I found "Community" to be disappointing, for the same reason I found Arrested Development to be disappointing: These serials either 1) evolve (Arrested), or 2) out-of-the-gate commence to be (Community) a sort of vehicle for characters to ply their skills at fleshing out unidimensional characters bouncing about in an ever-rarifying narrative void.

The problem, for me, is that I'm too used to enjoying the strength of clear, overarching narrative integrity, e.g., "Breaking Bad", or--using the example of feature film--early Fellini or Coen Bros. Letting clearly talented actors and actresses interminably free-style their ways through a loosely-knit agglomeration of story elements and character motivations will never float my boat.

To further illustrate my point, consider "Glee": To my mind, it inhabits a middle space between the best and worst that a serial can achieve. It sort of smells like a vehicle project, but retains enough narrative pathos and genuine human potential exploration--and, in the case of "Glee", significant musical production labors-of-love--to simmer along nicely and keep the interest colorful *and* natural. Heck, "Glee" is done well enough that it even manages to make a person want to suspend disbelief and enjoy watching a bunch of campus losers develop into a professional-sounding musical group! Anyway, I sort of had high hopes for Community. But, after 3 episodes, I got the picture. On the off-chance that the person reading this may feel that three viewings is "judging a book by its cover," let me remind you that the pilot (*one* viewing) is fully expected to be the standard by which a series is _supposed to be_ judged! They're lucky to have gotten three installments worth of indulgence out of me!

Did they hire good writers half-way through the first Season? The second? Bully for them!

P.S.: The stars I gave, I gave for the raw acting moxy. Everything else is missing, and so are those other stars.