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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 14581 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".

  • Modern Warfare
    9.8/1014,581 votes
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    #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

  • Remedial Chaos Theory
    9.8/1014,087 votes
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    #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

  • A Fistful of Paintballs (1)
    9.6/108,706 votes
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    #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

  • Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
    9.5/107,892 votes
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    #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

  • For a Few Paintballs More (2)
    9.5/107,207 votes
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    #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

  • Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
    9.4/107,115 votes
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    #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

  • Basic Lupine Urology
    9.4/106,664 votes
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    #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

  • Digital Estate Planning
    9.4/106,723 votes
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    #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

  • Geothermal Escapism
    9.4/105,979 votes
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    #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

  • Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television
    9.4/106,730 votes
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    #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

  • Contemporary American Poultry
    9.3/107,031 votes
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    #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

  • Pillows and Blankets (2)
    9.3/106,595 votes
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    #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

  • Epidemiology
    9.2/106,864 votes
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    #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

  • Cooperative Polygraphy
    9.2/105,317 votes
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    #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

  • Cooperative Calligraphy
    9.1/105,900 votes
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    #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

  • Curriculum Unavailable
    9.1/105,100 votes
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    #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

  • Paradigms of Human Memory
    9.0/105,506 votes
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    #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

  • Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
    9.0/105,493 votes
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    #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

  • The First Chang Dynasty
    9.0/104,709 votes
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    #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: Alex Cuthbertson, Matt Fusfeld

  • Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
    9.0/105,299 votes
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    #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

  • Physical Education
    8.9/105,533 votes
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    #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

  • Critical Film Studies
    8.9/105,533 votes
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    #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

  • App Development and Condiments
    8.9/104,884 votes
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    #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

  • Modern Espionage
    8.8/104,062 votes
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    #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

  • Debate 109
    8.7/105,397 votes
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    #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