Community: Ranking Every Season From Worst To Best
5. Season 4
As stated before, Dan Harmon's non-involvement in Community Season 4 has led to it being dismissed by a lot of fans. All things considered, however, it's really not that bad at all.
Paranormal Parentage was a fantastic Halloween special, episodes like Basic Human Anatomy and Heroic Origins were hilarious in their own right, and the Thanksgiving-themed Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations provided a great deal of earned emotional payoff regarding Jeff Winger's personal character arc. What's more, this was also the last season to feature the entire iconic, original cast from start to finish.
Season 4 did certainly still have its problems, the most glaring of which was the fact that it was the first to be affected by the series being cut down to 13 episodes per season. Working with practically half the numbers of episodes as before clearly took some getting used to, as the pacing definitely felt more than a little bit off.
Also, while the Harmon thing does tend to get overblown, the writing in Season 4 admittedly doesn't quite live up to that of the previous three seasons. This is most apparent in Economics of Marine Biology, which is arguably the worst single episode of the series.
Even so, Community Season 4 was an exceptionally fun (if a bit short) ride that's not nearly as bad as some fans make it out to be.
Best Episode: Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations
Worst Episode: Economics of Marine Biology