Community goes dark in a pseudo-bottle episode.
Here’s our review…
I love it whenCommunitygets dark.
Basic Email Security is far more focused, much more consciously dark, and is full of great jokes.
Its easily the best episode of season six yet.
Its another pseudo-bottle episode, but thats not immediately obvious.
(They also didnt name it Cooperative Something or Other, which wouldve been a good tipoff.)
This is where Basic Email Security truly shines.
The scene progression is brilliant as everyone attempts, but repeatedly falls, to calm themselves.
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A lot of this is really funny.
I read all your crap!
And I loved when Elroy finds out that Chang used to be everyone elses teacher.
And, frankly, havent been well-utilized since!
Also great is that this is effectively a Britta episode and she gets a lot of moments to shine.
Regardless, some of the darkest reveals come from them and theyre awesome.
Its tragic (but comes up hilariously) that Frankie emails with her dead sister as a therapeutic tactic.
And Elroy maintains email correspondence with a family who accidentally contacted him once, just because hes lonely.
The second act is definitely the highlight, but there are some great moments outside of it.
I loved Jeff crying out Im being censored!
when Britta tries to shut him up.
Basic Email Security isnt perfect.
The premise is dumber than a story from the Golden Age wouldve been.
Previous season concepts would start fairly grounded and then the crazy would get built onto them.
Starting in season three, this formula often got reversed and this episode is no different.
Further, I still feel like the freedom Yahoo affords the show is often to its detriment.
The real meat is in the second act and the length of the first and third distract from that.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
