“Origins of Vampire Mythology” is a study on how
self-hatred can affect relationships. Throughout
the episode different relationships are stressed because of self-hatred. Jealousy drives a wedge between Jeff and
Shirley when Jeff spends $300 dollars at a carnival game because he is jealous
of the man running it. Pierce finds a
new friend in Chang until Chang, waiting for the friendship to fail, starts a
fight. Britta pines for an ex-boyfriend,
a carnie named Blade, until he’s nice to her (or so she thinks, it was really
Annie because she switched their phone numbers, you’ll have to watch to
understand). Is it any wonder the episode revolves around
the Blade movie which is about a half-vampire who hates vampires (an aspect of
himself) which leads to a lonely life of vampire slaying?
I actually have a critique for this episode that doesn’t
come up often with Community. The first
scene was really weak. The dialogue was
choppy and sometimes on the nose and it was kind of boring until the arrival of
The Dean dressed as a conductor because he’s recently into trains (oh, the
double entendre). After that the episode
got up to the normal quality, but I think the writers had a lot to set up in a
short time and the writing itself suffered, which is sad. This one qualm was not enough to ruin the
episode, though, it quickly bounced back and made a solid entry into the
series.
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