4x08 Herstory of Dance

Notes

Abed: "I've been making a conscious effort to get away from filtering everything through TV. I figured it's time I showed some growth. It's been three and a half seasons... Is what the old me would have said."

Shirley: "There's no reason we can't both help Abed find someone. Why don't we each pick a girl and then let Abed decide, instead of making it a competition."
Abed: "That's exactly a competition."
Annie: "So it is."
Shirley: "Only for the loser."

Kat: "Super duper Mister Cooper!"
[She makes an okay hand and clicks mouth. Abed does the same. She takes out a retractable scooter.]
Abed: "Nice."

Kevin: "Hi, I'm Kevin. Apparently I'm your DJ tonight. Uh," [Laughing.] "I really don't know what I'm doing, so... If you have a request, please be specific. I have Changnesia."

Rachel: "Can I help you?"

• Omg, Brie Larson

Troy: "Britta, we're running low on chips. Here's what I'm thinking. I go over to the Sadie Hawkins dance as the snack inspector"

• Omg, Troy so desperate for hijinks

Abed: "So this thing's turning out to be a little tougher than I thought. You wanna help?"
Rachel: "I'd like to, but I've still got like 1200 pages left in this Bible. Yes, of course I would."
Abed: "Cool. Cool, cool, cool."

Rachel: "If this were a movie, this would be the part where we kiss."
Abed: "You're right. Except we're doing a sitcom trope, so it'd be totally out of place."

• Abed just rejected Brie Larson ;-;
• Damn, the real singer showed up

Jeff: "Well, she was acting crazy."
Pierce: "Yeah, but what choice did she have? You make fun of her, you use her name as a synonym for screwing up. Cut her some slack, Jeff. She helped you reconcile with your dad. For Pete's sake, let her be happy."

Review
How did this episode slip into this tragic season? Season 4 started so terribly I was ready to skip it altogether but this episode makes me wanna finish it. Such a fun and wholesome episode that really captures the earnestness and heart from the previous three seasons. I hope we get more of this later on!