Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
| "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Adam Davidson |
| Written by | Chris McKenna |
| Production code | 210 |
| Original air date | November 18, 2010 |
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"Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community, and the 34th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on NBC on November 18, 2010.
Dean Pelton confronts Jeff in the study lounge, accusing him of creating both a fake independent study on conspiracy theories and an imaginary teacher, "Professor Professorson." Jeff, however, offers to take the Dean to where he meets Professorson, and Annie, who has been working on a diorama for a class, comes along. Jeff opens the door of the supposed meeting room to reveal a supply closet, and starts to explain this must be a test when a man (Kevin Corrigan) exits from a nearby room and introduces himself as Professor Professorson, showing his official ID to prove it and saying Dean Pelton has never met him because he teaches night school. He congratulates Jeff on passing the test and leaves. The Dean is satisfied, but when Annie goes to apologize for doubting Jeff, Jeff admits that he did indeed invent the class, and has never met or seen "Professorson" before.
Later in the study lounge, Annie is telling Jeff that she's discovered Professorson's real name is Professor Woolley when Jeff receives a threatening call, warning him and Annie to stop investigating. When Annie's diorama's model car won't start, he tackles her just before the car lets out a minor, harmless explosion of sparks. Even more determined now, the two stay late to explore the night school, which turns out to be a sham, with courses like "History of Something" and "Studyology." When they spot Woolley he runs away, but after chasing him through the dorm-wide blanket fort that Troy and Abed have started, they catch him and he takes them to a room where a number of computers and printers have been set up. He tells them he once faked a night school course for credit, like Jeff, but then to maintain the charade he had to create the illusion of an entire night school at the college. Jeff becomes suspicious and realizes that Dean Pelton staged the whole thing to teach him a lesson. He also recognizes Woolley as Professor Sean Garrity, the drama teacher, and asks whether the theater department has prop guns.
Back in the library with Garrity, Jeff and Annie call in the Dean, pretending to have exposed "Woolley"'s sham. Annie "shoots" Garrity, saying that he broke the rules, causing the Dean to pull out his own gun and shoot Annie, which makes Jeff shoot the Dean. Annie sits up and tries to explain to Jeff that she and the Dean set this up to teach Jeff a lesson about lying, but then the Dean sits up and Jeff reveals that they were working together to teach Annie a lesson about friendship. Annie becomes bitter towards Jeff, upset at being "buried like a shameful secret" after their kiss, and pulls out a second gun and shoots Jeff, scaring the Dean. Annie and Jeff, who is fine as it was another prop gun, point out that the Dean is quick to switch alliances, revealing that the entire ploy was a setup for him. Now that all the conspiracies have run their course Garrity starts to leave, but a security officer enters and shoots and kills him, horrifying the other three until they realize it was yet another prop gun. The officer says he wanted them to learn a lesson about the misuse of prop guns.
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