Community: Season 3
Thursdays 8PM on NBC Beginning September 22nd.
Created by Dan Harmon
**UPDATE NOVEMBER 14th 2011**
The show has not been scheduled for the Mid-season 2012, the show is in danger of not returning for a fourth season, but the show is NOT YET CANCELLED. We have confirmed 22 full episodes promised for the remainder of season 3 in at undetermined time in early to mid 2012.
Let's see if we can make our voices heard to SAVE COMMUNITY
If you have a twitter account, please tweet #SixSeasonsAndAMovie
It serves as the official war cry to save Community on twitter, hoping to get this to trend worldwide
Some links we can go to comment and sign a petition
Some new things to look forward to this season, is the inclusion of two guest stars... John Goodman as Vice Dean Robert Laybourne, the head of Greendale’s nationally acclaimed air conditioning repair school, and The Wire‘s Michael Kenneth Williams has also signed on for the show’s junior year as a “very intense” new Biology professor. John Goodman's character appears to have a few episodes they will appear in, the Michael Kenneth Williams character we do not yet know their involvement beyond 3 episodes so far.
***SPOILER LINKS IN POST#45***
Jump to the post with promo photos for premiere and other season 3 spoilers
Show Rating History
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Season 1 did well in the ratings for NBC Thursday. For season 2, it held its own despite overwhelming ratings odds like Big Bang Theory on at the same time and American Idol as competition averaging from 1.7-2.4 ..
Disclaimers
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To those that avoided these threads in the past, we will do our best not to bomb GAF with endless Community avatars, over the top praise for the show and its stars. Please try not to let that distract you from enjoying the show and participating in the thread.
***I wish to give credit to PhoncipleBone for the general layout and banner in making this thread as I borrowed the one he did from the Season 2 thread and some updates rewordings.***
I don't get what needs explaining. Xan Spencer noticed that Danny, who was walking to a future dance club with Alison as the bouncer, has too many feet.
Soooo excited to see Chang's new role. Don't know if that's still spoiler worthy so I'll just stay vague.
Medalion said:
To those that avoided these threads in the past, we will do our best not to bomb GAF with endless Community avatars, over the top praise for the show and its stars. Please try not to let that distract you from enjoying the show and participating in the thread.
I do have high hopes for this season. It seems that they learned how to rein it in during the second half of season 2, so it should continue into season 3. The addition of John Goodman is another HUGE plus. The man is an underappreciated genius.
THE GANG REUNITES AFTER SUMMER BREAK WONDERING IF PIERCE WILL BE BACK AT SCHOOL – DEAN PELTON RETURNS FROM "DEAN CAMP" WITH VIGOR – JOHN GOODMAN AND MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS GUEST STAR – As the Greendale study group gathers in the library, they wonder whether they will see their old friend Pierce (Chevy Chase), who left the study group in a huff after last spring’s paintball game. Jeff (Joel McHale) quickly butts heads with their new biology teacher Professor Kane (Michael K. Williams, "The Wire,") and is kicked out of class – leading to a crisis within the group about whether they will all stay together. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) is feeling empowered after a summer at "Dean Camp" but finds a new nemesis in Vice Dean Laybourne (John Goodman), dean of the highly regarded Air Conditioning Repair Annex at Greendale. Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Ken Jeong also star.
Season 3 promo photos for Premiere (Updated added a few more: Added on Sept 11th)
Episode 2 Synopsis and Title
"COMMUNITY"
"GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CONFLICT"
09/29/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
CHANG REVELS IN HIS NEW POSITION WITH CAMPUS SECURITY WHILE BRITTA’S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TENDENCIES SURGE; ANNIE HAS A NEW FRENEMY …NAMED "ANNIE" – As Chang (Ken Jeong) settles into his new job as a campus security officer, Britta (Gillian Jacobs) is overwhelmed with feelings of civil disobedience when a friend is taken hostage in a foreign country. Meanwhile, Annie (Alison Brie) enlists the study group to help her defeat her new "friend" Annie Kim (Irene Choi) in a Model United Nations competition, while Professor Cligoris (Martin Starr, "Party Down") struggles to maintain decorum. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Jim Rash star.
2nd synopsis for the 2nd Episode from the Official NBC Community page
A Model UN competition introduces Annie to a new frenemy, while Britta goes head to head with Campus Security Officer Chang!
**Thanks to Cory. contributed synopses of the 3rd and 4th Episodes
"REMEDIAL CHAOS THEORY"
10/06/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
TROY AND ABED HAVE A UNIQUE APARTMENT WARMING PARTY – When Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) decide to share an apartment, they host a party for the group, which takes on an altered reality as several scenarios play out. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gilllian Jacobs, Alison Brie and Yvette Nicole Brown also star.
"COMPETITIVE ECOLOGY"
10/13/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
THE STUDY GROUP TACKLES THEIR FIRST BIG BIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT FROM PROFESSOR KANE (MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS) WHILE CHANG KEEPS THE CAMPUS SAFE – As the study group sets to work on their first big assignment in biology – a terrarium – they are driven to distraction over how they should pair off to do their project. Elsewhere on campus, Chang (Ken Jeong) patrols the school grounds looking for signs of trouble and imagines himself in a noir detective mystery. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Jim Rash star.
**This episode has been switched around to be the third episode
Thanks to Cory. for finding the Fifth episode, though there is a possibility of episodes being switched around
"HORROR FICTION IN SEVEN SPOOKY STEPS"
10/20/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
THE STUDY GROUP GATHERS FOR A HALLOWEEN PRE-PARTY AND EVERYONE SHARES THEIR FAVORITE HORROR STORIES – When Britta (Gillian Jacobs) runs anonymous personality tests on everyone for a psychology class, one of the test results seems to indicate that someone in the group is deeply disturbed. At the group’s Halloween pre-party, she enlists Jeff (Joel McHale) to help draw out the potential sociopath and the two of them lure everyone into telling their favorite horror stories. The results are…spookey. Chevy Chase, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Jim Rash also star.
Thanks again to Cory. for finding the title for the 6th episode from the NBC Press site and snesfreak for finding the episode description:
"ADVANCED GAY"
11/03/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
HAWTHORNE WIPES GAINS ICONIC STATUS WHILE TROY IS COURTED BY VICE DEAN LAYBOURNE (JOHN GOODMAN) AND HIS ELITE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR ANNEX – When Pierce (Chevy Chase) learns that he and his Hawthorne wipes have become extremely popular, he decides to throw a big party… until his overbearing father, Cornelius Hawthorne (Larry Cedar, "Deadwood,") shows up and puts the kibosh on the plans. Meanwhile, Troy (Donald Glover) finds himself being courted by Vice Dean Laybourne (John Goodman) and his secretive Air Conditioning Repair Annex, as well as Greendale’s resident janitor, Jerry (Jerry Minor, "Lucky Louie"). Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi and Jim Rash also star.
Annie moves into Troy and Abed's apartment while Dean Pelton forces Jeff to spend the day at the mall with him.
Thanks to a tweet by Joel Mchale containing a photo of a script, it has been revealed the planned 8th episode is called
Documentary Filmmaking: Redux , and seems to involve a scene with Dean Pelton removing his clothes for some reason.
Thanks to Cory. again we have the synopsis for Episode 8
"DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING: REDUX"
11/17/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
DEAN PELTON DIRECTS EVERYONE IN A COMMERCIAL FOR GREENDALE AND THE POWER OF BEING BEHIND THE CAMERA GOES TO HIS HEAD - LUIS GUZMAN GUEST STARS - When the school board asks Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) to make a new commercial for the school, he enlists the study group to star in his production. As he gets swept away with the project, more of the student body is pulled into the fray, including Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Fat Neil (Charley Koontz), Garrett (Erik Charles Nielsen), Leonard (Richard Erdman), Star-Burns (Dino Stamatopoulos) and even Greendale alum and genuine celebrity, Luis Guzman ("How to Make it in America"). Meanwhile, Abed (Danny Pudi) films all the activities for a documentary. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover also star.
Thanks to Cory... synopsis for Episode either 9 or 10
"FOOSBALL AND NOCTURNAL VIGILANTISM"
12/01/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :
JEFF AND SHIRLEY BOND OVER FOOSBALL; ANNIE COMES UP WITH AN ELABORATE PLAN TO HIDE THE FACT THAT SHE BROKE ABED’S NEW DVD – When a group of arrogant students commandeer the foosball table at school, Jeff (Joel McHale) and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) unite to defeat them. Meanwhile, Annie (Alison Brie) accidentally breaks Abed’s (Danny Pudi) new limited edition "Dark Knight" DVD and claims that someone broke into the apartment and stole it. Things snowball out of control when Abed thinks he knows who took the DVD and sets about getting it back. Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs and Donald Glover also star.
12/08/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) : THE STUDY GROUP FILLS IN FOR AN ABSENTEE GLEE CLUB AND THE HOLIDAY PAGEANT IS SAVED – TARAN KILLAM GUEST STARS – When the Greendale Glee Club is unexpectedly sidelined, the school’s effervescent choir director Cory Radison (Taran Killam, “Saturday Night Live” sets about recruiting the study group members to fill in. Skeptical at first, they eventually fall under his hypnotic spell – one-by-one – singing and dancing their way to the annual Christmas Pageant. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash also star.
Gotta admit, last season got a little disappointing and rushed towards the end but I'm cautiously optimistic for this one after reading some interviews with Harmon et al.
