Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts
| "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 22 |
| Directed by | Jay Chandrasekhar |
| Written by | Karey Dornetto |
| Production code | 221 |
| Original air date | April 28, 2011 |
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"Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" is the 22nd episode of the second season of Community. It originally aired on April 28, 2011, on NBC.
In the episode, Shirley unexpectedly goes into labor during the group's Anthropology final. A campus food riot prevents them from getting her to the hospital in time, and they have to help deliver her baby in the classroom.
The episode was written by Karey Dornetto and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. It received positive critical reviews.
KUAM aired the episode on Sunday, May 1, 2011 due to The Royal Wedding, which aired the next morning on most NBC Stations, preempting the episode.
The study group and their classmates are having their Anthropology final exam, which is a farce. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) unexpectedly shows up with a reporter for Dean Magazine who's doing a piece on the Dean and is invited to observe the final. Professor Ian Duncan (John Oliver) makes an excuse and escapes.
Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) water breaks, saving the class from admitting that their Anthropology class has been a fake. The Dean decides to get his car to drive Shirley to the hospital. However, a riot breaks out at the food festival in the parking lot and leaves her stuck on campus. Abed (Danny Pudi) is capable of delivering a baby (as shown in "The Psychology of Letting Go"), but Shirley refuses to let Abed see her "nethers." Instead, Abed guides Britta (Gillian Jacobs), who had been advocating natural birth to Shirley, through the delivery process. Throughout the episode, Chang (Ken Jeong) pesters Shirley about how "Chang babies" are born, since he is hoping the baby is his ("Epidemiology"). During her contractions, Chang calms her down with stories about his relatives' – the Chang babies – births.
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