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Drunk calls. If you are a college student, you have most likely been the recipient or instigator of a call to a person of the opposite sex in an inebriated state. People will say their true feelings bluntly, however, there is an understanding that these things won’t be remembered in the morning.

Unfortunately, there are times when you leave drunk messages which really come back to haunt you.  Such was the case in this week’s episode of Community in which Britta makes a drunken call to Jeff.  Playing this message for her completely changes the dynamics of the relationship. Britta initially blocked all of Jeff attempts at romance but recently she has begun to have her own romantic inclinations towards him. The message put all of this in the open.

Jeff has the upper hand in the relationship, but he doesn’t want to destroy the playful banter of their interactions. How to fix it? Abed and Jeff decide to get completely plastered and make a call to Britta so it will re-balance things.  In a montage involving alcohol, dancing and a pizza deliveryman, the two achieve their goals, but they can’t remember what Jeff said in his two conversations with Britta and his girlfriend, Michelle.

The hilarity ensues at the Valentines Day dance where Jeff discovers that he called Michelle but hung up when it wasn’t Britta. Suspicious, Michelle gives him the cold shoulder while Britta arrives at the dance saying that she was so flattered that he had invited her to the dance.

In regular Community fashion, the cast of characters at dance is absurd. Professor Chang dresses up like “Beat It” Michael Jackson and dances with Pierce and Troy who have been forced to wear light fitting ladies pant suits after lying in Spanish class about having girlfriends.  The awkwardness of the love triangle is assuaged by the ridiculousness of the dance.

This episode proves to me once again that Community has hit its stride. The new comedy has established the relationship dynamics that provide for an intoxicating comedy.