10 Greatest Ever Community "Concept" Episodes
1. Remedial Chaos Theory
This is the one. The episode regarded by many as the greatest episode of Community, and the episode that introduced us to the idea of the darkest timeline. Well, even if series four did take that particular idea and shoot in the face a few dozen times, the episode it originates from remains unspoiled in all its multiversal glory.
The gang show up for Troy and Abed's housewarming party, but Jeff unwittingly creates six separate timelines when he devises a dice based system to decide who should grab the pizza. What follows is a journey into these six different timelines, which have wildly different outcomes that range from Britta marrying the pizza guy to Pierce getting shot and the apartment setting ablaze (yes, really).
To go into all of them would ruin the whole point of the episode, but it's an ingenious gimmick that allows the show to briefly tease us with a handful of possible outcomes we may never actually see again. What other sitcom could throw is into an episode about multiple timelines with such ease? This is an episode that clearly demonstrates just how many streets ahead Community really was.
At any rate, if there's an episode of Community you love that didn't make the cut, let us know in the comments! And if there's one on this list that you absolutely hate... go and watch it again. Maybe, just maybe... we can Chang your mind.