Community- ” Geography of Global Conflict” Review

The second episode of the season was much better than I expected it to be when it became obvious that this episode would be centered around Annie and, well, Annie. You see, there’s a new girl at Greendale and she’s just like Annie, but Asian. She’s smart, ambitious, and everything Annie was coming out of high school. This new competition doesn’t work into our Annie’s plans and so, after Asian Annie steals real Annie’s plans to make a Model U.N., we’re treated to a U.N. debate that will decide which Annie is “better”.

The debates worked very well, especially Troy, Abed, and Pierce’s parts. Troy was playing the part of Georgia’s (the country) U.N. rep and did so with a hilarious southern accent. His line, “Georgia, the country, is much obliged”, had me in stitches. Abed has absolutely no interest in the actual proceedings and was just worried about how there could be two Earths, which turned out to be a key plot point at the culmination of the episode. Pierce coming out and knowing everything about Somalia was amazing. I especially liked his question of “a place where it’s this easy to buy women and alcohol? How have I not heard of this paradise before?”

The subplot of Britta wanting to rediscover herself as a rebel and Chang wanting to prove himself as a security guard was funny because they made them out to be similar to lovers. I’m usually not a fan of Britta when she starts to go crazy with her world views, but when paired with Chang it worked well. I was a little sad to not see either of the Dean’s make an appearance, but when a girl centric episode is this funny there isn’t much I can complain about.

The after credits segment was one of the funniest I’ve seen in a long time. I won’t spoil it for those of you who haven’t seen it, but let’s just say it involves Troy, Abed, and Pierce playing a real life version of a classic board game. Not that anyone should ever skip one of these, but this is one you have to see.

Overall, this episode wasn’t as strong as the premiere, but it did have quite a few funny one liners. As I said earlier, I’m usually not a big fan of episodes that center around one of the three girls, but this one was one of the few that I would  recommend to even non-fans. Do yourself a favor and go catch this one on Hulu.