After an amazing Season 1 finale with Modern Warfare, the first paintball episode, doing another one in Season 2 had to meet some extremely high standards to begin with. However, this two-part episode that starts off with a western feel to it, ends on a high note with what Abed describes as a Star Wars paintball. This episode managed to do make every character grow in this finale, giving a real sense of the show moving forward and adding much more depth to the dimension of these characters. I loved Abed quoting Han Solo throughout. I always think it's a shame that Shirley's bad-ass side isn't shown more on the show because I adore her when she acts like that. In this episode, she is freaking bad ASS. The music was so fitting, when she says something along the lines "Hell, someone's gotta win this." Having her have such an important role in the unfolding of an episode's plot was nice for a change, I feel like she's usually just a small contributing character. Having Britta and Shirley in the golf cart was awesome, I was glad to see Britta kick ass as well ;) I liked Troy's evolution and how Jeff acknowledges him really as a "man" now and truly respects him regardless of the age difference. I miss this Troy that has gone slightly downhill from Season 3 onwards (Season 4 especially), where he is always played out to be just a weird guy. I prefer the weird Troy who still can come up with plans and ideas and likes buttstuff! I also really liked how they developed Pearce through this episode, it really left room for some cool possibilities for Season 3 (which they didn't exploit well in my opinion in the first episode of the third season). The last scene with the touching story Pearce tells the group is very well scripted because I thought it was really believable. It's a shame they chose to completely take a step back in Pearce's evolution in Season 3 when they chose to resolve the Pearce-is-out-the-gang-what- do- we-do dilemma. Making him sort of pay his way into the gang's class just to be with them again shatters his growth we see in this episode.
A well deserved 10/10 for me, this episode has everything in it. I had to paused I laughed so much when Pearce shoots the two last professional players after they ask "Who's this guy?" and Pearce answers "Your mother's lover!". Also (I know this is in A Fistfull of Paintballs), when Chang tries to join the Mathclub group and asks "Are you guys Asian? -That's pretty racist man. -That's not a 'no'!" Even though this episode has a lot of action, I was still laughing the whole 21 minutes. Community seriously outdid themselves for this episode, and it remains without a doubt one of my favourite episodes of all the series I watch, amazing TV right here.
A well deserved 10/10 for me, this episode has everything in it. I had to paused I laughed so much when Pearce shoots the two last professional players after they ask "Who's this guy?" and Pearce answers "Your mother's lover!". Also (I know this is in A Fistfull of Paintballs), when Chang tries to join the Mathclub group and asks "Are you guys Asian? -That's pretty racist man. -That's not a 'no'!" Even though this episode has a lot of action, I was still laughing the whole 21 minutes. Community seriously outdid themselves for this episode, and it remains without a doubt one of my favourite episodes of all the series I watch, amazing TV right here.