"Community" had its own part to play in Thursday's fantastic lineup of holiday episodes and, as the opening act for "Parks," "The Office" and "30 Rock," it did beautifully.
Still struggling with the fallout from her divorce, Shirley decided that the study group is like her new family and wanted to celebrate Christmas with them. She was troubled to find that Annie is Jewish, Britta is atheist, Jeff is agnostic, Abed is Muslim, Troy is a Jehovah's Witness and Pierce is in some kind of cult. Shirley claimed to be tolerant, but she was irritatingly dismissive of everyone else's religions and traditions. (Not helping: the dean's insistance on being overly inclusive to the point of dressing as generically non-denominational "Mr. Winter" and riding into the cafeteria saying, "Ho, ho ho... Merry happy!")
Meanwhile, Jeff was focused solely on passing his Spanish final, but was distracted by a bully who's got it out for Abed. After much eye-rolling and an interruption during his bizarre exam from Senor Chang ("True... or false... or none of the above? That doesn't make sense!"), Jeff agreed to fight the bully by the bike racks during Shirley's Christmas party. Shirley was opposed at first, but Britta reminded her that, if they were really a family, they would be outside rooting for Jeff.
The gang joined in the fight and the episode ended with everyone nursing their wounds and celebrating the holidays together. I gave this episode of "Community" the best compliment you can give a show these days: I kept it on my DVR after watching it so I could show it again to any friends or family that stop by this holiday season. Merry happy!
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