Well, he may have been intended to get his AA and then transfer to a 4-year school, but yeah I think they could plausibly have Greendale offer Bachelor’s degrees. It’s also possible that they aren’t planning to make Community a long-running show, but intend to wrap things up within a few seasons. That would be unusual for American television, though.
Another possibility would be having some of the characters start working at Greendale themselves after finishing their degrees. I don’t know if I like that idea, it seems like trying to drag things out past their natural end point, but it might work. There are lots of different types of jobs at colleges, and community colleges do sometimes have people teaching who don’t have advanced degrees but do have relevant experience.
Still seem kinda weird to have most of the characters stay instead of trying to get their Bachelors from better schools (especially Annie, who’s supposed to be a good student except for her prior pill addiction). But then it would be weird for them to all end up at the same four-year institution too.
So I guess some form of suspension of disbelief is gonna have to take place if they go past year two.
Yup. According to the creator, Dan Harmon, it’s supposed to be a four-year story. I’d be happy to see it go four years and end on a high note. While I’d love to have the cast together for all four years, I think it would get stale pretty quickly. Community seems to depend on fresh situations and people and I think the story lines would be more interesting if they were grounded in situations that actually happened at community colleges.
There could be story lines dealing with Annie applying to better schools and the rest of the study group dealing with her abandoning them. Or a story line about new people coming in and trying to fill the shoes of those who had left.
I’m really looking forward to the DVDs as well. They have so much detail in the background. Like Senor Chang’s office with all of his tiger themed decor and the Dean’s office with all of its creepy decor. Plus all of the side characters are great. I love how they keep bringing them back.
I was really happy with this episode, as it does what the last one failed to do. It explored different aspects of the characters, but without completely changing who they are. Even when Annie is trying to be tough, she still sounds like Annie. Shirley already lost her mean side last episode, but she’s believable in this one, too. Pierce didn’t have to be racist, but still came off as a [del]buffoon[/del]old guy who doesn’t get it. Jeff stayed Jeff, and Abed did his TV shtick with proper timing.
Oh, and that silly crying at the end just slayed me. They knew the whole “everybody cries and makes it better” thing was silly, and they went with it. Add in the meta from Jeff, and it just worked.