Community, S03E13
The stories of Jeff apologizing to the mysterious Kim who sent him a hate letter before "she died" and Shirley and Pierce's using Greta as a pawn to bring down a personified version of Subway Corporation were nothing to the story of Abed and Troy starting a war over a pillow and blanket fort. This was an unfinished story, so it's unclear whether the rivalry between the best TV duo I know is going to end up being a permanent thing. Despite that the vice-dean had a hand in creating the rift between these friends, my dislike of Abed continues in this episode.
I have little to say about the non-Abed Troy stories, but I was interested in one aspect of Greta's story. The man who played Subway was Travis Schuldt! No matter what I see him in, I will always see him as the original Ethan Winthrop from Passions. I don't think I've seen him since his short-lived role on Srubs. In this episode, he managed to sweep someone as cynical as Greta off her feet and was his usual charming self (Ethan was always pretty hot). It's too bad he had depraved sex with Greta and the corporation took him away and replaced him with a less handsome look-alike. He and Greta could have made a cute couple. And it would have been nice to see her in love instead of being the source of negativity for everyone.
Now onto to Troy versus Abed. I worried if the tension we saw last week would still be there this week, and it totally was, even though it looked like the two were fine. Nothing says Abed and Troy like a pillow fort, but thanks to the dean suggesting that they go for the Guinness Book of World Records for a fort made of either pillows or blankets, Troy started to feel second-rate to Abed. It's so hard for me to abandon all of the love I have for such an unique character like Abed, but through Troy I see how selfish he can be. Troy was eager to take on the challenge of breaking the record, but Abed (although, wanting no glory from building a fort beyond the fun they could have) ignored Troy's desire completely. No wonder it was so easy for the vice dean to whisper in his ear that Abed didn't respect his opinion--he wasn't lying! When Abed was telling him how to stack the pillows before he told Troy to basically go ahead and waste his time building a pillow fort but he wasn't going to help, I was almost a little happy that Troy ran off. I say little because I don't want them to fight! But I understand why Troy would feel like he wasn't important to Abed unless Troy was doing something for him.
I changed my mind a little about Abed later when he rather easily agreed to tear down his fort in order to make room for Troy's (so he does care about Troy's desires?), but of course, the vice-dean came and interfered right before Abed pulled the crucial sock (I guess that would have sent everything crashing down?). After that, Abed wasn't backing down, nor was Troy, so they were both the leaders of their own little pretend forts. Seeing them stand on opposite sides broke my heart, but at the same time it was a little exciting to see. They usually work together, so if they go against each other, which one of them would win? I wouldn't be mad if they resolved their issues easily after one heart-to-heart talk (because I love them together and I don't care about plot when that's concerned), but I doubt it will happen if they are going to drag out the story until next time. And what sort of fights will they have with pillows and blankets? That's extremely interesting to me.
If the next episode can turn to anything like that fabulous paintball story, I will die. That was insanely cool! I didn't think they would do anything like that again any time soon, since they just brought back Community and all, but perhaps they're playing all their cards while they can (who knows if someone stupid will try to cancel their prematurely again?). I can't wait for the conclusion of Team Abed versus Team Troy!
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