Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Joel McHale | ... | Jeff Winger | |
Gillian Jacobs | ... | Britta Perry | |
Danny Pudi | ... | Abed Nadir | |
Yvette Nicole Brown | ... | Shirley Bennett | |
Alison Brie | ... | Annie Edison | |
Donald Glover | ... | Troy Barnes | |
Jim Rash | ... | Dean Pelton | |
Ken Jeong | ... | Ben Chang (credit only) | |
Chevy Chase | ... | Pierce Hawthorne | |
John Goodman | ... | Vice Dean Laybourne | |
Travis Schuldt | ... | Subway | |
Richard Erdman | ... | Leonard | |
James M. Connor | ... | Subway Rep (as James Michael Connor) | |
Dan Bakkedahl | ... | AC Repairman | |
Dino Stamatopoulos | ... | Star-Burns |
Shirley and Pierce recruit Britta to sabotage the new Subway restaurant in the cafeteria. Jeff finds a hate-letter in the school locker he never realized he had. Troy and Abed begin constructing a pillow fort, but thanks to some outside manipulation Troy splits off to build his own blanket fort. Written by The TV Archaeologist
An episode that rails against the inhumanity of corporations taking over people's lives... while probably making a few bucks in corporate advertising dollars at the same time... how "meta" is that? Very, if "meta" is now a euphemism for "hypocritical".
Shirley/Pierce/Britta/'Subway' storyline: A
Jeff/'Kim' storyline: B-
Abed/Troy 'pillow/blanket-fort' storyline: B
Overall episode grade: 86%