Community
Basic Story
TV Flash files “Basic Story” as hour 96 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Community (2009–2015) on NBC/Yahoo, season 5, episode 12, aired 2014-04-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E12: listed hour 96 of 110 in the Community guide, hour 12 of 13 in season 5. It aired 2014-04-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “G.I. Jeff” (S05E11). Next is “Basic Sandwich” (S05E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Subway makes plans to purchase the Greendale campus for their own Subway University, the study group members contemplate the end of an era. Jeff considers a generous offer of employment he has received from Subway, while Britta considers an offer she has received from Jeff. Meanwhile, Dean Pelton tells Annie and Abed about Greendale's first Dean Russell Borchert, which leads to an interesting and potentially lucrative discovery in the walls of Greendale.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Basic Story sit in the Community guide?
S05E12 is listed hour 96 of 110 — hour 12 of 13 in season 5, season 5 episode 12.
When did Community S05E12 air?
Basic Story aired 2014-04-10 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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