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 "I attack them using my...addition notes." -Troy Barnes A student at Greendale, Neil (Charley Koontz), is known as Fat Neil.  Everyone calls him that, which causes Neil to become depressed.  Surprisingly, the only person who seems to notice is Jeff (Joel McHale), who begins spending time with Neil and feigns an interest in Neil's favorite pastime, Dungeons & Dragons.  Neil ends up giving Jeff all of his Dungeons & Dragons books and claims he won't need them anymore, which causes Jeff and Annie (Alison Brie) to worry that Neil might attempt suicide.  Jeff and Annie gather, Troy (Donald Glover), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Abed (Danny Pudi), and Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and they decide to play a game of Dungeons & Dragons with Neil to try and cheer him up.  They realize Chang (Ken Jeong) was in their planning session the entire time, but decide to not address it and let him play.  Pierce (Chevy Chase) isn't invited to play, but was secretl...

 "Well, that answers my question.  Jeff Winger is sexy even in a coffin." -Dean Pelton "Celebrity Pharmacology" picks up with Annie (Alison Brie) getting the rest of the study group to be in her play about drug awareness.  They agree to be in the play and start rehearsing, but none are overly enthused about being in the show.  Pierce (Chevy Chase) is especially upset because he doesn't have any lines, but is playing Drugs. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) complains to Jeff (Joel McHale) about a guy she is seeing who texts her too much and she doesn't like flirting over text.  Later, when Britta isn't in the room, her phone gets a message from someone named Marcus (Justin Marco).  Jeff decides to help Britta out by flirting with Marcus for her, but Abed (Danny Pudi) tells him that it's a bad idea. Pierce tries to get Annie to give him more lines in the play, but she brushes him off.  Later, he notices her collecting cans from garbage cans around campus.  He...

 "Whiskey for the pain." -Millie When Millie (Alison Brie) gets a job teaching in a small town, she and her boyfriend, Tim (Dave Franco), move away from the big city, even though Tim is very reluctant to do so.  As the two grapple with their new home and their relationship is tested, the pair go for a fateful hike in the woods and discover something that will forever change them. What Works: I think Together is a film that would have worked with pretty much any two actors in the lead roles, as long as they had chemistry with one another, but Alison Brie and Dave Franco bring this to another level because the actors are married in real life.  They add a level of authenticity and intimacy to these characters and their relationship.  They elevate this movie to a degree I can't overstate, which makes it so much easier for them to bring you along on this disgusting journey. This is a body horror movie, a genre I love because if you're going to make a body horror movie, th...

 "I agree with brown Jamie Lee Curtis." -Jeff Winger "Asian Population Studies" picks up with the start of spring semester and the group returning to Greendale.  Annie (Alison Brie) alludes to making a connection with a guy while volunteering on a river clean up team, but doesn't want to talk about who he is.  Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) reveals she has gotten back together with her ex-husband, Andre (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), but nobody else wants to talk about it.  Chang (Ken Jeong) reveals he has been there the entire time hiding on top of a bookcase.  He demands entry into the study group, which Jeff (Joel McHale) denies, so Chang asks them to sleep on it. In Anthropology class, Troy (Donald Glover) accidentally lets it slip to Pierce (Chevy Chase) that Shirley and Chang slept together on Halloween.  Troy swears Pierce to secrecy.  Professor Duncan (John Oliver) arrives and reveals he is now sober and intends to make Anthropology an actual class thi...

 "Nostalgia is overrated." -Julie James A group of friends accidentally cause a death on the cliffside roads of Southport, North Carolina and agree to keep their involvement secret.  One year later, the friends all return home to encounter a murderous fisherman who knows their secret.  They decide to reach out to the survivors of the 1997 massacre; Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.), to solve the mystery and stay off of the fisherman's hook. Spoilers below.  This movie sucks and is actually the worst in the series.  I can't explain why without going into details.  Avoid this movie at all costs. What Works: This legacy sequel has one and only one redeeming quality and that is the talent of the legacy actors.  Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are both talented actors.  They are both given some bad dialogue, but they do their best to make it work and succeed in some cases.  Plus we get a cameo from...

 "The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning.  And it can mean whatever we want." -Abed Nadir "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" picks up with the study group discussing their plans for Christmas.  Abed (Danny Pudi) reveals that while he is Muslim, he's always enjoyed Christmas and knows that this year's Christmas must be very special because everything is stop motion animated.  This alarms the rest of the group.  Abed suggests they all commit to the format and he breaks out in a Christmas song while jumping across cars in the parking lot, which results in him getting tazed by security. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and Jeff (Joel McHale) take Abed to Professor Duncan (John Oliver), who plots to use Abed's psychological break for his own gain.  Abed refuses therapy, even if it means getting kicked out of Greendale. Later, Britta texts Abed to go to the study room to find the meaning of Christmas, which Abed believes will allow everythin...