The best Community of the season, but a rare clunker from Parks and Rec.
Community - "Basic Human Anatomy"
Now this was even better than the puppet episode. Body switching is a common movie trope that I'm surprised they hadn't used before. What this episode did better than what most of the season has done is actually work on the characters. We know that the body switching isn't real, and so do all the characters, but there's a reason they're going through with the bit. For Troy, it's his way of coping with wanting to break up with Britta, but not knowing how, and for Abed, it's a way for him to support his friend in a time of need. For the Dean, it's his way of being closer to the man he adores by imitating him, and easily the comedic side to the episode to balance out all the feels of the breakup story. All the imitations were spot on, and Jeff and Britta did a wonderful job playing along when they realized exactly what was going on. I haven't hated the season, but the show is a shadow of it's former self. This at least showed that there can still be greatness.
Parks and Recreation - "Swing Vote"
I don't say this very often, that was not a very good episode of Parks and Recreation. I've enjoyed Jamm throughout the season, but I just don't buy Leslie trying so hard to please him, and just to save a mini-golf course. While I liked having Ron and Leslie at odds when they were fighting about the "bailout," this just didn't feel nearly as well thought out. It also probably didn't help that "Bailout" wasn't that long ago. The other stories didn't fare much better. I kind of hate Mona Lisa, which is sad because I love Jean-Ralphio. Her brand of psycho worked for an episode, but it's become tiresome. Andy being reunited with Mouse Rat was the best part of the episode. I liked how it acknowledged that Andy has matured some, but not enough to ditch being in a band.
The Office - "Paper Airplane"
That last scene is the reason I'm still watching this show. With all the stupidness surrounding Andy, we can still get wonderfully emotional moments like when Pam hugs Jim back. The desperation of that hug was so well played by Krasinski, and Fischer's initial reluctance giving way to acceptance, great work all around. It was the perfect way to cap off any episode that the two of them were trying, but not really succeeding, at reconciliation. I'm just really glad that it seems the two of them will be back to good terms without anymore Brian the sound guy interactions. The rest of the episode ranged from alright (the paper airplane contest) to downright bad (Andy, as per usual). The intriguing part of the paper airplane plot was the interactions between Dwight and Angela. It seems that they are setting them up to get back together again, which I think would be a good thing.
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