The second season of the television comedy series ''

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'' premiered on September 23, 2010 and concluded on May 12, 2011, on

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. The season consists of 24 episodes and aired on Thursdays at 8:00 pm ET as part of

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Cast

Starring

Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed i ...

as Jeff Winger *

Gillian Jacobs Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015) and Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Love'' (2016� ...

as Britta Perry *

Danny Pudi Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. His roles include Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in ...

Abed Nadir Abed Gubi Nadir ( ''‘Ābid al-Qūbī Nādir'') is a fictional character on the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom series '' Community'', created by Dan Harmon and portrayed by Danny Pudi. Talkative, literal, and sometimes overly pedantic, Abed is a st ...

Yvette Nicole Brown Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and host. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', as Dani in the 2015 version of ''The Odd Couple'' on CBS and as Dina Rose on the ABC sit ...

as Shirley Bennett *

Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), which won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She gained recognition fo ...

as Annie Edison *

Donald Glover Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American entertainer, writer, director, and producer. After working in Derrick Comedy while studying at New York University, Glove ...

as Troy Barnes *

Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...

as Ben Chang *

Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He became a key cast member in the first season of ''Saturday Night Live'', where his recurring ''Weekend Update'' segment became a staple of the ...

as Pierce Hawthorne

Recurring

Jim Rash James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Bes ...

as Dean Craig Pelton *

Richard Erdman Richard Erdman ( John Richard Erdmann; June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American character actor and occasional film and television director. He appeared in more than 160 films and television productions between 1944 and 2017, mostly in ...

as Leonard Briggs *

Dino Stamatopoulos Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros "Dino" Stamatopoulos (born December 14, 1964) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He has worked on TV programs such as ''Mr. Show'', '' TV Funhouse'', '' Mad TV'', '' The Dana Carvey Show'', ''Late Show wi ...

as Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne *

Erik Charles Nielsen Erik Charles Nielsen (born May 8, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. Early life Nielsen was born in West Sayville, New York. He is of Danish descent. Nielsen graduated from Palm Bay High School in 1999. While attending Boston University, ...

as Garrett Lambert *

John Oliver John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention ...

as Professor Ian Duncan *Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki Jacobson *

Charley Koontz Charley Koontz (born August 10, 1987) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his recurring role as the student nicknamed 'Fat' Neil on ''Community''. Early life, family and education Koontz was raised in the San Francis ...

as Neil *

Luke Youngblood Luke Youngblood (born 12 June 1986) is a British actor. He is known for playing Ben in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', young Simba in ''The Lion King'' at several London venues, Lee Jordan in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, and Magnitude on ...

as Magnitude * Jordan Black as City College Dean Spreck *

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series a ...

as Andre Bennett *

Greg Cromer George Gregory Cromer (born June 26, 1958), is an American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Slidell, Louisiana. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018. Educatio ...

as Rich Stephenson *

Betty White Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a television career spanning almost seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment indust ...

as June Bauer *

Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer. Known professionally as a comic, his first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential ...

as Helicopter Pilot/Tiny Man *

Kevin Corrigan Kevin Corrigan (born ) is an American character actor. He has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s, including as Uncle Eddie on the sitcom ''Grounded for Life'' (2001–2005). His film appearances include support ...

as Professor Sean Garrity

Guest stars

LeVar Burton Levar Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host, best known for playing Geordi La Forge in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994). He also played Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ''Root ...

as himself (" Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking") *

Drew Carey Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, he gained stardom in his own sitcom, ''The Drew Carey Show'', an ...

as Ted (" Accounting for Lawyers") *

Rob Corddry Robert William Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (2002–2006) and for his starring role in the film ''Hot Tub Time Machine''. He ...

as Alan Connor ("Accounting for Lawyers") *

Eliza Coupe Eliza Kate Coupe (born April 6, 1981) is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'', Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama '' ...

as Special Agent Robin Vohlers ("

Intro to Political Science "Intro to Political Science" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of ''Community''. It was originally aired on February 24, 2011 on NBC. In the episode, Dean Pelton decides to organize an election for campus president to welcome the a ...

") *

Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her act ...

as Meghan ("

Aerodynamics of Gender "Aerodynamics of Gender" is the seventh episode of the Community (season 2), second season of the American comedy television series ''Community (TV series), Community'', and the 32nd episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on ...

") *

Anthony Michael Hall Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in '' The Dead Zone'' from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with ...

as Mike ("

A Fistful of Paintballs "A Fistful of Paintballs" is the twenty-third and penultimate episode of the second season of ''Community''. It is part one of the two-part second-season finale, along with "For a Few Paintballs More", and is a spiritual successor to "Modern Warfa ...

") *

Josh Holloway Josh Lee Holloway (born July 20, 1969) is an American actor best known for his roles as James "Sawyer" Ford on the television show ''Lost'' and as Will Bowman on the science fiction drama ''Colony''. Most recently he had a recurring role in sea ...

as Black Rider ("A Fistful of Paintballs") *

Amber Lancaster Amber Leigh Lancaster (born September 19, 1980) is an American model, actress and interior designer. She is best known for playing Jenny Swanson on MTVs ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'', as well as being a model on ''The Price Is Right''. Early ...

as Christine ("

The Psychology of Letting Go "The Psychology of Letting Go" is the third episode of the second season of ''Community''. It was originally broadcast on October 7, 2010 on NBC. In the episode, Pierce's mom dies and the group is concerned about the way he's handling it. His de ...

") *

Brit Marling Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1982) is an American actress and screenwriter. She rose to prominence after starring in several films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, including ''Sound of My Voice'' (2011), ''Another Earth'' ...

as Page ("

Early 21st Century Romanticism "Early 21st Century Romanticism" is the fifteenth episode of the Community (season 2), second season of the American comedy television series ''Community (TV series), Community'' and the fortieth episode of the series overall. It aired in the Unit ...

") *

Jerry Minor Jerome Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Trigger Happy TV'', ''Delocated'', ''Brickleber ...

as Jerry the Janitor ("

For a Few Paintballs More "For a Few Paintballs More" is the twenty-fourth episode and part two of the two-part finale of the second season of ''Community''. The episode originally aired on May 12, 2011, on NBC. The episode is a continuation of " A Fistful of Paintballs", ...

") *

Tig Notaro Mathilde O'Callaghan "Tig" Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actress. She is known for her deadpan comedy. Her acclaimed album ''Live'' was nominated in 2014 for the Grammy Award for Be ...

as Bartender (" Mixology Certification") *

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

as Nurse Jackie ("The Psychology of Letting Go") * Maite Schwartz as Mariah ("Early 21st Century Romanticism") *

Stephen Tobolowsky Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American character actor. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in ''Groundhog Day'' and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in '' Memento'', as well as such television characters as ...

as Professor Sheffield (" Competitive Wine Tasting") * Paul F. Tompkins as Robert (" Mixology Certification") * Matt Walsh as Joshua ("Aerodynamics of Gender")

Episodes

Production

On March 5, 2010, NBC renewed ''Community'' for a second season. Guest stars in the second season of ''Community'' include

in the season premiere as June Bauer, an anthropology professor.

appeared in the second episode of the season as Ted, the boss from Jeff's old law firm, and

also appeared in the second episode as Alan, Jeff's best friend from his old law firm.

guest starred in the seventh episode as a "mean girl" who's a part of a clique that goes head-to-head with the Greendale study group. The second season featured a

stop-motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...

animated Christmas episode written by series creator

Dan Harmon Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast ''Harmontown ...

and

, who plays Star-Burns in the series. Harmon said, "There's a reason for it to be stop-motion animated, but it's not a dream. It still exists within the reality of the show." On November 3, 2010, NBC ordered 2 additional episodes for the second season, bringing it to a total of 24 episodes. The second-season finale was a two-part episode featuring

in a guest appearance. The episodes were a follow-up to the season one episode "

Modern Warfare Modern warfare is warfare that is in notable contrast with previous military concepts, methods, and technology, emphasizing how combatants must modernize to preserve their battle worthiness. As such, it is an evolving subject, seen different ...

" where the students partake in a campus paintball match. In the episode "Critical Film Studies", Abed mentions he traveled to Los Angeles to appear in a scene in the television series ''

Cougar Town ''Cougar Town'' is an American television sitcom that ran for 102 episodes over six seasons, from September 23, 2009, until March 31, 2015. The first three seasons aired on ABC, with the series moving to TBS for the remaining three seasons. ABC ...

''. In the second-season finale of ''Cougar Town'',

as Abed appears in the background of a scene. ''Cougar Town'' actors

Dan Byrd Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2004 film ''A Cinderella Story'', the 2006 remake of ''The Hills Have Eyes'', the 2010 films ''Easy A'' and '' Norman'', and the sitcoms ''Aliens in ...

and

Busy Philipps Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), ''Dawson's Creek'' (2001–2003), ''Love, Inc.'' (2005–2006) and '' ER'' ...

also appeared briefly in the background of a scene in second-season finale of ''Community''. ''Cougar Town'' creator Bill Lawrence explained, "They had Abed have a love of ''Cougar Town'', we had Travis have a love of ''Community'', and once we got wind of what they were having Abed say he experienced out here, we were going to try to find a way of Danny being a background character and essentially act that same thing out on our show." ''Community'' previously had an episode that featured several shout-outs to ''Cougar Town''. The mutual admiration between the two shows started as ''Cougar Town'' creators Bill Lawrence and

Kevin Biegel Kevin Biegel is a television writer/producer, the co-creator of ''Cougar Town'' and creator of '' Enlisted''.Kevin Biegel

became friends with ''Community'' creator

, and would often tweet each other. Also, ''Community'' executive producers

Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan are a television writing team who have worked on television comedies ''Family Guy'', '' Scrubs'', and ''Community''. Another project was the television pilot '' Nobody's Watching'', which they created and wrote wi ...

previously worked with Lawrence on ''

Scrubs Scrub(s) may refer to: * Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland * Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff * ''Scrubs'' (TV series), an American television program * Scrubs (occupation), also called "scrub tech," "scrub nurse," o ...

'' for several years.

Reception

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, the season has an approval rating of 100% with an average score of 8.9 out of 10 based on 18 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Community'' unfurls into a marvel of meta-madness in its sophomore season, artfully deconstructing sitcom tropes while repeatedly knocking its own emotional beats out of the park."

DVD release

The second season of ''Community'' was released on region 1 DVD on September 6, 2011, and on region 2 DVD on September 24, 2012. The DVD contains all 24 episodes on four discs plus special features, which include: *Commentary on every episode. Participants include creator

; cast members

Robert Smigel Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his ''Saturday Night Live'' " TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic D ...

and

; directors Anthony Russo, Joe Russo,

Anthony Hemingway Anthony Maurice Hemingway (born 1977) is an American television and film director. He has worked extensively in television, directing numerous episodes of ''CSI: NY'', '' Treme'', ''True Blood'' and '' Shameless'', among others. He has also direc ...

Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...

Duke Johnson Randy "Duke" Johnson Jr. (born September 23, 1993) is an American football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (77th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. ...

, Steven Sprung and Tristam Shapeero; writers Chris McKenna, Emily Cutler, Hilary Winston, Andy Bobrow, Adam Countee, Megan Ganz, Andrew Guest and Sona Panos; producers Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan and Jake Aust; and composer Ludwig Goransson. *Outtakes *Deleted scenes *"The Paintball Finale: From Script to Screen" featurette *"Creating Wonderland" featurette *"Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" Original Storyboard Animatic *"Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" In-Process Animatic *Season Two Cast Evaluations *DJ Steve Porter Remixes Season One

References

External links

* {{Community (TV series) Community (TV series) seasons 2010 American television seasons 2011 American television seasons