Review Roundup for 5x08, "App Development and Condiments"
Good morning, Communies! I give last night's episode five Meow Meow Beans! And I give HitFix's Alan Sepinwall one Bean for going to see a play last night instead of staying home to watch Community and more than 12 hours later still having failed to post a review. Now let's see what the reviewers who take their jobs seriously had to say!
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I'm not surprised the reviews for this episode was so mixed. I think it's a case of concept episode overload.
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Jocelyn W, TV Equals:
Although I loved the idea of Mitch Hurwitz appearing on Community in theory, Koog was not exactly my favorite part of the episode. Additionally, the conflict between Jeff and Shirley felt a bit redundant. It’s been well established that both characters are master manipulators in very different ways. I find them working together towards mischief much more entertaining than the two of them in conflict.
Finally Alan Sepinwall, HitFix:
But aside from "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz's guest performance as party-loving Koogler, this is one that felt more clever than funny most of the time. Troy's farewell episode did a better job of blending jokes in with the homages and world-building, and doing two of these kinds of stories in the space of four episodes - even if there was an Olympics break in the middle - is probably too much.
Sarah Shachat, ScreenCraveThe point of the episode was to give ( ... )
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A lot of critics didn't like this one. They didn't seem to hate it, but I think in some cases it only rated as high as it did because Dan Harmon.
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