7.5/106,213 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2009
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
7.7/105,407 votes#2 - Spanish 101
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2009
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
8.1/105,363 votes#3 - Introduction to Film
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2009
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: Tim Hobert, Jon Pollack
8.0/104,926 votes#4 - Social Psychology
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2009
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
7.7/104,719 votes#5 - Advanced Criminal Law
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2009
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
7.6/104,632 votes#6 - Football, Feminism and You
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2009
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
8.6/105,364 votes#7 - Introduction to Statistics
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2009
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: Tim Hobert, Jon Pollack
7.8/104,535 votes#8 - Home Economics
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2009
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
8.7/105,398 votes#9 - 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
8.1/104,577 votes#10 - Environmental Science
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2009
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
7.7/104,390 votes#11 - The Politics of Human Sexuality
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2009
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
8.3/104,732 votes#12 - Comparative Religion
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/2009
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
7.8/104,531 votes#13 - Investigative Journalism
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2010
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
7.8/104,315 votes#14 - Interpretive Dance
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2010
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
7.9/104,290 votes#15 - Romantic Expressionism
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2010
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
8.3/104,459 votes#16 - Communication Studies
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/2010
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
8.9/105,535 votes#17 - 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
7.9/104,315 votes#18 - Basic Genealogy
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2010
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
8.3/104,553 votes#19 - Beginner Pottery
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2010
A pottery class he takes for an easy A reveals Jeff's deep-seated need to succeed.
Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Hilary Winston
8.3/104,437 votes#20 - The Science of Illusion
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/2010
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
9.3/107,032 votes#21 - 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
7.8/104,486 votes#22 - The Art of Discourse
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2010
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
9.8/1014,584 votes#23 - 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
8.1/104,220 votes#24 - English as a Second Language
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/2010
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
8.4/104,556 votes#25 - Pascal's Triangle Revisited
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/20/2010
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
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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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Community" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 6213 votes. Directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and written by Dan Harmon, it aired on 9/17/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Spanish 101".