10 Most Emotional Community Episodes

For four and a half seasons, Troy Barnes was a standout part of Community. He evolved from a selfish, arrogant jock to Abed's nerdy best friend who would do anything for him. His one-liners never failed to make the audience laugh. But in Geothermal Escapism, it was time for Troy to leave the show.

After agreeing to sail the world to receive Pierce's bequeathment of 14.3 million dollars, Troy prepares to say goodbye to his friends, and to Greendale. Abed throws him a going away party in the form of a schoolwide game of the floor is lava, with a valuable comic book as the prize. The entire school becomes invested in the game, especially Troy and Abed. Britta believes this is just so they don't have to confront their actual feelings, and spends the game encouraging them to do so.

As Troy and Abed start winning, it becomes apparent that Abed doesn't want to stop playing. In his mind, the lava is real because Troy is leaving. When Abed sacrifices himself to the lava, he is "dead," and Troy and Britta have a heart to heart about what Troy and Abed's friendship meant to both of them. Afterwards, they decide to "clone" themselves, so that way the original Troy and Abed could stay together, and clone Troy would be the one to go on the boat.

As Troy says goodbye to each member of the study group, giving Abed the biggest hug of all, it's hard not to cry. Plus, when he discovers his crewmate is LeVar Burton, who he couldn't say a word to three seasons earlier but now bombards with questions about Star Trek, it shows how much Troy has grown. Though Seasons 5 and 6 of Community were a return to form after the Gas Leak Year that was Season 4, the show was never quite the same without Troy, and watching him sail away will always make audiences emotional.