Early 21st Century Romanticism

"Early 21st Century Romanticism"

Community episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 15

Directed by

Steven Sprung

Written by

Karey Dornetto

Production code

213

Original air date

February 10, 2011

Recurring/Guest appearances

Andy Dick as Tiny Man
John Oliver as Professor Duncan
Maite Schwartz as Mariah
Brit Marling as Page
Richard Erdman as Leonard
Dino Stamatopoulos as Star-Burns
Luke Youngblood as Magnitude
Cyrina Fiallo as Claire

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"Early 21st Century Romanticism" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community, and the 40th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on NBC on February 10, 2011. The episode revolves around the study group's various Valentine's Day plans: Abed and Troy ask the same girl to the dance; Britta goes on a date with a lesbian; Jeff is coerced into hosting a party.

The study group is concerned over Pierce (Chevy Chase)'s reckless pill usage and Annie (Alison Brie) suggests they stage an intervention. However, Jeff (Joel McHale) disagrees that they should take action, and insults the Barenaked Ladies. This leads to a fight between Jeff and the study group. Taking advantage of the newly free Jeff, Prof. Duncan gets Jeff to let him watch the Manchester United game at his house. Overhearing their plans, Chang shows up uninvited to Jeff's house. Duncan lets him in, then Chang invites more people to Jeff's. To Jeff's dismay, he finds that Chang had an ulterior motive for starting a party at Jeff's house—to move in indefinitely. He is ready to kick Chang out, but Duncan shows him that he is actually enjoying the party. Jeff reluctantly agrees to let Chang stay for a while.

Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) both fall for a librarian named Mariah. they ask her to choose one of them to escort her to the Valentine's Day dance. Because she doesn't know either of them very well, she agrees to go to the dance with both of them and decide which one of them to date. Once at the dance, Mariah is amicable with both of them, but chooses Troy as a romantic partner. When Troy asks her why she didn't choose Abed, he becomes upset to hear her call him "weird." He breaks it off with Mariah and returns to make up with Abed.

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