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The Best Episodes of Community Season 5

Every episode of Community Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Community Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Community Season 5 Episode 5 - Geothermal Escapism
    9.4/10(6465 votes)

    S5:E5

    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

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  2. Community Season 5 Episode 4 - Cooperative Polygraphy
    9.2/10(5825 votes)

    S5:E4

    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

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  3. Community Season 5 Episode 3 - Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
    9.0/10(5785 votes)

    S5:E3

    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

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  4. Community Season 5 Episode 8 - App Development and Condiments
    8.9/10(5344 votes)

    S5:E8

    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
    Writers:Jordan Blum, Parker Deay

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  5. Community Season 5 Episode 2 - Introduction to Teaching
    8.4/10(4423 votes)

    S5:E2

    Abed tackles a two-day crash course on Nicolas Cage, while a clueless Jeff begins his teaching career with Annie as his most demanding student.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writer:Andy Bobrow

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  6. Community Season 5 Episode 10 - Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
    8.3/10(4121 votes)

    S5:E10

    To help Hickey be a more involved grandfather, which means patching up a bad relationship with his son, the gang creates an epic role-playing game.

    Director:Joe Russo
    Writer:Matt Roller

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  7. Community Season 5 Episode 6 - Analysis of Cork-Based Networking
    8.0/10(4083 votes)

    S5:E6

    While Annie and Hickey's fight to get a bulletin board repaired spirals out of control, Abed and Britta go to war over spoilers of his favorite show.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Monica Padrick

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  8. Community Season 5 Episode 13 - Basic Sandwich
    8.0/10(3643 votes)

    S5:E13

    To save Greendale from being sold, the gang searches for an eccentric computer science professor's legendary treasure hidden beneath the school.

    Director:Rob Schrab
    Writer:Ryan Ridley

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  9. Community Season 5 Episode 9 - VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing
    7.9/10(3835 votes)

    S5:E9

    Abed and Annie try to solve their new roommate dilemma with a retro VCR game, while Jeff, Shirley and Hickey hatch a plan to sell stolen textbooks.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Donald Diego

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  10. Community Season 5 Episode 11 - G.I. Jeff
    7.7/10(4158 votes)

    S5:E11

    Jeff's depression over turning 40 leads him to drink himself unconscious. In his dreams, he and the gang are part of the "G. I. Joe" cartoon team.

    Director:Rob Schrab
    Writer:Dino Stamatopoulos

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  11. Community Season 5 Episode 1 - Repilot
    7.6/10(4351 votes)

    S5:E1

    With his law practice doomed, Jeff returns to Greendale to start a class action suit against the school, but a hologram of Pierce has him reconsider.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna

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  12. Community Season 5 Episode 7 - Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality
    7.6/10(3721 votes)

    S5:E7

    Jeff counsels a smitten Duncan on how to get a date with Britta but is developing feelings of his own. An angry Hickey tries to teach Abed a lesson.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Dan Guterman

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  13. Community Season 5 Episode 12 - Basic Story
    7.6/10(3488 votes)

    S5:E12

    The Save Greendale Committee's success is short-lived when the board votes for a corporate sellout, but Pelton, Annie and Abed might find a solution.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writer:Carol Kolb

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Geothermal Escapism" is the best rated episode of Community season 5. It scored 9.4/10 from 6,465 votes. Directed by Joe Russo and written by Tim Saccardo, it aired on January 23, 2014. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Cooperative Polygraphy".