Community: The 10 Most Hated Episodes
8. Advanced Safety Features (Season 6, Episode 7)
Do you remember that incredible Subway episode from season three? The one where Britta fell in love with the human embodiment of the sandwich chain and the entire idea of product placement on a television programme was viciously mocked? Well, Advanced Safety Features takes everything that was good about that episode and sets it on fire.
Whereas the former Subway episode felt like Dan Harmon rebelling against Sony’s insistence on product placement in the show, Honda feels like a complete sell out. The physical embodiment of Subway returns, this time as a guerrilla marketer for Honda, and Britta can only go out with him so long as she starts promoting Honda vehicles with him.
It’s nothing more than a re-tread of themes that were better handled three seasons prior and a blatant attempt to shoehorn Honda marketing into the show. Looks like that’s what happens when you put an advertising paycheck above writing a good story.