Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy
| "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Anthony Russo |
| Written by | Andy Bobrow |
| Production code | 217 |
| Original air date | March 17, 2011 |
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"Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" is the 18th episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community, and the 43rd episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on NBC on March 17, 2011. The episode focuses on Shirley's pregnancy, while Abed and Troy make friends with a student from the Balkans.
The study group is throwing Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) a baby shower in their usual meeting room in the library. Annie (Alison Brie) got Shirley's child two gifts. It's not clear whether the father is Shirley's formerly separated husband Andre (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) or Ben Chang (Ken Jeong), and so, wanting to "cover all ethnic bases", Annie gives Shirley a doll representing an African-American girl, and a note from the manufacturer promising to increase the racial diversity of their selection. Chang appears disappointed when Shirley and Andre state emphatically that, whoever the baby's biological father is, Shirley and Andre will raise the baby as their own.
Britta (Gillian Jacobs) asks Abed (Danny Pudi) and Troy (Donald Glover) who the cute boy was that she had seen hanging out with them. They tell him he's their new friend, Luka (Enver Gjokaj), and that he's a lot of fun -- and thus she is forbidden from pursuing him, as they don't want another friend "ruined" by Britta divulging his secrets. Britta does not comply, and makes an excuse to stop by as Luka is playing video games with his friends. She easily convinces him to see her later, over Troy and Abed's loud groans.
Shirley asks Jeff (Joel McHale) to help talk Chang into signing a document forfeiting his parental rights, in case he is the biological father. Jeff tries to get out of it by arguing that Chang won't really try to act as the child's father, but Shirley points out that Chang is rather unpredictable, and points down the hall at him, where he is spinning around in a circle, seemingly trying to attack his own backpack. Jeff sighs and promises to try to get Chang to sign the document, for the sake of the child.
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