I've been struggling with things to say about these eps lately, don't know why... So I'll just drop this piece of advice:
Next time somebody watches these, switch the order around. First: Virtual Systems Analysis; Then: Digital Estate Planning; And after: Basic Lupine Urology to Introduction To Finality
2 reasons, this way Curriculum Unavailable immediately goes to First Chang Dynasty, which makes sense because in Curriculum they find out the Dean's been kidnapped by Chang and then they go play a video game and only after that decide to rescue him?!? Momentum lost. And second, the end tag of DEP has Troy and Abed at Greendale... they're expelled!
After one of the heaviest Jeff/Annie runs in the show's history comes a handful of episodes with hardly any J/A. Harrumph.
"Course Listing Unavailable" - Since Jeff tells Britta that she seemed smarter than him when he met her, was that part of her appeal to him? Maybe Jeff prizes intelligence more than has been acknowledged in the fandom, and that's a significant reason why he has since gravitated towards Annie. I have a hunch that during his womanizing days, he would target women who could appreciate his wit and not just his chest. Really the only time in the series we see him romantically involved with someone with suspect intellectual bona fides is Season 1 with Sabrina in "The Politics of Human Sexuality," and her ditziness appears to be a bit of a turn off for him.
I don't have anything particularly new to say about "CU," "DEP," or "FCD." DEP is probably a top 20 episode for me.
I've just been rewatching S1 again, and on the note of Britta's intelligence, one thing that really stands out is her mention of her "douche-ray vision" and her ability to fire back a witty comeback at Jeff to defer his efforts to pursue her. However, I never really saw her as that "smart" since Britta portrays herself as someone who is worldly and hip but that mainly comes down to her using comments like "I lived in New York" for why she is those things. Essentially, Britta seems smarter in S1 if only because she's using her intelligence as a means to deflect Jeff's interest in her, but not that she is truly intelligent, like Annie, who is intelligent in terms of being book-smart and having some degree of emotional and interpersonal intelligence. Also, I think she mentions somewhere in S1 that she doesn't usually get As in her classes. So, pretty much what I'm saying is that there was already a certain ditziness about Britta (see Science of Illusion) but like Troy she's a Genuis Ditz most of the time
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- Also, has anyone noticed how the ending of this episode parallels Geothermal Escapism? The group lost Troy twice. :(
Yes I noticed this earlier in the year actually, and then had kind of forgotten about it. The two scenes are so similar, it's almost eerie. I wonder if this was by design or just coincidence? I suppose there's only so many ways to stage a 'leaving forever' scene....
Yes I noticed this earlier in the year actually, and then had kind of forgotten about it. The two scenes are so similar, it's almost eerie. I wonder if this was by design or just coincidence? I suppose there's only so many ways to stage a 'leaving forever' scene.... I think one of the key differences is the tone, even though the scenes are similar. In FCD, everyone is downcast and subdued, because earlier on, the whole point of the plan was for them NOT to lose Troy. Then they end up losing Troy anyway, and so no doubt everyone's kinda depressed since this isn't the way how any of them wanted it to go
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So I'll just drop this piece of advice:
Next time somebody watches these, switch the order around.
First: Virtual Systems Analysis;
Then: Digital Estate Planning;
And after: Basic Lupine Urology to Introduction To Finality
2 reasons, this way Curriculum Unavailable immediately goes to First Chang Dynasty, which makes sense because in Curriculum they find out the Dean's been kidnapped by Chang and then they go play a video game and only after that decide to rescue him?!? Momentum lost.
And second, the end tag of DEP has Troy and Abed at Greendale... they're expelled!
Works much better.
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"Course Listing Unavailable" - Since Jeff tells Britta that she seemed smarter than him when he met her, was that part of her appeal to him? Maybe Jeff prizes intelligence more than has been acknowledged in the fandom, and that's a significant reason why he has since gravitated towards Annie. I have a hunch that during his womanizing days, he would target women who could appreciate his wit and not just his chest. Really the only time in the series we see him romantically involved with someone with suspect intellectual bona fides is Season 1 with Sabrina in "The Politics of Human Sexuality," and her ditziness appears to be a bit of a turn off for him.
I don't have anything particularly new to say about "CU," "DEP," or "FCD." DEP is probably a top 20 episode for me.
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Yes I noticed this earlier in the year actually, and then had kind of forgotten about it. The two scenes are so similar, it's almost eerie. I wonder if this was by design or just coincidence? I suppose there's only so many ways to stage a 'leaving forever' scene....
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