10 Most Emotional Community Episodes
These episodes will have you crying harder than Troy when he listens to Come Sail Away by Styx.
For such a silly show, Community really can tug at your heartstrings. The NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom became famous for its outlandish episodes, which include a documentary on a pillow fight, two separate Dungeons & Dragons games, and four different episodes that focus on a game of paintball.
However, despite the show's weirdness, Community excelled in allowing the audience to care about its characters. Jeff, Britta, Abed, Troy, Shirley, Annie, and Pierce anchored the show's absurdity, giving it a human element and allowing the viewers to feel like they've made seven new and quirky friends.
As such, the show can sometimes make you cry. These characters you love so much go through a lot of hardships, sometimes fighting amongst themselves, sometimes dealing with real world issues, and sometimes saying goodbye to each other and the show itself. While these heavier outings are still funny and entertaining episodes, they can be hard to watch, especially through all the tears. Some of the feelings the show elicits can be intense, even when it's at its most unconventional.
Here, then, are the ten most emotional episodes of Community.
10. Studies In Modern Movement
The reason Studies in Modern Movement makes this list can be summed up in two words: Alison Brie. The future Golden Globe nominated GLOW star gives one of the best performances of her career in this episode.
This Season 3 outing sees Annie nervous as she prepares to move in with Troy and Abed. Though she loves the duo, she fears their childish antics may grow old if the three share a small apartment together. Annie's fears aren't quelled when she arrives to discover that Troy and Abed have prepared a blanket fort for her to sleep in. Despite everything, she's a good sport about it, and her reaction to their puppet show will melt your heart.
However, Annie decides to move out when she discovers that Troy and Abed have a second bedroom, but use it for their "dreamatorium". Quickly thereafter, Troy and Abed move out of their own room and into the blanket fort, giving the bedroom to Annie and keeping their dreamatorium. They discover that, not only do they love Annie, but they need her to handle some of their more adult problems. In the end, the three roommates perform a puppet show which reduces even Jeff to tears.
Brie's performance throughout the episode sells its emotional value. Annie is struggling to find her place both literally with her move and figuratively within the study group. When Annie comes to an understanding of where she stands at the end of the episode, it's hard not to feel for her.
Plus, the Dean and Jeff's cover of Kiss From a Rose kind of gets to you.