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The Best Episodes of Community Season 4

Every episode of Community Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Community Season 4!

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Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Community Season 4 Episode 12 - Heroic Origins
    8.1/10(4315 votes)

    S4:E12

    Abed's research into the study group's history uncovers an overlooked series of chance encounters that led each of them to Greendale.

    Directors:Victor Nelli, Jr.
    Writers:Maggie Bandur, Annie Mebane, Stephen Basilone

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  2. Community Season 4 Episode 11 - Basic Human Anatomy
    7.9/10(4024 votes)

    S4:E11

    When Annie and Shirley learn that Leonard is actually holding the spot as the class valedictorian, they join forces to bring him down.

    Director:Beth McCarthy-Miller
    Writer:Jim Rash

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  3. Community Season 4 Episode 8 - Herstory of Dance
    7.8/10(4168 votes)

    S4:E8

    Jeff sets out to embarrass Britta when she announces a dance for women's empowerment. Abed dreams of shuttling between two dates in one night.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Jack Kukoda

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  4. Community Season 4 Episode 13 - Advanced Introduction to Finality
    7.6/10(4099 votes)

    S4:E13

    A plan to celebrate Jeff's early graduation is unexpectedly disrupted by the study group's evil doppelgangers from the Darkest Timeline.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Megan Ganz

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  5. Community Season 4 Episode 2 - Paranormal Parentage
    7.5/10(4229 votes)

    S4:E2

    On the way to a Halloween party, the study group must free Pierce from his panic room and slowly comes to suspect that his mansion is haunted.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Megan Ganz

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  6. Community Season 4 Episode 10 - Intro to Knots
    7.5/10(3888 votes)

    S4:E10

    Jeff organizes a lovely holiday gathering at his apartment, but Annie secretly invites Professor Cornwallis to get in his good graces.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Andy Bobrow

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  7. Community Season 4 Episode 5 - Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations
    7.4/10(4008 votes)

    S4:E5

    Britta joins Jeff to see his estranged father on Thanksgiving. Shirley invites the rest of the group to spend the holiday with her judgmental in-laws.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writers:Annie Mebane, Stephen Basilone

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  8. Community Season 4 Episode 6 - Advanced Documentary Filmmaking
    7.4/10(3885 votes)

    S4:E6

    Greendale comes together to get to the bottom of Chang's amnesia, which Abed films as a documentary. Jeff, however, suspects Chang is faking it.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writer:Hunter Covington

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  9. Community Season 4 Episode 3 - Conventions of Space and Time
    7.2/10(4163 votes)

    S4:E3

    Troy worries about losing Abed to a fellow Inspector Spacetime fan at a convention for the show, while Annie fantasizes about being married to Jeff.

    Director:Michael Patrick Jann
    Writer:Maggie Bandur

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  10. Community Season 4 Episode 1 - History 101
    7.1/10(4585 votes)

    S4:E1

    As Jeff competes for spots in an overbooked 'History of Ice Cream' class, Abed copes with the looming end of their time at Greendale by retreating into a surreal mental 'happy place', while Annie and Shirley engage in school-wide pranks.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Andy Bobrow

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  11. Community Season 4 Episode 4 - Alternative History of the German Invasion
    7.0/10(3969 votes)

    S4:E4

    The study group contends with a group of German students who take over the study room. Chang makes his return to campus.

    Director:Steven K. Tsuchida
    Writer:Ben Wexler

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  12. Community Season 4 Episode 9 - Intro to Felt Surrogacy
    6.8/10(4580 votes)

    S4:E9

    Dean Pelton prompts the study group to use puppets to relive the traumatic events of a recent adventure.

    Director:Tristram Shapeero
    Writer:Gene Hong

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  13. Community Season 4 Episode 7 - Economics of Marine Biology
    6.6/10(3939 votes)

    S4:E7

    Dean Pelton enlists the study group to beautify the campus to woo a wealthy student to Greendale. A class on teaching P.E. pits Shirley against Troy.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Tim Saccardo

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Heroic Origins" is the best rated episode of "Community" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 4315 votes. Directed by Victor Nelli, Jr. and written by Maggie Bandur, Annie Mebane, Stephen Basilone, it aired on 5/2/2013. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Basic Human Anatomy".