Advanced Gay
| "Advanced Gay" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Joe Russo |
| Written by | Matt Murray |
| Production code | 306 |
| Original air date | November 3, 2011 |
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"Advanced Gay" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American television series Community. It aired originally on November 3, 2011 on NBC.
In the episode, Pierce decides to market Hawthorne Wipes to the gay community, only to be stopped by his homophobic father. This draws the ire of Jeff, who inadvertently exposes his own "daddy issues". Meanwhile, Troy is recruited by Greendale's secret air conditioning repair school.
The episode was written by Matt Murray and directed by Joe Russo. It received mixed critical reviews.
A video ("Pocket Full of Hawthornes") by drag queen Miss Urbana Champaign (Shangela Laquifa Wadley) devoted to Hawthorne Wipes has made the product popular among the gay community. Pierce decides to cash in on its popularity by launching a new line of wipes—Hawthorne's Pride Wipes—in "Greendale's First Annual Gay Bash". While plans for the party get underway, Pierce's dad, Cornelius (Larry Cedar), arrives and cancels the event. Cornelius displays deeply racist and homophobic attitudes and wears an ivory toupée.
Jeff (Joel McHale), who grew up resenting his father's absence, is clearly affected by Pierce's submission to Cornelius and decides to help Pierce go ahead with the party. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) thinks Pierce and Jeff have Oedipal complex, although she constantly mispronounces it as "edible complex". Pierce is initially resistant to disobeying his father, but relents after receiving a warm welcome from the people at the party. Midway through the party, Cornelius shows up. Out of fear, Pierce declares Hawthorne Wipes a "straights-only" product, much to the disgust of the gay people at the event. While they jeer at him, Pierce collapses, faking a heart attack. At the hospital where Pierce is being treated, Jeff lays into Cornelius with an impassioned rant seemingly directed at his own absent father. Cornelius himself suffers a heart attack and dies.
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