Community: 10 Best Standalone Episodes

2. Mixology Certification

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Who doesn't love a good Troy episode?

It's Troy's birthday and, despite believing otherwise due to being held back in school, he's turning the big 21. So, the gang does the responsible thing and ditches studying to go out drinking to celebrate.

There are of course great parts of the episode that have nothing to do with Troy at all, like Shirley attempting to hide her wild past and Abed being hit on at the bar by Paul F. Tompkins, but for the sake of this we're going to focus on the birthday boy.

Troy is often made out to be the gullible, dumb one of the group, but in Mixology Certification he's the only one who has his s**t together. He shows that, while he might not be the most intelligent one of the bunch, he can be the most responsible member of the team when he puts his mind to it. When he has to play designated driver and drop everyone off at home, it's a moment that shows just how unfairly everyone underestimates him.

Even though Community still managed to hold itself together after the departure of Donald Glover, it never felt the same.

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