Wishful Thinking...

[Nutz]

Oh, the amount of tricks they missed... I totally agree that they could have got away with some weird-ass shit. With the old writing, anyway. I wouldn't trust them with a bit of mild cosplaying nowadays. My favourite episodes are the ones that are self-contained and don't involve "We're geeky losers, we need girls" angst, or, as it is now, "we're geeky losers, we've got girls now, oh what emotional whiplash, day in day out" angst. The show needs some escapism from itself.

I think the reason why I have taken a serious liking to Community lately is because of the fabulously executed AU/just plain surreal episodes:

• A labyrinth of blanket forts
  
• Spaghetti Western Paintball Tournaments. A FIST FULL OF PAINTBALLS. ORGASM.
  
• Zombie-making Taco Meat
  
• Bottle Episode
  
• Christmas Stop Motion Episode
  

Also A LOT of crossdressing. That's always a yes for me, providing said crossdresser pulls it off.
I can watch about 17 in a row and not get tired because some episodes are like a completely different show.
I could go on... I think I've got a crush on the whole show.

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The moments in TBBT where the characters have self-doubt are often a tad unsatisfying to me, as the characters still seem bothered by themselves at the end of the episode, e.g. when Penny shouts at Leonard about his Time Machine. Although she apologises and was just mad, I still get the impression that she'll never truly "get it" and that will perpetually bother Leonard. In Community there are moments when someone has a moment of self-doubt, but they are reassured, and so am I, that they are fine how they are. TBBT has become increasingly ambiguous with its message; I'm no longer sure whether they care about their characters or not.

True, but in the old episodes Penny said they have no shields you know like in Star Trek (when dealing with Alicia) she got the Napkin for Sheldon, maybe not understanding, but knowing he saw himself as Spock, and she stood up for Sheldon and his WOW things were stolen. She did have moments (maybe not in the time machine episode) where she maybe didn't completely understand, but it was enough that she supported them (unlike now)