{"id":7022,"date":"2015-10-26T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2015-10-25T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T15:41:36","slug":"31-days-of-halloween-episodes-epidemiology-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/10\/26\/31-days-of-halloween-episodes-epidemiology-community\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Halloween Episodes: Epidemiology (Community)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here at\u00a0Pop Culture Spin<\/i>\u00a0we refuse to accept that Halloween is only one day. We\u2019re going to be celebrating Halloween all month, by highlighting one of our favorite Halloween episodes every day. Today\u2019s we\u2019re looking at the Community<\/em> episode “Epidemiology.”<\/p>\n

Basic Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: Anthony Hemingway<\/p>\n

Written by: Karey Dornetto<\/p>\n

Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 6<\/p>\n

Where to Watch It: Hulu<\/p>\n

Why It’s Great<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this high-concept episode, the food at Greendale’s Halloween party starts turning everyone into zombies. The characters attempt to escape the zombie outbreak until the only man left standing is Troy.<\/p>\n

Despite how silly this episode is, the emotional story is genuinely great. Troy is starting to resist his friendship with Abed after realizing he’s turning into a nerd. But, after Abed sacrifices himself to save the others, Troy decides to embrace the nerdy spirit that made Abed a heroic zombie fighter.<\/p>\n

Also, the entire episode is set to Abba’s greatest hits, which is the kind of weird, wonderful extra touch that made Community<\/em> season two so special.<\/p>\n

Why It’s Full of Halloween Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Halloween episodes are a great reason to push the limits of the rules of a TV show’s universe. This episode fully embraces that. Everything somewhat makes sense in universe– it’s just food poisoning that resembles zombie-ism — but, functionally it’s like seeing the characters in an alternate sci-fi universe.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of genuinely scary moments, notably when Jeff accidentally smashes a window, causing Annie to be grabbed by a whole mess of zombies.<\/p>\n

Costume Count<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff is David Beckham<\/p>\n

Pierce is Captain Kirk<\/p>\n

Britta is a t-rex<\/p>\n

Annie is Little Red Riding Hood<\/p>\n

Shirley is Glenda the Good Witch<\/p>\n

Abed is an alien from Alien\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Troy is Ellen Ripley, then a sexy Dracula<\/p>\n

Dean Pelton is Lady Gaga<\/p>\n

Chang is Peggy Fleming<\/p>\n

Rich is a banana<\/p>\n

Star Burns is a pirate<\/p>\n

Leonard is a pumpkin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here at\u00a0Pop Culture Spin\u00a0we refuse to accept that Halloween is only one day. We\u2019re going to be celebrating Halloween all month, by highlighting one of our favorite Halloween episodes every day. Today\u2019s we\u2019re looking at the Community episode “Epidemiology.” Basic Info Directed by: Anthony Hemingway Written by: Karey Dornetto Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 6<\/p>\n

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