Community: The Complete Third Season

I would rank this season as slightly weaker than the last two but this season has the greatest standout episodes of the series"

-Episode which parodies and pays homage to Dungeons and Dragons culture.
-There is an episodic arc which is portrayed in a style of a Ken Burns Documentary.
-Episode which is set in a video game universe.
-Now famous episode which explores different alternate timelines, an idea which is explored later throughout the season.
-The episode where Subway, the sponsor of the school (and of the show) is literally represented by a human entity to provide advertising for the brand.
-and the always wonderful Christmas episode, which parodies the Glee format.

Characters and their relationships with each other are fleshed out (especially Abed).
There is more of a 3-way dynamic with the Annie, Troy and Abed characters as Annie moves in with her eccentric friends. Troy has to choose a career or friendship. Abed has to deal with his dark thoughts and dark alter-ego.
Pierce is coming to terms with a death in the family that partly relinquishes his duty and past discriminations.
Shirley's relationship with her ex-husband comes to a new conclusion/beginning. She tries to develop a working relationship with Pierce and finds a lost connection with Jeff Winger.
Britta is constantly trying to figure out what kind of person she is. She screws up all the time but at least she is actually trying.
Jeff who is always experiencing emotional growth throughout the series, is also figuring out where he stands as a human being and what the group really means to him.

Some awesome guest stars include Michael K. Williams (most known as Omar from the Wire), John Goodman (most known from awesome), Taran Killam (from Saturday Night Live), Michael Ironside (awesome), Luis Guzmán as himself.

There are 3 dvds instead of the 4 from last season due to less episodes.

There is great commentary on ALL episodes and all the main cast members, writers and Dan Harmon appear on at least a couple if not all commentary tracks EXCEPT Chevy Chase. It is evident and often alluded that Chevy Chase does not get along with anybody on the cast and crew. Chevy seems to have a lot in common with his character alter-ego Pierce Hawthorne. On the other hand, he would probably ruin the commentaries too. Dan Harmon tries to give a lot of insight when he is on the commentary while most of the cast mates try to remember what they we're doing recall humorous stories.

Outtakes are included and can be pretty raunchy at times. The ever hilarious duo of Danny Pudi and Donald Glover provide the best ad-libs (and outtakes). Chevy Chase is just-not-funny as an ad-libber. He is pretty un-hilarious overall. The writing cover ups this fact, but you get a sense (and sources say explicitly) that Chevy does not get the sense of humor of the series and is often at odds with the producers and writers.)

[4 stars]. Buy the DVDs. Buy the swag. But most importantly convince others to watch or dvr the show as it airs. This brilliant show is always in danger of getting cancelled while a failing NBC is trying to find viewership. Don't let this be another Firefly, cut down before it's potential was realized.

The best season yet, if you're a fan you need this set. The commentaries alone are worth the price of admission.

The show has a great sense of humour and the group dynamic of the actors is phenomenal. Arrived on time and in perfect condition.