When I first heard about this show, I thought it would be dumb. People hanging out at a Community College? No, thanks. Then one day, I "accidentally" watched an episode while my roommates were binging it and I was hooked. The show centers around seven very different students who create a study group to do better in Spanish class, but (shockingly) end up as close friends. It's one of those shows where no matter how many times you watch it, you still notice new jokes and nuances you never noticed before. I will be honest, sometimes the show does go a little far, like with a multiple-episode storyline about a pillow and blanket fort civil war.

There are also the many paintball fight episodes that put all of the characters against one another. Not to mention "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" which won the show it's only Emmy for turning all the characters into an adorable stop-motion holiday cartoon. In another episode, the study group has to find out who the "ass-crack bandit" is. The crime is not what you’d think, the suspect puts coins in people's butt-cracks that are peaking out from the top of their pants when they bend over to pick something up (I'm giggling just writing this, but it's a real episode). Another memorable episode was when they play the "hot lava" game and get way too serious about trying to be the last one to touch the floor, and fall into hot lava (okay, I'll stop, you won’t believe the show is real, but seriously… just watch it).

The outrageous episodes are the best part about this show. The writers take big-risks and it ends in big pay-offs, making the show unlike any other comedy I've seen. On top of the great writing, it wouldn't do as well without the phenomenal cast. The actors put up with all of the off-the-walls plots and scripts and they do it without missing a beat. Even though the cast does change frequently throughout the seasons, they still continue to carry the story of a group of misfit friends just trying to survive community college.