Community
Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
TV Flash files “Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” as hour 94 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Community (2009–2015) on NBC/Yahoo, season 5, episode 10, aired 2014-03-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E10: listed hour 94 of 110 in the Community guide, hour 10 of 13 in season 5. It aired 2014-03-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing” (S05E09). Next is “G.I. Jeff” (S05E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Professor Hickey reveals that his estranged son Hank did not invite him to his grandson's birthday. The group decides to help father and son reunite through a rousing game of "Dungeons and Dragons."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons sit in the Community guide?
S05E10 is listed hour 94 of 110 — hour 10 of 13 in season 5, season 5 episode 10.
When did Community S05E10 air?
Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons aired 2014-03-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The pilot, then don’t skip to paintball immediately if you want the study group to matter. The genre hours hit harder when you know the table.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it because the group chat is already speaking Greendale. A network sitcom that went full genre playground without dumping the friendship — paintball, timelines, bottle episodes, Harmon drama included. Start with the study group, argue about season four, and treat “six seasons and a movie” as fandom scripture until the movie exists.
So about last night’s rewatch thread: someone posted the paintball still, someone else typed “we don’t talk about season four,” and a third person — still on the pilot — got spoiled by a GIFs-only “joke.” Welcome to Community, the NBC (then Yahoo) sitcom that trained a generation to argue in episode codes. Dan Harmon built a study group at a community college and then let the show become film school, friendship lab, and a group chat with better blocking. (I said spoiler-free. I lied a little about the paintball.)
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