"If You Have Friends, You Have Family" | Community

[@yes_on_air]

This is one of the best moments between Jeff and Pierce. Sometimes these moments shine brighter than the Troy and Abed ones. I know, sounds crazy, but often they are more relatable the older you get.

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

Best pierce season 1

[@WiloPolis03]

Pierce and Jeff moments are always sweet because it forces them to be nice and to learn to understand each other. Unlike, for example, Pierce and Shirley (I still really like that pairing) where they already get each other and get along great as a result, other than the time Shirley staged a hypercapitalist dystopia and forced Jeff to assist in inciting a coup de atat reviewlution on the bourgmeowsie.

[@tranayborah7219]

The wholesomeness of the show was streets ahead

[@FTChomp9980]

Coined and Minted.

[@annabeatrizdossantoslucena]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@chaosdragon7778]

@@FTChomp9980 Been there, coined that

[@Thomperfan]

Mostly in season 1.

[@BarryOkanagan]

I have never once watched Glee but Jeff saying "I hate it, I don't understand the appeal at all" is one of my favorite line from the entire show. The delivery is so good!

[@nituldeshptha99]

what makes it even funnier is that Harmon just put in a few jokes about Glee being terrible because he was jealous of them!

[@KentrYT]

I wish we had more Pierce character development in this direction than turning him into a villain in later seasons.

[@MusikCassette]

later seasons? Pierce was a villain at least since season 2 arguably bevor that.

[@notapplicable6985]

​@@MusikCassettethis clip was from season 1

[@RaymondJiang444]

The way Jeff says "I don't understand" is so much like the way Troy says it when he sees Britta get switched by his Nana lmao

[@idanlewenhoff2295]

Lol yeah

[@0megaFan]

God I really miss season 1 Pierce. He wasn't a great person but he wasn't the walking problem starter that he would later become, one of my favorite scenes is when he gives Jeff advice in the pottery episode. Later on I see no reason why they would want to still be friends with him but early in the show it made sense to some degree.

[@zenorus3526]

I miss this Pierce. The bumbling old man with nuggets of wisdom. ''She earned it.'' Says so much about him.

[@timeimp]

Seeing Amber just treat her step-dad like that seems so cruel. On the flip side, her experience was probably not the best and anyone whose focused enough to just get the money - best of luck to ya! Season 1 Pierce yet again shines in this clip. That, and "somewhere to hang up his hat" are probably top five Pierce moments in the entire series.

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

Community made fun about Glee all the time, and I love it

[@samdustinchris]

Yeah they gave it a thrashing

[@brandonr2906]

Apparently they filmed very near each other, to the point where the Community folks could hear the music. I'm sure that inspired a lot of this.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

I think it was sour grapes. _Glee_ was a smash hit from the get-go (including its various soundtracks) while _Community_ struggled in the ratings and was always in danger of being canceled. Also, the Emmys (aka TV Oscars) fully embraced _Glee,_ which was nominated multiple times throughout it six seasons (winning several awards) while _Community_ received a measly four nods in total and not a single win. People aren't kidding when they state that _Community_ was severely underrated.

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

Pierce was best in season 1. Literally the wisest of the group. I understand why chevy felt the writing is bad in later seasons. He turned into a caricature!

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

I think he was at his best in the first two seasons. Three sort of lost the thread in regards to him and four was a gas leak year so... you know.

[@Ken-df8cp]

I understand that Dan and Chevy had difficulties working together but they could've at least stayed professional and maintained Pierce' role as the crazy grandfather of the group instead of a villain.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

@@Ken-df8cp Chevy has a history of being difficult to work with and sort of taking over. And Dan Harmon is pretty well known for refusing to alter his vision of anything which is what puts him at odds with studios. I think it was inevitable that they'd clash.

[@Ken-df8cp]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 it's like when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object. It's a shame, really.

[@kyobomusudv2249]

I think it was kind of a feedback loop. Chevy being difficult to work with led to the writers pushing him into a more villainous role, which then led back to Chevy not liking the direction of his character and getting worse. Or at least, that's what I've heard.

[@WJen8]

As much as Pierce had his issues, he was just enough of a father figure as needed for Jeff, whom is pretty self-sufficient but never had a proper dad. Interesting dynamic that worked out.

[@ViniciusVZR]

I do love those Jeff and Pierce moments. Yeah, he was super crazy on the last seasons but Pierce was a good character Family sometimes is complicated

[@cullermann2]

I gotta admit, imagining Abed calling pierce and telling him that a squirrel stole his hotdog is just such a wholesome and funny idea. I wish they had included that conversation somewhere

[@jkta97]

Or made that a plot point of one of their episodes. Pierce and Abed didn't have any storylines together.

[@Ciro2cool]

something about the way elders say your full name that always gets to me @ 01:45 chevy said so much with just that delivery alone

[@FiveOnAFriday]

Why couldn't we have had this Pierce? It feels like such a waste.

[@samdustinchris]

I’m paraphrasing, but, He was grumpy and his character began to reflect how Dan and the writers felt about him. It’s too bad because he still acted the hell out of his part.

[@usmanqureshi8941]

Dan Harmon sacrificed his characters to make parodies and get laughs. Although I think despite there beef, Chevy had respect for him. He walked out when Dan wasn't there

[@d34db0r3d]

Even season 3 had its wholesome Pierce moments though. Season 4 turned him into an impersonation of himself with only his worst qualities.

[@TheAstronomer100]

Season 4 still had a couple really genuine pierce moments. Like the barber shop and the Susan b Hawkins dance

[@usmanqureshi8941]

@@TheAstronomer100 I genuinely liked the dance moment for sure

[@naterksmr]

"We always watched the shows *she* wanted to watch!" I had no idea that was so common. My ex was the same way.

[@ajax_galaxy1701b]

Greendale community college...when you're here, you're family

[@Joe.Gibbons]

Cut to the characters all eating at Olive Garden as jaunty Italian music plays- 😂

[@indianajones4321]

One of the best Pierce and Jeff moments

[@meannvicious21]

We always use to watch the shows SHE wanted to watch 😆

[@muadibadder3345]

Pierce rlly has his moments tho

[@antoniolugo37]

I see this and I understand why Chevy Chase was upset with the direction his character took in the following seasons

[@Rolbell]

Agreed. I can’t defend some of his comments and outbursts, but they really Britta’d Pierce’s character arc.

[@roydekock656]

Cool. Cool cool cool

[@FTChomp9980]

Troy and Abed in the morning!

[@roydekock656]

@@FTChomp9980 *and Annie

[@burnbobquist8999]

"I hate Glee" damn right in the feels. :D

[@1personiam]

You hate glee? How do you expect to make Regionals with that kinda talk Jeff

[@vasyan123]

I thought this was regionals.

[@lokir9959]

What the hell are regionals? They never stop talking about it

[@9nikola]

How can you hate glee? It literally means "glee"!

[@debrachambers1304]

Abed's dad and the Who's The Boss? professor were both in Glee

[@jamorant8849]

Best Pierce is season1 Pierce bro became a cartoon character after that

[@marvdatboi]

6 seasons and a movie

[@sulaimankhuhro8717]

God I love this moment so much

[@annabeatrizdossantoslucena]

"I hate Glee. I don't understand the appeal."

[@henok]

i feel so vindicated when jeff says" I really heat Glee" god, i heat Glee!!!

[@TheSaintFrenzy]

Put the first D and D episode back on NETFLIX.

[@Wubsy96]

"When you have friends, you have family." Is this foreshadowing a potential Community and Fast & Furious crossover?

[@Rolbell]

Or maybe Community and Olive Garden?

[@MusikCassette]

in moments like this you forget for a moment, that you hate Pierce.

[@SilverStarlight5555]

'I hate Glee!' -cries-

[@diplomatt22]

Song in the background?

[@diplomatt22]

Dave Smallen, I think it's getting better. Look at me, talking to myself.

[@mstrikesback168]

If only he got her Chubby Hubby ice cream

[@chatzzz9063]

I wanna cry

[@AnirudhPsychPixel]

I miss equilibriumgaming or whatever. Where you at bro? Are we at day 365 or not?

[@example2844]

I feel like they missed a massive trick with Jeff and Pierce, I feel like Pierce was a bit too problematic with his humour, in a family guy or South Park kind of way, which isn't a bad thing, by any means, but I feel like they could have made these guys the underrated friendship of the show, these guys getting along all the time, make Pierce the dad that Jeff never had, but at the same they're genuine buddies who enjoy scotch and give each other deep advice, (though its a completely different genre) like Rick and Hershel from TWD

[@justinnyugen7015]

I miss season 1 Pierce before he became Chevy Chase

[@Pelztheo]

Ich wünschte ich hätte Freunde oder ein Person den ich als meinen Vater oder Mutter betrachten kann😧😨

[@Sarsenwood]

In about three seasons, this wonder, wise, quirky old man...well, spoilers. We know what he does. What happened to that character?

[@RoboBoomStick]

I guess I don't have family then.

[@Salazar52]

Man they butchered Pierce's character after S1...

[@alanpedro9664]

I also hate glee. Thats all :)

[@endcast2070]

6 seasons and a movie