The Psychology of Letting Go

If You're Lucky, Sean Connery Will Show Up and Pump Some Life Into You

Bad news. Pierce's mom is dead. Or... is alive but with a vaporized organic body. Who can say? Jeff is suddenly worried about his own mortality and takes it out on the group. Britta is suddenly worried about Annie selling out their gender and takes it out on Annie. Abed spends some time in the background.

We debate whether it is creepier to have a puppet of somebody for sexual or non-sexual reasons, the downfall of the Indian Jones franchise, the downfall of Adobe Flash player, and asparagus toast.

Ben gets interrupted by Flash Player in 2020. Mike continues to be unaware of Frasier.

Basic Rocket Science

Look What Benjamin Did!

The most important event of the community college simulated space race is on. Can Greendale beat City College into simulated space? Will Annie transfer to City College? Will the dean notice the flag is a butt? Will you inevitably get a craving for KFC after listening to this episode? All we know is that we rank this episode as "delicious."

Ben plays a prank. Mike gets a master's degree.

Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples

Sitting at the Cool Old People Table

Shirley wants to make a film about Jesus. Abed wants to make a film about Jesus finding God through a God camera and every camera is God and every person is Jesus and also the film is called Abed. You got that? It makes perfect sense. Pierce falls in with a bad crowd of old people.

Ben has a revelation about Jesus. Mike disses Reboot.

Epidemiology

Are You in the Sphere of the Beanfluence?

It's Halloween, and everybody is at a puffy, sweaty party dressed in costumes and biting each other and infecting each other with a terrible secret black-ops rabies virus. So. Pretty much normal Halloween in my experience. Troy has a crisis of coolness, Abed has a crisis of friendship, Jeff has a crisis of not wanting to ruin a $6,000 suit, and Shirley has a crisis of doin' it with Chang.

Meanwhile, we are forced to decide if we will submit to the will of The Bean.

Ben makes plans for October 1, 2021. Mike puts chocolate on a hotdog.

Aerodynamics of Gender

Fetch Famously Happened

Jeff and Troy find a magical trampoline in a magical garden. Abed becomes a RowBoat Cop. The word "bitch" is said an awful lot in this episode both by the characters and us so welcome to our second ever explicit episode because of the B-WORD. Hillary Duff makes a special appearance.

We talk about our grade school media crushes, terms for baskteball, and do some impressions of some very famous people.

Ben details how to get rid of a trampoline. Mike plays some Rumpy Junny.

Cooperative Calligraphy

The Wizard of Ovulation

It's a bottle episode and everybody us sus. That's hip lingo everybody is using thanks to Among Us. This is Among Us. But about a purple pen. Or a principle. Is it a pen or a principle? Either way, everybody gets mad at each other.

We debate whether Cheers is a bottle series and whether Frasier would make a good paladin. And by "we" I mean "Ben." Ben says those things.

Ben pulls a c-c-c-c-combo breaker. Mike inquires about Waffle Houses.

Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design

The Cube Root of 343 is 7

We're going to night school (OR ARE WE) to take a class on conspiracy theories (OR ARE WE) and talking about the TV show Community (OR ARE WE). Jeff tries to get a free credit and/or is taking a class all about conspiracies and Annie's making a diorama for the bio dioramarama. Troy and Abed make a blanket fort for men.

We go into business with a pizza place / bowling alley / bookstore for some reason and we talk about how cool a math party would almost certainly be.

Ben talks to a barista about werewolves. Mike gets a lesson on oatmeal.

Mixology Certification

Yeah We Get It, He's Norm

It's Troy's birthday and so the gang goes to a bar to celebrate the manliest of manchievements: turning 21. Annie gets a fake ID and a bad accent, and Shirley gets a blast from the past.

We talk about good drinks we like drinking and also Paul F. Tompkins. Welcome to the Paul F. Tompkins fancast I guess.

Ben goes to the Red Door. Mike goes to L-Street.

Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas

That's How You Get Ants. Do You Want Ants?

It's Christmastime and that means we're doing a whole stop motion animation thing! Or, at least Abed is. And it's up to the rest of the gang to figure out what is going on with him or else he might get kicked out of school. So naturally we take a trip to Planet Abed to find the meaning of Christmas.

We also talk about Christmas. And... peanut butter? And stolen street signs.

Ben cuts the chatter. Mike doesn't land the 900.

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Asian Population Studies

The Podcast Equivalent of a Gym Bag Full of Nickels

Annie has a crush and Jeff doesn't like it. Shirley has a new old beau and Britta doesn't like it. Pierce falls in love with kettle corn, and who can blame him? It's a fun time snack!

Meanwhile we spend an unfortunate amount of time talking about Emmanuelle In Space, talk about 10 Things I Hate About You (but it mostly gets cut?) We invent some weird hypotheticals.

Ben sleeps with a Scooby-Doo character. Mike is the reacher.

Ben Mooney and Mike Snider