Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
This episode surprised me. When it started out, I was cringing. The setup was just so wacky and contrived and it felt like another "off" episode… until it got kind of awesome.
Dean Pelton himself, Jim Rash, actually wrote this episode – the first time the Oscar-winner (for The Descendants) has taken on this task on Community. And kudos to him for taking a concept that could have really collapsed and making it work.
There were some ways in which this week's episode was similar to last week's, in that it involved a core scenario (last week, the gang keeping Cornwallis tied up; this week, a body switch) that were especially ridiculous. Last week's episode got stronger in the second half, even thought it never really sold the gang as all agreeing to, well, keeping a prisoner. But "Basic Human Anatomy" actually turned into something pretty great – both because, thank god, the body switch was never meant to be real, but also because there were so many solid laughs and, ultimately, poignant moments included.
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