The Day Community Died 

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The thing I loved most about community is how every single big event at greendale like paintball or the meowmeowbeenz turns the entire campus into a post apocalyptic society

Community died when magnitude said his last pop pop

I personally believe Community died when Dean stopped wearing costumes to make announcements to the study group

For me it died when they suddenly stopped going to classes and I was like 'why aren't they going to classes any more?'

When community died “Troy and Abed are in mouuurning”

It’s ironic that the reasons the characters left in real life matches their in show characters perfectly. Chevy Chase kept fighting and wanted things his own way, Yvette Nicole Brown left for family reasons, and Donald Glover left to be Childish.

Community never died. It ended the day Jeff graduated, then it became its own spin-off. And it was great, every minute of it. I'm happy we had more Community for a little while, and I'm still hoping to see a Movie someday

It’s crazy that community was struggling to stay on the air while they made like 12 seasons of Big band theory and an entire spin off

Troy was what held the group together wishing the show. For proof look no further than remedial chaos theory. The darkest timeline occurs when Troy leaves the room...

"Troy and abed in a movieeee" we ALL want to hear that

That Darkest Timeline episode is a real gem in comedy storytelling

My dad always said, “it takes a smart guy to play the dumb guy.” I love Donald Glover both as an actor and musician, and his starring on the show was huge. I still loved the show all the way, but it would never be the same.

it really died when troy left because abed is my favorite character but he can’t shine the same without troy

They never should have made chang a student. They needed to keep him as a teacher. That was his strongest position. Without that power he had over the other people, it made his character weak and watered down

Remedial Chaos theory, while rightly being highly regarded was even more prescient than intended, as the person who left to get the pizza for the Darkest Timeline, was Troy. When he ended up leaving the show later, that was the real life Darkest Timeline and when the series died

The series finale is a fantastic finale because it allows the audience to interpret what happens in several different ways. Personally I like to view it as a circular story where Jeff becomes a Pierce character and remains at Greendale for decades because that’s the only place he’s ever felt like he belongs, which in a way makes Pierces intuition in season 1 correct that he saw a lot of himself in Jeff. It allows us, the audience, to imagine a new generation of Abeds, Annie’s, Shirley’s, Brittas, Troys, and Jeffs.

The whiplash of the rapid adding and losing of characters toward the end was the real death of the show.

So now it's on Netflix and it skyrocketed to the top 10 most watched show on Netflix. Not surprised.

Abed's character didn't work without Troy. When Troy was around it balanced Abed and made them both extremely funny, but when Troy leaves, Abed becomes this sinister character that was completely different.

Glover leaving was the deepest cut to the show, but even though it was no longer the best show in the world with out him, it still continued to be amazing. If they get a movie, Glover has to be in it.

this perfectly mirrors how a real group of friends who meet threw college will split up bit by bit until the group does not exist as we knew it once before.

I’m still waiting on the “movie” that Abed promised. Remember it’s 6 seasons and a movie...six seasons...and a movieeee *begins to cry like Troy*

Fact: The Darkest timeline is when Troy left to get the pizza. Fact: The second darkest timeline was when Abed left to get the pizza. Fact: The original Troy & Abed died when Troy (Clone) left Greendale. Fact: The series never recovered from the loss of Troy & Abed.

I went to community college. My friend group was the most ridiculous paring possible and made for many memories. Kind of miss those times, and this show did it justice.

Community is just like Starburns. We all thought it died, but it turns out it’s still alive today.

Who would have thought the theme song predicted the shows end..... I Can't count the reasons I should stay. One by one they all just fade away

"let's take a look at the puppet episode" me: "let's not"

Community started going downhill when it stopped becoming a show about a study group. Community lost a part of its soul when Chevy left Community was barely living after Donald left Community died after Shirley left. The rest of the season was them carrying around a corpse. All shows hit an end of the series dip but Community is a show where as I was watching the final season I asked myself, What happened? It is such a shame because the first seasons where so high quality and some of the pieces of television I’ve ever seen.

Netflix was picking up all these tv shows but didn't even think to grab Community and push it to the stratosphere. Ugh. Seasons 1 through 3 are perfect.

I don't see the story circle. I see the Greendale logo.

Notice how the theme song lyrics fit. “One by one they all just fade away” Chevy left Donald left Yvette left And things like that

Troy was the kryptonite of Abed's insanity, also he was the star of all of the high concept meta episodes. He was the glue between Dan Harmon's thoughts and the show.

I mean, Community is now on Netflix, plus Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs and Alison Brie were in Netflix originals shows and the Russo Brothers just made a Netflix original movie. I think it's safe to say Netflix is our best shot at getting the Community movie.

Here to announce community is officially on Netflix.

"6 seasons and a movie" they said... and I'm still waiting for that movie :(

Come on Donald Glover, you've made enough money now. You can literally produce the movie yourself with Dan Harmon and make millions off it while the fans get to cherish it forever!

Is it weird that i hate pierce but when he's gone, i kinda miss him

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that Community never died. The cast departures were tough, especially because I love Pierce and Troy and Shirley, but Dan managed to make this show still shine in places of darkness. The Meow Meow Beanz episode and the last paintball in season six are my two go-to examples of how the show still managed to keep its head up despite everything.

When I rave about Community, I'm always only referring to the first three seasons.

I mean, season 6 is honestly a top-tier season. As much as people like to talk about Season 4 and the leaving of multiple characters, Abed said it best "There is skill to it. More importantly, it has to be joyful, effortless, fun. TV defeats its own purpose when it's pushing an agenda, or trying to defeat other TV or being proud or ashamed of itself for existing. It's TV; it's comfort. It's a friend you've known so well, and for so long you just let it be with you, and it needs to be okay for it to have a bad day or phone in a day, and it needs to be okay for it to get on a boat with LeVar Burton and never come back. Because eventually, it all will."

Do I hear you say that Community is still alive? You truly are "streets ahead." #andamovie

I feel totally in sync with Jeff in the final episode when he realises how much he needed his friends and how lost he felt without them. Let us take this as a lesson in not taking our friends for granted.

I love the attention paid to the final episode. That episode genuinely, in my opinion, is one of the best episodes and arguably the best way to end such a great show.

i guess i’m alone here but i think all 6 seasons are fantastic and even the worst episodes are still leagues above any other comedy show i have ever seen

Aw Yvette Nicole Brown didn’t get a shout out in the first two minutes like the others. For generations that watched Drake and Josh, she was a pretty big driving force to watch the show too.

In the later seasons the really ruined Abed, they made him comically unempathetic and obnoxius. Purposefully making your most popular character unlikable is not the best idea.

I think seasons 5&6 are severely underrated they still made it work and made plenty of entertaining episodes despite lacking a majority of the major cast. The additional characters although never truly replacing anyone still feeling like an addition that fit

You can hate Chevy Chase but don't hate Pierce, that character was amazing for the group. The balance of all the characters was very important. There are eight spokes on that wheel, Dan Harmon being one of them.

Can’t stop thinking about how Britta is the only character who didn’t get closure :(

The "#andamovie" never ceases to make me emotional when I see it. SPEAKING of which; the rumblings of it becoming true are once again lurching forward.

“I can explain...Let ME explain...”

When pierce died the show was dieing. When Troy left the show died.

If they do a movie they better bring back Troy otherwise don’t bother making one

It's pretty simple actually. Community died as soon as the 3rd or 4th season ended. That's when it stopped being a show about a study group made up of lovable and relatable misfits to Jeff becoming a teacher and the "study" group not even being in the same class together.

This makes me so sad :( cus they’re we’re such amazing episodes like when Jeff took billiards class ahaha. I miss the original community :(

Troy was the only selfless character, everybody else wanted their agenda fulfilled, and had to somehow control something the group was doing, everybody else had selfish moments, where Troy was mold-able. Troy was the gem.

I loved all of the episodes of Community, but Troy and Abed were the soul and I died a little when Troy left.

I would have to say community is one of the greatest shows I think I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. I think the show started to die when Pierce Troy and Shirley left the show.

In my humble opinion, Community will go down as one of the best sitcoms ever.

Abed's dialogue with Troy when Troy was leaving *BROKE ME* .

Having gone to community college myself, I feel like the decline as seasons progressed kind of coincides with actual community college experience. You get a couple really solid years with a core group of friends. Then people move on and your community college experience just kind of becomes eh till it's finally your turn to leave. But maybe that's just me. 🤷‍♂️

So I'm gonna have to be THAT guy and say that I like season 4.

That claymation episode is a masterpiece, I've never been a big Christmas person but I do rewatch that every year.

I thought it died when Glover left: not only stripping the show of one of its funniest characters, but also clipping the wings of another of the show's best characters in Abed. Also the introduction of Elroy and Frankie in series 6 felt a bit contrived. But by the last 3 episodes of series 6 I was won over again. I'd watch the movie as long as it had Troy and Abed in it.

This Show was Streets Ahead

i've literally hardly ever heard of any of these shows that replaced community after season 5

This explains while during season 4 I fast forwarded episodes a lot, I didn't even realize that it was because the quality took a dip

That 2009 lineup is something no network will ever match again. Frankly, the world began to die the moment that lineup ended.

Chevy may be a terrible person, but his character was the perfect foil to the group. I'm thinking of classics like "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" or "Intermediate Documentary Film Making". Not saying his departure is what killed the show - I mean, let's face it - that was season 4. But he was the first of the core cast to depart and with each departure, I feel like the show lost a little bit of its soul. Other shows can survive cast rotations, but I think that Community hit the ensemble cast jackpot with the original Greendale Seven. Dan Harmon getting to tell them what to do each week was just icing on the cake. #andamovie

Community is fantastic as a show but I found the pull of it was more than just unique writing. The show feels like a playground for a group of real friends. It's the only case I can think of where the unintentional lack of believability of a sitcom made it more enjoyable to watch. Somehow, the most emotional I've ever gotten at any sort of TV was watching Troy leave and the end of season 6. It didn't feel like they were actors portraying sadness, it felt like it really was a group of friends losing an excuse to see each other every day. Other shows have obviously used the investment of the actors to make the end of their show feel more wholesome, but the effect of having an atmosphere like the one I described, perfectly tied with the self-aware portrayal of the fracturing of a group of friends, is much more sympathetic and melancholy to watch than the way most other shows fade away as the audience and actors get tired of the show. This at least leaves hope for the final return, seeing how eager the actual ENTIRE CAST (minus Chevy Chase) is for the movie. This show ain't dead, you hella right Mr. Elk. #andamovie

Unpopular opinion: Community was the best show out of the 4 on NBC.

Season 6 is a low-key gem and I won't hear anything to the contrary. The character of Elroy is pure gold... "I'm addicted to encouraging white people."

The community team has said recently they'd still do the movie if the opportunity arose. Let's hope something comes of it

We always knew Community never died #AndAMovie

Troy’s departure hit the hardest and that definitely impacted how s5&6 felt and it never got the s3 peak back...but I still thoroughly enjoyed them. And now I just play ‘at least it was here’ in order to feel something.

My favorite episode was the “flashback” episode to adventures we never saw. I thought it was very clever and highly original.

Now that the show skyrocketed on Netflix, they could easily hire Dan Harmon and the cast to release a Community movie and make Abed's promise real... they even already have Alison Brie on GLOW and Joel McHale on his own show...

The intro song became a self-fullfilling prophecy. "I cant count the reasons i should stay. One by one they all just fade away."

Am I the only one who actually loved Pierce? His character was such a big part for me to the "Greendale six" and when both him and donald glover left I did not know what to think.. they both had such a big impact for me that was almost a sort of comfort as they just fit so well the whole gang together and all of the small relationships each character had to one-another.

#SixSeasonsAndAMovie baby. Still hoping for that movie. Come on, Netflix.

I think I'm just mad about what Britta's character became. I feel like she had a lot of promise but then her character became a joke and one of the least liked. Even though she didn't have a ton of development in season one, at least she was someone who could be respected and liked in the group. She was the main reason the group existed. She could've been the voice of reason without being a complete wet rag and disliked by the whole group. Edit: I believe she was flanderized

I think that the entirety of the series is worth watching and rewatching. However, Troy leaving was a major loss for all the reasons you mentioned. It was still great TV but not quite great community.

Dude, you just made me cry. I echo your feelings about the series finale. Despite the ups and downs during the latter half of its run, Community remains my favorite comedy show. It truly was something special.

As sad as I am/was that Community ended, realistically it couldn’t go on much longer. The characters couldn’t stay in community college forever. Otherwise, the show would become M*A*S*H*

When all the characters where leaving I felt like the singer of the theme song when they say “I can’t count the reasons why I should stay. One by one they all just fade away” for every character that “ faded away” it was another reason for me to feel like I should stop watching

I knew I was going to be addicted to this show after the second episode, where Pierce and Jeff are giving their Spanish presentation with Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" playing in the background.

I actually absolutely loved the sixth season. Even though it was missing key characters and creators. It made me feel what the show always made me feel when I first started watching. The new characters that came in did such a brilliant job of connecting with the group and the viewer. And they only had 12 episodes to pull it off. I thought it was a deserving ending to the show. But better than getting cancelled.

Its nice to hear you think something is still alive. Community will always be alive as long as it's in our hearts

community died when jeff became a teacher at greendale

Personally I loved it equally from beginning to the end. I only started watching it last year and every single episode to me was a joy

I just realised I only have a few episodes left and now want to cry

I just finished the series and I gotta agree that the show still feels relevant and alive. The cast are still in their prime and I think there's plenty of room for a Community movie, especially as so many like me have just discovered one of the (or the) best sitcom ever.

Dan Harmon’s honesty about past actions is very commendable, even if the actions are terrible

I consider watching Community from day one the luckiest thing that ever happened to me. One day I just saw an article promoting it, said "eh why not, I'm in college too" and I was almost instantly hooked. The reddit community subreddit was awesome. Dan Harmon's podcast was awesome. Rick and Morty is awesome. Donald's Atlanta is awesome. Joel and Ken are super entertaining. It's awesome.

It took me 5 years to watch the final season. If I didn’t watch it, there was hope that it never ended. Eventually I watched it and the last episode, while hopeful, really hit me in the feels. It was my favorite show and now it’s gone. Luckily i can watch it again and again.

For me, the unraveling began when they tried to make Britta and Troy a thing. They never seemed like a match in my eyes on the show and whenever they cut to it in an episode, I zoned out

so the cast rallied to get Dan Harmon back then once they succeeded the cast began to leave? that's a bold strategy

It's hard not to feel bad for Chevy Chase, he and Pierce were similar in that they both wanted to be liked by their peers. Pierce wanted to be included and Chevy stayed on the show bc he liked the cast. However in both situations, the group ends up annoyed and hating him. :(

I am almost embarrassed to say that I started watching Community for the first time last week! I gotta say, it's one of my fav shows ever! It's so hilarious and despite my attempt at binging I haven't finished season two. So, I look forward to seeing what else is in store! :D