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.
The best episode of "Community" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.5/10 from 6166 user votes. It was directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and written by Dan Harmon. "Pilot" aired on 9/17/2009 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Spanish 101".
When the legitimacy of his degree is challenged, lawyer Jeff Winger must return to school, where he meets a clan of misfit community college students.
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Writer: Dan Harmon
While Jeff looks to use a Spanish class assignment to get close to Britta, Pierce has something altogether different in mind.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Dan Harmon
Jeff struggles to get a good grade, and Britta's offer to bankroll his film class exposes a rift between Abed and his angry father.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Jon Pollack, Tim Hobert
As Annie recruits Abed and Troy for a psychology class experiment, Jeff and Shirley bond over their mutual fondness for gossip.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Liz Cackowski
As Pierce volunteers to compose a new school song, a cheating episode in Spanish class leaves Jeff defending Britta before a disciplinary tribunal.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Andrew Guest
Annie's dream of being the ex-football star's girlfriend is in jeopardy when Jeff is blackmailed into getting Troy to join Greendale's football team.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston
Jeff sets his sights on an attractive professor, and Annie looks to boost her social standing by hosting a Day of the Dead party.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Jon Pollack, Tim Hobert
Jeff is forced out of his condo and into Abed's dorm room, and Annie looks to get Troy's attention by helping him plan a romantic picnic.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Lauren Pomerantz
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
Faced with an unreasonable amount of Spanish homework, Jeff's efforts to handle Señor Chang manage to help him, but not the rest of the class.
Director: Seth Gordon
Writer: Zach Paez
With his high-price "escort" girlfriend on his arm, Pierce pressures Jeff into asking Dean Pelton's airhead secretary to double date at the STD Fair.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston
Shirley's plans for a holiday party are in jeopardy when Jeff is drawn into a fight with a campus bully.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Liz Cackowski
Jeff accepts an invitation to be the editor of the school paper as he and his friends fend off an interloper who wants to join their study group.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Tim Hobert
As Jeff and Prof. Slater try to keep their student-teacher romance under wraps, Britta and Troy tell everyone about their shared passion for dance.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Lauren Pomerantz
Jeff and Britta team up to derail Annie's fledgling romance with Greendale's resident hippie singer-songwriter, Vaughn.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Andrew Guest
As Valentine's Day finds Jeff struggling with his feelings for Britta and Professor Slater, Pierce and Troy are wrongly blamed for a prank.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
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
As Family Day lands Jeff in the middle of an affair with Pierce's sexy ex-stepdaughter, Shirley's unruly sons help liberate Abed's Afghani cousin.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Karey Dornetto
A pottery class he takes for an easy A reveals Jeff's deep-seated need to succeed.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston
When her April Fools' Day prank inadvertently sends a human cadaver out the anatomy lab window, Britta looks to place the blame on Jeff.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Zach Paez
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
While a tasteless prank ends with Pierce being tossed out of the group, Britta and Jeff are forced to team up against some teen newcomers at school.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
The first prize of priority registration engulfs Greendale Community College in a Spring Fling paintball war.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Emily Cutler
On the eve of an important final exam in Spanish, everyone's grades are jeopardized when it is discovered that Señor Chang has a damaging secret.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Tim Hobert
As the end of the school year finds Jeff at the apex of a romantic triangle, Annie ponders moving away with her hacky sack-playing boyfriend.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston