S02E21 · SCENE 5/20 · 03:08

Dark year debate begins

The group argues about whether the past year has been dark or positive.

03:08→05:02
in the episode · 1m 54s · S02E21

What happens

03:08–05:02

Britta tries to focus on positives but others list dark events: Pierce's painkillers, Shirley's baby, Chang in the group, Abed's Christmas breakdown. Abed imagines a candy cane forest.

WhereStudy room
DriverBritta
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadSelfish acts debate

Key lines

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04:08

Yay. Let's find Santa some more.

04:22

Scan your mainframe for some juicy memories.

04:39

Exhibit A, the one thing I do remember from Halloween.

04:48

You need some help in there? Yeah, well, I can't use my hands in this costume, so...

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Beats

03:33Britta says focus on positives.
04:00Abed imagines candy cane forest.

Scene in the episode

03:08–05:02
A · Secret sex exposed
B · Selfish acts debate
C · Dean's costumes mocked

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Community S02E21 Annie and Jeff Pierce and Abed Romance Montage · randomd00dx
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Community - How many vents are you gonna crawl out of this year? [S2E21- Paradigms of Human Memory] · Rhys Wiland
Community Jeff Winger Speech · Troy Barnes
Examples Of Each Community Member Being Chaotic | Community · Community
Reminiscing On 'Good' Memories | Community · Community
Community - Dean Pelton's Cartoon · Investiali

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Jeff Winger16 episodes · drives 702 scenes
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Britta Perry16 episodes · drives 194 scenes
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Abed Nadir12 episodes · drives 277 scenes
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Shirley Bennett12 episodes · drives 70 scenes
TB
Troy Barnes10 episodes · drives 155 scenes
AE
Annie Edison14 episodes · drives 204 scenes
PH
Pierce Hawthorne23 episodes · drives 173 scenes

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