Communication Studies (Community)
| "Communication Studies" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Adam Davidson |
| Written by | Chris McKenna |
| Production code | 116 |
| Original air date | February 11, 2010 |
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"Communication Studies" is the 16th episode of the first season of the U.S. television sitcom Community. It originally aired on February 11, 2010 on NBC.
In the episode, Jeff tries to help Britta regain the balance in their relationship after an embarrassing drunk dial by her. Meanwhile, Annie and Shirley's plan to take revenge on Chang for humiliating Troy and Pierce goes awry.
The episode was written by Chris McKenna and directed by Adam Davidson. It received mostly positive critical reviews.
Jeff (Joel McHale) is invited to Greendale College's Valentine's Day dance by his girlfriend and statistics professor, Michelle (Lauren Stamile). On the way to the library, he discovers a voicemail of Britta (Gillian Jacobs) drunk dialing him in the previous night. At the library, Annie (Alison Brie), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) and Abed (Danny Pudi) receive Valentine's Day gifts, but Troy (Donald Glover) and Pierce (Chevy Chase) do not. Jeff plays a hungover Britta the message she left him, poking fun at the "booty call implication (BCI)," leaving her humiliated.
The BCI changes Jeff and Britta's mutually argumentative relationship as she is too embarrassed to talk to him. Abed explains that the only way they can go back to the old relationship is for her to see him embarrass himself. In order for Jeff to make a believable drunk dial, he and Abed spend the evening getting wasted. The next day, they discover that Jeff made calls to Michelle and Britta, but don't remember anything about either of them.
At Spanish class, the Greendale Human Being delivers Valentine's gifts to Troy and Pierce. Señor Chang (Ken Jeong) knows right away that the presents were sent by themselves to make it look like they have girlfriends. Chang humiliates them in front of the class. Later, Annie and Shirley devise a plan to prank Chang in revenge. The next day in class, Chang receives a letter purportedly from Princeton offering him an associate professor position. He instantly calls the bluff, and blames Troy and Pierce for the failed prank. In retribution, he forces them to escort him to the Valentine's dance wearing ladies' pantsuits and threatens to fail them if they refuse.
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