pilot episode nbc sitcom community aired thursday september written creator episode directed episode introduces lawyer forced attend community college license tries exploit friendship faculty members easy credits fails forced join spanish study group members study group main cast series includes retired entrepreneur takes place fictional colorado based experiences community college partly modeled character emphasized cast importance credited actors skills episode attracted generally favorable reviews critics praised actors comedy writing received good viewership stood nbc thursday lineup network shows suffered declines ratings plot lawyer enrolled condition getting license plan use friendship obtain test answers jeff meets attractive attempt closer convinces join non existent spanish study group study group jeff pretends members simply invited join jeff unsuccessfully tries leave gets called football field duncan professor makes futile attempt appeal jeff conscience eventually agrees provide answers jeff returns study group discovering invited pierce annie finding smoking outside suggests study persuades return jeff eager away deliberately fight group leaves test answers duncan hands sealed envelope return jeff jeff returns group turmoil promises restore order inspirational speech sees rhetoric asks leave jeff comes clean adding test answers need study group group turns takes leaving building jeff finds pages envelope blank returns office duncan tells wanted teach lesson jeff gets car keys leave campus jeff runs pierce shows ability people feel better advice encouragement join jeff admits fraud says test answers probably day test group taken liking invite episode ends dedication recently deceased film repeatedly referenced episode cast characters pilot emphasizes character introduction great deal biographical information main characters revealed episode jeff smooth talking lawyer revealed college degree legitimate condition finishes college degree chase pierce described college dean school old people keeping minds active circle drains retired entrepreneur fortune moist married seven times decided college dropped high school thought impress joined group billboards foot modeling enrolled strongly concerned honesty lightly lying palestinian polish boy according jeff syndrome proves helpful jeff ability obtain quick detailed knowledge meets middle aged bad life choices annie got addicted pills drop high school barnes high school football star got injured failed scholarship professor psychology teacher professor duncan faced charge acquitted thanks jeff help introduced giving introductory speech new students speech ends unintentionally offensive casting emphasized importance cast making premise comedy work casting percent putting said interview worked cast members earlier chase cameo roles episode short film series produced actor long favorite principally partial chase persuaded job quality writing saw similarities chase character plays chase ridiculed career choices believed role makes pierce heroic refusal stop warn chase playing wise ass way roles character pierce figure normally butt joke known comedy soup like chase impressed writing commented reading dan script head shoulders reading appealed likable quality allowed character possess certain traits turning viewer role annie wanted resemble character movie election originally producers looking asian greater diversity find instead ended casting known role mad men production premise community based real life experiences attempt save relationship girlfriend enrolled north los_angeles spanish got involved study group somewhat instincts closely connected group people little common group started liking explained film industry gain offer background wrote main character largely based like jeff self centered independent extreme realised value connecting people creative process writing says write movie sitcom essentially says process different earlier work length target demographic filming involved lot improvisation particularly said chase tends come lines actually end scenes mentioned actor portrays adept reception time slot september pilot episode viewership million audience rating held audience office previous time slot called bright spot night nbc considering office previous year premiere preceding time slot pilot episode community received generally favorable reviews critics aggregate review website metacritic gives score based reviews entertainment_weekly ken_tucker called new season best gave grade heather writing agreed assessment commended smart writing alan_sepinwall star-ledger similarly called best funniest new season said laughed seeing pilot times impressed variety found satire wanting appreciate performance miami herald found particularly capable generating sporadic laughter amusing
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