After a video presentation that likened the renewal of Community for its 5th season to the return of McRibs, Twinkies and "classic" Coke, Dan Harmon took the stage in an Iron Man costume. Once freed of it by Jim Rash and Danny Pudi, he channeled Tony Stark and, tongue firmly planted in cheek, announced that he had risen "like a phoenix rising from the ashes of unemployment." But once he was back to being Dan Harmon, he assured the thousands of rabid fans assembled in Hall H that he felt a tremendous amount of pressure to deliver a great show. Even though he doesn't consider Season 5's 13 episodes to be the last episodes of the series, he does consider them "the most important."
Though vague on specifics, Harmon said that the first few episodes of Season 5 will be spent re-grounding the characters and getting back to "emotional basics." "Who likes their characters dimensionalized?" he joked, fearing that his talk of "organic storytelling" was boring the crowd. He did reveal that there would be an animated episode, and a planned sequel to the classic Season 2 installment, "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons." He also mused that entrepreneur Shirley might be the perfect character for him to use in terms of his recent tumultuous experiences in the business world. A fan question about what they'd like to see their characters do prompted Brown to suggest we meet Shirley's once-mentioned sister, saying Sherri Shepherd would be perfect as they are always being mistaken for one another.
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