10 TV Episodes That Were Blatant Apologies

10. "Repilot" - Community

After enjoying three seasons under the steady hand of showrunner Dan Harmon, Community's fourth season saw Harmon relieved of his position following creative tensions with Sony Pictures Television.

Despite their efforts, new showrunner team David Guarascio and Moses Port couldn't disguise the colossal void left by Harmon, with season four amping up the ridiculous storylines, making the characters caricatures of themselves, and simply feeling like a creative enterprise desperately attempting to replicate Harmon's inimitable comic style.

But Harmon was mercifully re-hired for season five, with its first episode being titled "Repilot" and effectively serving as a table-resetting "soft reboot" for the series.

Hilariously, Abed (Danny Pudi) even makes numerous allusions to this fact, while Harmon's script more overtly apologises to fans for the previous season by having Annie (Alison Brie) mention a gas leak which occurred the prior year.

The implication was that all of the bizarre and out-of-character moments in season four were caused by a gas leak on campus, and that season five would represent a gas-free return to the beloved norm.

If any TV show can get away with straight-up mocking its own flaws, it's surely Community.