Community: The Complete Second Season

Welcome to the second season of this ingenious and clever yet warm-hearted sitcom about sitcoms. On the surface, Community follows the misadventures of a study group at a mediocre community college, but it's really a loopy satire of TV comedy, taking every opportunity to deconstruct the absurd rules and accepted structures that shape almost every sitcom ever made--while, without missing a beat, making brilliant use of those rules and structures to create wonderfully likable characters and tell delightfully funny stories. It's hard to imagine how something this sneaky and multilayered got through the soul-sucking committees of network television. In season two, the members of the adorable misfit study group struggle to fight off their former Spanish teacher, Señor Chang (Ken Jeong), who desperately wants to be part of the group even though they're now studying anthropology. But a greater danger lies within: Pierce (Chevy Chase), the socially obtuse moist-towelette magnate whose mix of paranoia and jealousy turns him against his friends, transforming him into the outright villain of the season. Meanwhile, the gang grapple with the sexual politics of charity, outer-space flight simulation, religious-epic filmmaking, mean girls, booze, Dungeons and Dragons, zombies, Balkan genocide, stop-motion Christmas specials, and a sequel to the first season's paintball episode that is almost as brilliant as the original. The entire cast (Chase, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, and Yvette Nicole Brown) is in top form, the guest appearances (ranging from Betty White to Josh Holloway from Lost) are smartly used, and the abundant DVD extras are all excellent. Community: The Complete Second Season is a pleasure from start to finish. --Bret Fetzer

Welcome Back For A Wild New Year At Greendale Community College, As The Study Group Faces Their Toughest Tests Yet... Why Would Bachelor-For-Life Jeff Winger (Joel Mchale) Pop The Big Question To Britta (Gillian Jacobs)? What Incites Innocent Annie (Alison Brie) To Chloroform A Janitor? Hey, Pierce (Chevy Chase)! Is Your Mom Really Still Alive In A Lava Lamp? Will Abed (Danny Pudi) Miss His Pulp Fiction Birthday For A Chance To Give Jeff His Own Version Of My Dinner With Andre? What Makes Troy (Donald Glover) Boldly Go For Levar Burton? Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) Is Expecting - But Who'S The Daddy? Is It Her Ex-Hubby (Guest Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner)? Or Ex-Spanish Teacher, Senior Chang (Ken Jeong)? Finally, Is That Really Betty White Rapping With Troy And Abed? All These Answers (And Much More) Are Found In The Hilarious, Guest Star-Filled Sophomore Season Of The Breakthrough Comedy Hit.