandwich

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After everyone learns about Greendale's first dean, they embark on a mission to find his old computer lab; Subway enlists Chang to spy on the group as part of its plan to take over the college.

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Posted Sep 23, 2021, 7:01 AM UTC

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therealgerrygergich•

People give the Season 4 finale a hard time for being over the top and ridiculous, but at least it's justified by having it end up being all in Jeff's head. (I also really liked the fact that the show had Pierce upstage Jeff by graduating first).

Season 5's finale is utterly ridiculous and doesn't really make any sense, and there's no real explanation for why anything is happening. I really think it sums up a lot of my issues with Season 5 and why I think people can be a bit overly generous to this season ("Hey, they lost Pierce and Troy, of course it's not gonna be as good as previous seasons"), while still being a bit overly harsh to Season 4.

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Trust_Intuition•

People give the Season 4 finale a hard time for being over the top and ridiculous, but at least it's justified by having it end up being all in Jeff's head. (I also really liked the fact that the show had Pierce upstage Jeff by graduating first.

All great points. Even though I don't have a problem with season 4 I have a hard time remembering details about that season, like how the dark timeline stuff happened in Jeff's head...so anything cringeworthy might be attributed to Jeff not being a perfect screenwriter, so to speak.

Next on the playlist: Season 4 and 5 finales

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VicSteelappeal•

He sure can't chereograph a paint ball war. That was what I found disappointing about it, I really enjoyed it in general, especially the stuff with Empereror Chang. It lead to wondering if Chang had become good in the darkest timeline, like an Earth 3 Lex Luthor.

But the end battle was very disappointing for me.

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SoRightImLeft•

Wait it was in his head???

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therealgerrygergich•

Just the finale, where Jeff and Annie come from the Darkest Timeline.

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SoRightImLeft•

But not the whole finale? Right ?Because obviously he and pierce graduated

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CorvusGriseo•

Yes, they did graduated, the episode happened in his head only because he was scared of leaving Greendale, IIRC, something like that. After confronting his fears he graduates

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VicSteelappeal•

I can't argue, but the whole thing kept me laughing. So I say tap the gas, because why tap the break.

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boo_goestheghost•

This man is wearing these pants

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VicSteelappeal•

I wonder if I sbould share my theory that Elroy is a brainwashed Dr.Kronish from Futureman?

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FOmar_Eis•

The last episode getting as few comments as it did tells you everything you need to know about this two-parter.

It sucks.

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bdf2018_298•

As bad as some of this episode is, there are still some great moments. Anything with the school board guys or Duncan, the treasure hunt before they get into the lab and the "Depends on What Fails" end tag are great.

I really don't like the meta aspect of Greendale being the show's run on NBC, especially how cynical the episode is about it. And the "everyone is dead if we don't get renewed...and that's canon!" is really mean-spirited, especially for all the people who fought so hard to keep the show on the air for as long as they did.

I'm really glad we got Season 6, which has a much better finale with satisfying conclusions to most of the character arcs.

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ManNotADiscoBall•

Agreed. This episode is pretty lame.

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0002millertime•

Cringe worthy at times.

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WhatASaveWhatASave•

I love the chaos and utterly ridiculous parts of the finale. "Richie... Be careful"

"don't worry, I've been drinking!"

I think it's my favorite finale of any season.

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VicSteelappeal•

I loved it too

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Nowiwantmydmg•

Open the door by the secret doors....such a good bit.

Special timed to the duration of the opening process...

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VicSteelappeal•

Closin the door, the door is closin.

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Gross_John•

Not the greatest finale but pretty good. They saved Greendale, Abed found his adventure, Jeff realized he cares more for Annie than Britta. I liked bringing back Subway again as an overpowering evil empire kind of thing. And I liked the Board guy's psychic subplot. Borchard was pretty gross, but I guess he had to be to scare off Subway.

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VicSteelappeal•

What is this, an hour long episode of The Office?

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RavioliGale•

Alternate title: Jeff Almost Marries Britta Part III

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VicSteelappeal•

I loved this, minus a lack of commitment to an ending. As I remember, the Yahoo season had not been announced.

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noodle_stab•

BURIED TREASUREEEE!!!!

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VicSteelappeal•

Borchert loves computers more than girls fannies or hooters.

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Mepharos•

Yeah, I dunno. This isn't a bad episode, but for me it's similar to Chang taking over Greendale in the later stages of s3 in that it gets too unrealistic. Still, there's lots of laughs and it's enjoyable enough. I think the main reason it felt a little off is because at the point they made this they felt like this would be the series finale because of NBC dropping the show, and wanted to do some big climatic finale; but at the same time they still wanted to go for a s6 and so had to leave the door open for the future and couldn't give any real closure to the show.

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