Studies in Modern Movement
| "Studies in Modern Movement" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Tristram Shapeero |
| Written by | Adam Countee |
| Production code | 307 |
| Original air date | November 10, 2011 |
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"Studies in Modern Movement" is the seventh episode of the third season of the American sitcom Community. It was originally broadcast on November 10, 2011, on NBC.
In the episode, the study group helps Annie move in with Troy and Abed. Annie is worried about living with Troy and Abed's "manchildren" antics. Meanwhile, Britta and Shirley lock horns over religion and morality, while Jeff is forced to spend the day with Dean Pelton.
The episode was written by Adam Countee and directed by Tristram Shapeero.
Annie (Alison Brie) is moving in with Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi). The rest of the study group have decided to help her move, except Jeff (Joel McHale), who pretends to be ill and concocts an elaborate plan while shopping for clothes to fool Britta (Gillian Jacobs). While packing at Annie's old apartment, Britta warns Annie that being roommates with Troy and Abed will not be easy, because the reasons she legitimately adores them will become the reasons she will despise them in living together. Troy and Abed wear special T-shirts with a Twitter hashtag—#AnniesMove—for the occasion, and are live-tweeting the event.
Troy and Abed's childish antics (including using all of Annie's packing tape to tape Troy on the toilet door) start to annoy Annie, but she tries to play along. Troy damages the apartment's electrical outlet, and Pierce (Chevy Chase) offers to help her fix it before her landlord comes. Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) is concerned that Annie's "cohabitation" with Troy and Abed will lead to her moral decay. Britta brushes her off by slamming her religious uptightness.
While shopping, Jeff runs into Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash). "Craig" knows that Jeff is avoiding helping Annie move from Troy and Abed's tweets, and blackmails Jeff into spending the day with him. Jeff reluctantly has lunch with him at a Mexican restaurant and joins him in a green screen karaoke session singing "Kiss from a Rose" in matching outfits. He even appears to be enjoying himself after the song is finished, but the Dean then lets it slip that their accidental run-in, and day together, only happened because he read Jeff's Greendale e-mails, and Jeff becomes violently outraged.
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