Community
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2009-09-17
Synopsis
Community" is a new NBC comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger, a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work. The study group consists of Pierce a man whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Britta a 28-year old drop out with something to prove; Shirley a sassy middle-aged divorcée; Abed a pop culture junkie; Annie a high-strung perfectionist; Troy a former high school football star and Spanish professor, Senor Chang.
From the desk: Community opens its catalog run with “Pilot” (2009-09-17). Peak meta network comedy; proved sitcoms could be film school and still be about friendship. Dan Harmon firings/rehirings, Chevy Chase friction, and "six seasons and a movie" as prophecy.
In the series
This episode is part of Community (2009–2015) on NBC/Yahoo.
Greendale community college as genre playground — paintball, timelines, chicken fingers.
Key cast
- Joel McHale as Jeff Winger
- Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry
- Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett
- Alison Brie as Annie Edison
- Donald Glover as Troy Barnes