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- sarahwilk24
- Aug 1, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 16
1,506 pieces | MOC: C6322
Assembled by Mike Alfare, June 2025
Interaction Rating: 3 / 5 (interaction with the set is okay, but only with help from an adult)
Premise: Jeff Winger is disbarred and suspended from his law firm when it is discovered that he lied about having a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. To earn a legitimate degree, he enrolls at Greendale Community College. He quickly becomes attracted to his classmate, social activist Britta Perry, and pretends to run a study group to spend time with her. Britta invites classmate Abed Nadir, a socially awkward and pop culture-obsessed student, who in turn brings along other classmates: religious single mother Shirley Bennett; naïve overachiever Annie Edison; former high school football star Troy Barnes; and bigoted, elderly millionaire Pierce Hawthorne. Despite their differences, the group's members soon become close friends.
Favorite Moments: The couple enjoys the running bit in the show of having college-wide blanket fort and paintball competitions, which get very serious (and thankfully don't happen at the same time). The show also has creative episodes where all the characters appear in Claymation, for example, or are all in an 8-bit RPG (role-playing game). The couple's favorite episode is "The Darkest Timeline," where the same scene plays out differently in multiple alternate timelines, all tied to the number rolled on a die during a game they're playing at a dinner party. The darkest timeline is the scenario where one of the characters gets shot and dies, the apartment catches on fire, one character gets institutionalized, one becomes an alcoholic, and two of the characters turn genuinely evil. The couple often jokes that they are living in the darkest timeline as the chaos of the world swells around them. Sarah also loves the episode where the gang gets lost in Pierce's mansion on Halloween, trying to find the red notebook that contains the code to open the panic room, which Pierce has locked himself in. Meanwhile, a shadowy figure keeps popping up. It has a very "Scooby-Doo mystery" vibe that is amusing.
Significance of the Set: The couple found a MOC (my own creation) version of the study room at Greendale where the gang is often seen gathering (and occasionally studying). It becomes a running bit in the show that no other students ever get to use the room because it belongs to their group. The set also includes other scenes, such as Shirley's baked goods shop that she opens on campus, a pillow fort, and Dean Pelton's office.
Where It's Streaming: Peacock; the finale aired in 2015.
Reason They Watched: Sarah had seen some of the show before and thought Hunter would enjoy the humor. They experienced it together and agree with the rest of the internet that the show wasn't the same after Donald Glover left.
