Community: 10 Best Standalone Episodes

3. G.I. Jeff

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How this episode isn't talked about more is a mystery.

Jeff's fear of turning forty causes him to take "anti-aging pills". This of course backfires, knocking him out and forcing him to live out a dream as a member of G.I. Joe until he finds some way out.

Season five is a weird time in the show's run. A solid bit of the cast had left and the series was forced to find its footing again. You can see fairly early on that Community was struggling with trying to adjust. By the time G.I. Jeff came around though, all had been made right once again.

This episode is simply a hilarious blast from the past. The entire situation within Jeff's animated dream starts from him killing Destro, an act never before seen in the world of Joe. It's because of this, for a lack of a better word, murder, that Cobra and Joe put their differences aside to team up, something that anyone familiar with G.I. Joe knows happens only once in a blue moon.

This leads to brilliant, priceless moments like Cobra Commander proclaiming his love for Destro at his funeral. Moments like that, combined with the commercial parodies, make G.I. Jeff a pitch perfect episode.

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