Community: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Community Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Biology 101
Sep 22, 2011
As Jeff tries to keep Pierce from rejoining the study group, Dean Pelton faces off with Vice Dean Laybourne for control of Greendale.
Geography of Global Conflict
Sep 29, 2011
As Annie competes with an overachieving rival in a Model United Nations competition, Jeff wrestles with his feelings for his ambitious friend.
Competitive Ecology
Oct 6, 2011
The study group struggles to incorporate a fellow classmate while working on a project for Professor Kane's class.
Remedial Chaos Theory
Oct 13, 2011
When Jeff introduces an element of randomness into Troy and Abed's housewarming party, reality splits into six timelines.
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
Oct 27, 2011
When a personality test suggests that one group member is a homicidal maniac, they use a series of scary Halloween stories to expose the killer.
Advanced Gay
Nov 3, 2011
When a drag queen's song makes Hawthorne Wipes an iconic gay product, Pierce embraces it, until his homophobic dad shows up to squelch the idea.
Studies in Modern Movement
Nov 10, 2011
Annie has second thoughts about moving in with Troy and Abed once she realizes that they expect her to live in a blanket fort.
Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
Nov 17, 2011
As Dean Pelton films a new commercial for Greendale, the production takes a wild turn once he discovers that a famous alum has agreed to appear in it.
Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
Dec 1, 2011
When Shirley agrees to coach Jeff in foosball, they realize that she bullied him mercilessly when they were kids.
Regional Holiday Music
Dec 8, 2011
The study group is slowly convinced to fill in for the Glee Club at Greendale's Christmas pageant.
Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
Mar 15, 2012
When Shirley's remarriage to Andre threatens to put her dreams of starting a business with Pierce on hold, Britta steps in.
Contemporary Impressionists
Mar 22, 2012
The study group must work as celebrity impersonators at a bar mitzvah to pay off Abed's debt to a talent agency owner.
Digital Exploration of Interior Design (1)
Mar 29, 2012
When Britta falls for the human embodiment of the Subway sandwich chain, Shirley and Pierce hope to use the situation to their advantage.
Pillows and Blankets (2)
Apr 5, 2012
The students of Greendale are drawn into an epic pillow fight as Troy and Abed start a war that threatens to destroy their unique friendship.
Origins of Vampire Mythology
Apr 12, 2012
When a carnival comes to Greendale, Annie goes to great lengths to make sure that Britta doesn't contact her carnival worker ex-boyfriend.
Virtual Systems Analysis
Apr 19, 2012
After sending Troy and Britta on a date, Annie volunteers to keep Abed company in his Dreamatorium.
Basic Lupine Urology
Apr 26, 2012
When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.
Course Listing Unavailable
May 3, 2012
After a classmate suddenly dies, the study group decides to host a memorial, but Jeff turns his speech into an angry anti-Greendale rant.
Curriculum Unavailable
May 10, 2012
After Abed is caught trespassing at Greendale, he and his friends visit a psychiatrist.
Digital Estate Planning
May 17, 2012
Pierce and his closest friends are summoned to Hawthorne Labs to play a video game that will determine who will inherit his father's fortune.
The First Chang Dynasty
May 17, 2012
The study group stages an elaborate heist to break in to Greendale and free Dean Pelton from the clutches of Chang.
Introduction to Finality
May 17, 2012
Jeff agrees to represent Shirley in a case against Pierce to determine official ownership of their new sandwich shop.