9.8/1014,592 votesLoading...#1 - Modern Warfare
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/2010
The first prize of priority registration engulfs Greendale Community College in a Spring Fling paintball war.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Emily Cutler
9.8/1014,110 votesLoading...#2 - Remedial Chaos Theory
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2011
When Jeff introduces an element of randomness into Troy and Abed's housewarming party, reality splits into six timelines.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Chris McKenna
9.6/108,715 votesLoading...#3 - A Fistful of Paintballs (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/2011
A $100,000 paintball war prize pits members of the study group against one another, until they decide to join forces to stop a mysterious challenger.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Andrew Guest
9.5/107,904 votesLoading...#4 - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2011
Abed invites "Fat Neil" to play a game of Dungeons & Dragons with the rest of the study group, hoping to boost his confidence, after Jeff becomes concerned about him being a loner. When Pierce finds out he was not invited, he joins anyway, disrupting their plans.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Andrew Guest
9.5/107,215 votesLoading...#5 - For a Few Paintballs More (2)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/12/2011
As the paintball war is revealed to be a City College plot, Jeff and Troy vie for control of Greendale's ragtag army, while Pierce betrays the group.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston
9.4/107,123 votesLoading...#6 - Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2010
When Jeff tries to obtain credit for a fictitious class, the unintended consequences rock Greendale. Abed and Troy build an elaborate blanket fort.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
9.4/106,670 votesLoading...#7 - Basic Lupine Urology
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/2012
When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Megan Ganz
9.4/106,726 votesLoading...#8 - Digital Estate Planning
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/17/2012
Pierce and his closest friends are summoned to Hawthorne Labs to play a video game that will determine who will inherit his father's fortune.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Matt Warburton
9.4/105,988 votesLoading...#9 - Geothermal Escapism
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/2014
For Troy's last day at Greendale, Abed holds a campus-wide "hot lava" fantasy game. With a comic book worth $50,000 as the prize, it's an all-out war.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Tim Saccardo
9.4/106,734 votesLoading...#10 - Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2015
The former study group's future — and friendships — are put to a test when one chapter of their lives closes and a new one begins.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna
9.3/107,037 votesLoading...#11 - Contemporary American Poultry
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2010
A scheme to replace a corrupt cafeteria employee transforms the study group into a criminal gang run by a power-hungry Abed.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Karey Dornetto
9.3/106,603 votesLoading...#12 - Pillows and Blankets (2)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2012
The students of Greendale are drawn into an epic pillow fight as Troy and Abed start a war that threatens to destroy their unique friendship.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Andy Bobrow
9.2/106,871 votesLoading...#13 - Epidemiology
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2010
Dean Pelton's army surplus party food sparks an outbreak of zombie-ism at the Greendale Halloween party.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: Karey Dornetto
9.2/105,325 votesLoading...#14 - Cooperative Polygraphy
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/16/2014
Pierce's funeral leaves the study group with mixed feelings, especially after their late tormentor leaves one last test to reveal everyone's secrets.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Alex Rubens
9.1/105,903 votesLoading...#15 - Cooperative Calligraphy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2010
Annie's missing pen leads to friction within the group.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Megan Ganz
9.1/105,105 votesLoading...#16 - Curriculum Unavailable
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/10/2012
After Abed is caught trespassing at Greendale, he and his friends visit a psychiatrist.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Adam Countee
9.0/105,514 votesLoading...#17 - Paradigms of Human Memory
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2011
Working on their final anthropology diorama, Chang finds a cache of items stolen by Troy's monkey that dredge up unhappy memories for the study group.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Chris McKenna
9.0/105,500 votesLoading...#18 - Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2011
As Dean Pelton films a new commercial for Greendale, the production takes a wild turn once he discovers that a famous alum has agreed to appear in it.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Megan Ganz
9.0/104,713 votesLoading...#19 - The First Chang Dynasty
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2012
The study group stages an elaborate heist to break in to Greendale and free Dean Pelton from the clutches of Chang.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson
9.0/105,307 votesLoading...#20 - Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2014
With the mysterious Ass Crack Bandit back at Greendale, Annie and Jeff are on the case. As clues and suspicions mount, Shirley delivers shocking news.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Erik Sommers
8.9/105,535 votesLoading...#21 - Physical Education
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2010
The study group helps Abed land a date with a girl, and Jeff squares off with a P.E. coach who insists that he wear gym shorts to a billiards class.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Jessie Miller
8.9/105,540 votesLoading...#22 - Critical Film Studies
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/2011
Jeff and the group arrange a Pulp Fiction birthday party for Abed, but he has his own plans, starting with an expensive dinner for himself and Jeff.
Director: Richard Ayoade
Writer: Sona Panos
8.9/104,892 votesLoading...#23 - App Development and Condiments
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2014
A new caste system takes over when Greendale beta tests an app that ranks everyone. Shirley loves her new status, but Jeff and Britta want it stopped.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Jordan Blum, Parker Deay
8.8/104,068 votesLoading...#24 - Modern Espionage
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/2015
Heroes are born, promises are broken and the stakes are raised when paintball makes an explosive return to Greendale's campus.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Mark Stegemann
8.7/105,399 votesLoading...#25 - Debate 109
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/2009
As Jeff is drafted to help lead Greendale's debate team against the formidable City College, Abed's film-class projects appear to predict the future.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Tim Hobert
The Best Episodes of Community
Every episode of Community ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Community!
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Genre:Comedy
Best Episodes Summary
"Modern Warfare" is the best rated episode of "Community". It scored 9.8/10 based on 14592 votes. Directed by Justin Lin and written by Emily Cutler, it aired on 5/6/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Remedial Chaos Theory".