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Season 4
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Feb 6, 2013
    91
    Still defiantly Community, still good and still uninterested in adding new viewers.
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Feb 7, 2013
    90
    Community is undimmed in its marvelously inventive wackiness. Trippy as ever as it continues to send up sitcom conventions with surreal zeal.
  3. RedEye
    Reviewed by: Curt Wagner
    Feb 6, 2013
    88
    The quirky campus comedy is as clever and edgy as ever.
  5. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Feb 7, 2013
    83
    Community is still kicking, with more gas and laughs than just about any other NBC sitcom.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    Feb 1, 2013
    83
    There are enough surreal, self-referential, and/or testicle-related jokes to have me signing up for at least a few more weeks of tutelage. [8 Feb 2013, p.69]
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  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Feb 5, 2013
    75
    Fans were rightly worried when Harmon was canned, but at least the first two shows of the new season follow his crazy-quilt template.
  8. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Chuck Barney
    Feb 5, 2013
    75
    Community can be too consciously zany at times and occasionally misses more than it hits. But from the early looks of things, it seems to be holding up just fine.
  9. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Mike Lechevallier
    Feb 5, 2013
    75
    Community has always been a series that wears its badge of snappy creativity proud, and it's fourth season doesn't shy away from that.
  10. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Jace Lacob
    May 30, 2013
    70
    As for the two episodes themselves, they are good, if perhaps missing the same levels of confidence that Community exhibited during its run thus far
  11. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Feb 7, 2013
    70
    This feels very much like the show I've been watching all along.
  12. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Feb 6, 2013
    70
    In the two episodes NBC sent for review, Port and Guarascio are respectful to what came before--possibly too respectful, but the desire to not rock the boat is understandable.
  13. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Feb 7, 2013
    67
    It feels like Port, Guarascio and the other writers decided to reverse-engineer the Harmon version of Community, but couldn’t quite manage without the missing ingredient of Harmon himself.

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#70 Best TV Season of 2013
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#54 Most Discussed TV Season of 2013

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 240 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 164 out of 240
  2. Mixed: 50 out of 240
  3. Negative: 26 out of 240
  1. Atr0s
    Feb 10, 2013
    4
    Since I saw the announcement of Dan Harmon's dismissal, I became very worried for this show's future. I was willing to give it a chanceSince I saw the announcement of Dan Harmon's dismissal, I became very worried for this show's future. I was willing to give it a chance though, since the writing department of the show is still the same and it has a grasp on what really moves this show. However, after seeing the first episode of the season 4, some of my worries turned out to be plausible.

    The show's old formula is still intact, full of cultural references like The Hunger Games, Muppet Babies, a spoof with laugh-track (which might got some people apprehensive at first sight) etc. However, the departure of Dan Harmon is very visible and now we know how important his work was, pushing everyone from the cast and staff to do what he thought it was good. His magic was to dump all sort of references in the episode and still manage to make it a cohesive story, taking liberty of squeezing out the best of every actor and actress there. All that seem lost in this episode. It felt like cobbled-up takes with the usual references but without anything to tie them together. The cast seemed lost, their talent unappreciated by the weak script they had to follow. Even Pierce, who's supposed to come up with a funny but outrageous bigotry every now and then was left out, his presence in the first episode being similar to a background prop.

    It hurts to see this show being so dull. When I heard we would have only 13 episodes I wished for more, now I'm seriously hoping it ends up fast enough. And if the show hits the bottom, I sincerely hope the new show runners David Guarascio and Moses Port never find a job in the TV again. You had it all, you could've even begged for Harmon's enlightenment but you tried and ruined it.    … Full Review »
  2. Mike_M
    Mar 26, 2013
    1
    This show has gone from great to insufferable with the loss of its creator, as much as it pains me to admit as a former fan.
    I've watched the    This show has gone from great to insufferable with the loss of its creator, as much as it pains me to admit as a former fan.
    I've watched the first 7 episodes of season 4, and I have nothing good to say about them.
    The magic is gone.    … Full Review »
  3. python2000
    Jan 11, 2013
    8
    Although Community Season 4 will certainly not be as good as Seasons 1 and 2, I'm sure it will still be an outstanding piece of television,Although Community Season 4 will certainly not be as good as Seasons 1 and 2, I'm sure it will still be an outstanding piece of television, and be superior to many other current TV programmes.… Full Review »
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