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.
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The best episode of "Community" is "Modern Warfare", rated 9.8/10 from 14320 user votes. It was directed by Justin Lin and written by Emily Cutler. "Modern Warfare" aired on 5/6/2010 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Remedial Chaos Theory".
9.8/10 14,320 votes#1 - Modern Warfare
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2010-05-06
The first prize of priority registration engulfs Greendale Community College in a Spring Fling paintball war.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Emily Cutler
9.8/10 13,800 votes#2 - Remedial Chaos Theory
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2011-10-13
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
9.6/10 8,560 votes#3 - A Fistful of Paintballs (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2011-05-05
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
9.5/10 7,718 votes#4 - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2011-02-03
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
9.5/10 7,073 votes#5 - For a Few Paintballs More (2)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2011-05-12
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
9.4/10 6,965 votes#6 - Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2010-11-18
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
9.4/10 6,528 votes#7 - Basic Lupine Urology
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2012-04-26
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
9.4/10 6,598 votes#8 - Digital Estate Planning
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2012-05-17
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
9.4/10 5,878 votes#9 - Geothermal Escapism
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2014-01-23
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
9.4/10 6,620 votes#10 - Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2015-06-02
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
9.3/10 6,880 votes#11 - Contemporary American Poultry
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2010-04-22
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
9.3/10 6,478 votes#12 - Pillows and Blankets (2)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2012-04-05
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
9.2/10 6,720 votes#13 - Epidemiology
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2010-10-28
Dean Pelton's army surplus party food sparks an outbreak of zombie-ism at the Greendale Halloween party.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: Karey Dornetto
9.2/10 5,226 votes#14 - Cooperative Polygraphy
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2014-01-16
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
9.1/10 5,765 votes#15 - Cooperative Calligraphy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2010-11-11
Annie's missing pen leads to friction within the group.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Megan Ganz
9.1/10 4,997 votes#16 - Curriculum Unavailable
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2012-05-10
After Abed is caught trespassing at Greendale, he and his friends visit a psychiatrist.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Adam Countee
9.0/10 5,397 votes#17 - Paradigms of Human Memory
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2011-04-21
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
9.0/10 5,362 votes#18 - Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2011-11-17
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
9.0/10 4,628 votes#19 - The First Chang Dynasty
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2012-05-17
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
9.0/10 5,207 votes#20 - Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2014-01-09
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
8.9/10 5,417 votes#21 - Physical Education
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2010-03-04
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
8.9/10 5,437 votes#22 - Critical Film Studies
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2011-03-24
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
8.9/10 4,787 votes#23 - App Development and Condiments
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2014-03-06
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
8.8/10 3,989 votes#24 - Modern Espionage
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 2015-05-19
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
8.7/10 5,270 votes#25 - Debate 109
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2009-11-12
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