Yet again a Jeff monologue does nothing to help matters. Jeff tells Annie, who tells the whole school and before you know it, Fat Neil is pushing over a trashcan and Magnitude is throwing a brick through a window. Jeff knows from speaking with his new mentor that вЂњA-вЂsвЂќ are just HickeyвЂ™s way of tormenting obsessive students. Strangely enough, that actually inspires Jeff to be a better teacher in a roundabout way when his students are impressed that he is actually able to win an argument against her.Д«ut Annie is too distraught by her вЂњA-вЂќ grade from Professor Hickey to really care. Annie enrolls in JeffвЂ™s class and basically becomes a law expert overnight, challenging Jeff on his lax teaching style. Jeff quickly falls back into laid-back Winger mode, assigning his new class meaningless group work and naturally drawing the ire of super-student Annie. ItвЂ™s a welcome sight and especially meaningful, as it was Pierce who first gave Jeff a reassuring speech back in season 1.

We donвЂ™t know exactly how NBC or Dan Harmon convinced Chevy Chase to return for a cameo, and it doesnвЂ™t appear like Pierce was compiled from stock footage a la Isaac HayesвЂ™ Chef on South Park. The biggest surprise of the first episode is undoubtedly PierceвЂ™s appearance as a hologram (though for a moment it seems like he is a ghost). When Jeff begins to (understandably) take a turn for the cynical, his friends reminds him that Greendale can still be a force for goodвЂ¦give or take a broken bridge disaster here or there. One of the more charming aspects of this Community season 5 вЂњrepilotвЂќ isnвЂ™t how much things have changed, but how much they have stayed the same. As Abed correctly predicts, Jeff decides to return to Greendale to be a teacher, to help rebuild the school from the inside-out. YouвЂ™re not worth the monologue,вЂќ he says.Д«ut the aforementioned six lovable rascals quickly stamp out the darker side of Jeff just like they did four seasons ago. вЂњYou stomped on the grave of a real monster who should have stayed buried.

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