Community: The Complete Sixth Season

The sixth season of Community would be the show's last. The season was short, just thirteen episodes, and was saved by Yahoo after being canceled by NBC. There was more cast upheaval with Yvette Nicole Brown leaving the show (after Donald Glover and Chevy Chase's previous exits). Jonathan Banks, who was great in the prior season as Professor Hickey left the show to do Better Call Saul, and was definitely missed. The additions to the cast were Padget Brewster, who is a (mostly) straight-laced accountant brought in to keep the Dean from sending the school into bankruptcy, and Kieth David who plays the new IT guy for the school.For those who get the DVD set, there are definitely not as many extras as the prior season releases got. There are no commentary tracks on any episodes, but there is a gag reel, deleted scenes, a trivia game featuring members of the cast and crew, and a behind-the-scenes featurette titled Six Seasons And A Finale.Overall, the season is good, but not as good as it was in prior seasons, especially the first couple of seasons. I think the number of main cast members who left the show really hurt it, but the remaining cast members did do a good job. Because the show went from an over-the-air broadcast to streaming there is some swearing and more adult jokes than the show had while on NBC. And, the show had long abandoned the concept of the group being actual students. That said, if you were a fan of the prior seasons and hung in to get to the sixth season, this one is still worth checking out.

"Community" is by far my most favorite show! Season 6 was a miracle. It almost didn't get made. NBC canceled the show after season 5. Season 6 was made because Yahoo wanted to get into the streaming TV show game.Troy and Pierce left in previous seasons and do not return in this one. Also, Shirley is in two episodes, and only very briefly. Professor Hickey is not in season 6. I am guessing this is because the actor who portrays him, Jonathan Banks, went back to playing Mike in "Better Call Saul," the prequel to "Breaking Bad."Prof. Duncan, played by John Oliver, is not in this season, because John Oliver got his own show on HBO, which you can watch for free on youtube. It is called "Last Week Tonight."There are two new characters this season, and both are great. Frankie (played by Paget Brewster) is a serious character that is quite funny in her own way. She is hired to keep track of finances, and also to keep the Dean from ruining the school.Elroy (played by Keith David.. the voice of the Ken Burns films who narrated a Ken Burns parody in season 3 of "Community") is an older man who is hired to be the IT guy. He seems a bit awkward at times, but for the most part fits in well with the other characters. Like Frankie, he can be both serious and quite funny.The personalities of Jeff, Britta, Dean Pelton and Chang haven't changed (although Chang's personality did change quite a bit in season 2, and the Dean cross-dresses a lot less than in earlier seasons. I don't remember him cross-dressing at all in season 6, except once). Annie is at times less nice than she used to be, but otherwise is still endearing. Abed seems less lost than in season 5 after Troy left. He bonds well with Frankie in the first episode, and makes friends quickly with Elroy as well.Leonard, Todd, Neil, Vicki, Starburns and Garrett are still in the show. Which is good. Dave, a minor character from season 5, one of Jeff's students, is also in season 6.There are two new minor characters that are quite humorous... Britta's parents. They show up in several episodes. I wish they had been in previous seasons.There are some unpleasant moments in season 6 that surprised me. Also, there is a bit of profanity in several episodes, which you will not have heard in earlier seasons. And, some of the endings that are a "Community" trademark are depressing instead of funny.Despite these parts that I did not like, I loved almost all the episodes. The spirit of the show is definitely alive. Some of the season 6 episodes are among my all time favorites.. better than many episodes of previous seasons.The only episode I didn't care for much was the last one. It had some really good moments, but I felt it could have been written better. A lot better.Overall though, season 6 is awesome. I really like the new characters, and wish there were a lot more episodes!

Let's face it people, this is Community's final season (Yay? #SixSeasonsAndAMovie ?), and that's not to say the show hasn't had it's ups and downs. Clearly, the show being booted off of NBC and onto a 'media' newcomer (Yahoo) has given the whole show some difficulties. Therein lies the part of the problem - Buzz Hickey's, Shirley's, and Troy's absences are the strongest felt. There's almost no explanation for Hickey's absence (unless I missed something), Shirley is written off in an epilogue and Paget Brewster's character is introduced rather abruptly in S6E1.The DVD set comprises of two discs - DISC 1 has 7 of the 13 episodes, along with two deleted scenes and a 20-question trivia BTS thing someone did with the cast and crew. DISC 2 has the remaining 6 episodes, more deleted scenes, another BTS special (Six Seasons And A Finale), and the collective gag reel. There is no secondary audio track (meaning no cast/crew commentary) for the episodes.Compared to the other DVD sets (S1 - S5), S6 seems to be hastily cobbled together, and the crew are jumping ship (can't blame them ...). The DVD title cards are the same ones from the previous five DVD projects, along with the same little ditty, buttons, and other font-face mark-up. My personal guess is that there isn't going to be another release unless something happens down the road, so if you are willing to suck it up, you might as well get this set once you're okay with Amazon's price.Let me leave a little bit of a 'Winger-ism' with you --- This is life people. Things change, people move on. You deal with it as best you can, and you move on. Whether you buy this DVD set or not won't change who you are, but you'll know what you get. You just make sure what you get is worth the price you're paying.*drops mic*

What is there to say other than this is the end of one of the greatest US Sitcoms of the 21st century. Season 6 changes its tone as it moved from network television where it struggled for survival each and every year to Yahoo Screen, no longer was it restricted to 20 minutes, and it allowed Dan Harmon the freedom to really let loose without endless network interferences. This isn't the best series of community, that honour goes to seasons 1, 2, or 3, but it is endlessly rewatchable and the laughs will never cease but you will feel that prang of sadness when you get to the end of the season, and all you are left with is hopes for #amovie.

One of the funniest and quirkiest American tv comedies i’ve seen in many years, and season 6 is no different. It is different since the network switch and is painful knowing it’s the end, but nevertheless it’s Community all the same. The character development continues but the same ridiculous awkward and nerdy hilarity continues.

The show itself has unfortunately deteriorated since previous seasons; however, that is not to say that it is bad as the previous seasons created a very high bar for the show to live up to, this is still a very good show, despite being a little off at the start of the season, the bonds between characters was quickly brought back. Although it is not quite the same with three of the main characters having left the show, Yahoo! has managed to rekindle the essence of Community that has been loved by many fans in previous seasons.I pre-ordered this product and was pleased to see it arrive on the day it was released, loved watching it and the new characters, Frankie and Elroy, really bring a new light to the show.

A great final season from one of the best sitcoms in recent years. Sadly, it's not quite as good as previous seasons and the finale episode is so self-indulgent it's not funny. Still definitely worth seeing.Please, please, please release a full version of "Pillar of Garbage"!!!

I watched the DVD