Jeff decides on a new location – The Ballroom (both fancy and ironically gross, score) – but Shirley starts to panic because it wasn’t part of the plan. Yes it does.ĭad (Jeff) calls Mom (Britta) to find a suitable replacement because their inoffensive bar choice is actually closed. Oh, no does this mean she’s going to do that awful southern accent all night? Yes. (Note to underage kids, real life doesn’t work that way.) Annie, being the studious egghead she is, feels she needs to prepare for her fake Texas I.D. Annie’s upset because these plans will exclude her, but Britta the badass has her covered with a fairly good fake in a matter of minutes. They leave Pierce in the library digging through cake in his blow-powered wheel chair while Jeff takes Troy out to “bathe in manhood.” Britta and Jeff take up sides on the Douche and Hipster sides of the bar scene, arguing about which super cool bar to take Troy to. After a little confusion, Troy explains that he was born in 1989, which makes him 20 because you “everyone turns 10 twice because 5th grade is really hard for everyone.” This means he’s actually turning 21, and he quickly blows over the damage his mother did by lying to him about his age, but who cares. But he corrects her, he’s actually a snake.
It was cute, and even though this episode was a change of pace, I’ve come to expect more from the start.Īnnie’s prepared a list of birthday facts for Troy (typical bookworm activity), including a list of people born on that day and his Chinese sign – a horse. It’s Troy’s birthday, but he’s a Jehovah’s Witness so his cake just says “Hello During a Random Dessert.” Pierce complains that he didn’t get a birthday party, but they all play on his old age just telling him he’s forgetful. Bravo, Dan Harmon.ĭespite winning me over by the episode’s close, the cold open, which is almost always something zany and jaw-dropping, was a little lackluster this time around. That’s when you know you’ve done your characters right. When they finally wind down and come to their conclusions and life lessons brought about by the drunken antics of Troy’s 21st birthday party, it’s not even annoying that they aren’t all sticking to their usual knee-slapping antics. The turn towards seriousness actually is quite a testament to the show’s ensemble.They’ve managed to make us care about these people without us even noticing. While at first I wasn’t so happy with this bold move, it grows on you as the episode progresses. Abed’s constant film and pop culture references are thrown to the wayside and instead the show gives us – dare I say it – something a little more meaningful. This episode, they’ve benched most of their trademarks and attempted change things up a bit. S2:E10 Community’s getting ballsy, but not in the way you might think.
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