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"Probably less than a minute has passed in the space-and-time-warp of Abed&amp;#x27;s Imaginarium--but the rest of us have had to sit and miss Community in real time since last May. Now that the beloved Greendale-set comedy is mere hours away from returning--tonight, 8 pm, NBC--there&amp;#x27;s a few things you need to know. In case your memory&amp;#x27;s foggy--our last outing with the crew was huge, emotional and partially animated. The show&amp;#x27;s supersized finale (here&amp;#x27;s our full recap) wrapped in both the gang&amp;#x27;s avatar versions of themselves AND Chang&amp;#x27;s dictator-themed bee-day celebration. It was a Community idiosyncrasy explosion that made the paintball days of yore look as basic as Guys With Kids (sorry, Guys With Kids). There were minuteman outfits and rave-dancing, and both Shirley and Abed had facial hair. But what stood out the most storywise was Jeff Winger&amp;#x27;s end-of-ep revelation: he vowed to help others more instead of himself, which represented major growth for this pomade caddy of a man. According to these first-look pics, everyone&amp;#x27;s getting along well. Maybe too well. Jeff and Britta dancing? Jeff and the Dean dancing? Shirley and Chang playing cat&amp;#x27;s cradle? Annie high-fiving Annie&amp;#x27;s Boobs? Did John Goodman pump peace-gas into the HVAC system or something? What&amp;#x27;s going on here? From here on out, things might feel a little different. Show creator Dan Harmon departed the show after season three (low ratings, creative differences with the network, etc.). Then, in November, Chevy Chase followed him out the door. That whole story remains murkier--if you want to go with Joel McHale&amp;#x27;s version of the story as told to Howard Stern, Chevy was a slur-hurling nightmare. Yikes. He&amp;#x27;ll still appear in the first few eps. You need to watch it. I can&amp;#x27;t stress this enough--if you pined for Greendale these last nine months, sit down and watch the show. Its ratings have always burdened it with an uphill battle to stay on the schedule. You may remember that it&amp;#x27;s been shoved around plenty already this year--before even airing. So if you love it, show it you care. Because there&amp;#x27;s something else working against it this year... Donald Glover already has another job. And it&amp;#x27;s a good one. 30 Rock producer Matt Hubbard penned a comedy pilot for Donald to star in, and NBC is super excited about it. If that goes forward, it could be the nail in Community&amp;#x27;s coffin--unless the show truly starts soaring. Oh, I ended on a sad note! I&amp;#x27;m sorry. Here&amp;#x27;s a happy GIF to cheer you up: Source There we go. Will you be watching tonight? Photo: NBC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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