Stop!
Do not read this if you hate joy and laughter! That is all that follows! You have been warned!
Season 1, Episode 5
"Advanced Criminal Law"
Britta cheats on a Spanish test and Jeff offers her his lawyer skills. Abed pretends to be an alien to mess with Troy. Annie decides to hire Pierce to write the new school song for the unveiling of the "Luis Guzman" statue.
Best Lines
Chang: Starburns, that means you.
Starburns: My name's Alex, dude.
Chang: Well, maybe you should spend five hours sculpting that into your face.
Troy: The only difference between Senor Chang and Stalin is that I actually know who Senor Chang is.
Britta: It's not that easy to get human beings to turn on each other.
Chang: Turn on her! (everyone throws paper and pens at her)
Jeff: Yeah, well, when we first met you, like you were up here and I was here and now...(moves hands to an even height). Oh, wait, I have a quarter to a dirty bum today.
Dean Pelton: Well it sounds like there are to biases, one on each side and I go both ways. Oh, let's strike that. LaShonda can we please strike that?
Chang: Oh, shut your pompus vortex of overlapping fangs.
Duncan: Hey, British dentistry is not on trial.
Duncan: I'm sorry, do you mind if we have this conversation in room with less balls.
Annie: You listen up, Pierce. I'm gonna tell you what my mother told me when I wanted to quit cheerleading. "You're not very pretty, you have no boobs, and you can't do a basket toss to save your life, but you made a commitment." So pick up your pom-poms, Pierce. Stuff your bra, and get ready for the team bus to forget you at a Taco Bell because life is tough.
Random Thingamajigs
Palm trees visible at the beginning of the episode. They are in Colorado!!!
Pierce "playing Annie out" was great.
Abed plays a perfect alien. I was really hoping that he was an alien!
We get our first ogle at Leonard (and see a little too much).
Gary (called Garret in this episode), looks ridiculous as an alien.
Pierce references air conditioner repair in his song. This will become a major plot for Troy in season 3.
The game that Troy and Abed play at the end is epic. I tried to count the pencils and thought it was in the 40's but ended up only being 36.
Shirley is not in this episode after Britta announces she cheated about 6 minutes into the show.
Where the heck is this pool in future episodes? There is so much potential for a swimming episode or something.
Final Grade
80% A few steps in the wrong direction here. It is hard to find the character's motives in the beginning of the show. Despite Shirley hardly being in this episode at all, we still learn a few new things about these characters. Annie, has the best line of the show, and quite possibly one of the best lines of the whole series, when she talks about being left at Taco Bell. Enjoyable episode, but awkward at points.
Ranking them 1-71
1. "Intro to Film"
2. "Social Psychology"
3. "Advanced Criminal Law"
4. "Spanish 101"
5. "Pilot"
Homework
Don't skinny dip in the pool. Pretend to be an alien instead.
Live long and prosper.
WileyDan out.
No comments:
Post a Comment