Modern Espionage

"Modern Espionage"
Community episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 11
Directed by	Rob Schrab
Written by	Mark Stegemann
Production code	611
Original air date	May 19, 2015
Running time	28 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Paget Brewster as Francesca "Frankie" Dart Keith David as Elroy Patashnik Kumail Nanjiani as Lapari Mitch Hurwitz as Koogler Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki David Neher as Todd Jacobson Dino Stamatopoulos as Starburns Steve Agee as David
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"Modern Espionage" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the television sitcom Community. It was written by Mark Stegemann, and directed by Rob Schrab. It is the 108th episode overall and was first released on Yahoo! Screen in the United States on May 19, 2015. The episode is the third "paintball episode" of the series after "Modern Warfare" (season one) and the two-part "A Fistful of Paintballs" / "For a Few Paintballs More" (season two).

Frankie's "Cleaner Greendale" initiative drives the school's paintball game underground as the group tries to discover the identity of a mysterious assassin.

"Modern Espionage" features spy-movie homages and tropes, in contrast to "Modern Warfare"'s action movie setting, "A Fistful of Paintballs"' western setting, and "For a Few Paintballs More"'s Star Wars setting. The group's codenames are references to actors who have portrayed Batman in film, television, and animation. Jeff mentions Robert Downey Jr. and Iron Man. Lapari mispronounces M. Night Shyamalan's name and gets corrected by Abed. Garrett mentions comedian Andy Kaufman. Koogler references Fight Club. Frankie quotes Joseph Campbell. The scene where Dean Pelton is attacked in the elevator is a nod to a similar scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a movie directed by Community producers/directors Joe and Anthony Russo.

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