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'Community': EP Dan Harmon reveals where Jeff and Annie's finale kiss will lead
"Community" fans were whipped into a frenzy when Jeff (played by Joel McHale) and Annie (Allison Brie) passionately kissed in the Season 1 finale. Even Brie, who's fully aware of the gravity of the situation, tells us she was struck by the fan response.
So, when Zap2it had a chance to speak with series creator, Dan Harmon, we had to ask him where that kiss will lead.
"Is it a spoiler if I say nowhere?" he asks as we nod yes!
According to Harmon, romance will never be that straightforward in "Community." He tells us that he designed the group, so that they would knock into each other plot-wise in infinite ways.
But, Jeff and Annie's finale kiss was also a nod to fans who had been sensing the chemistry all season. So, as to do away with the constant "will they or won't they" thing other shows have done (and done well, acknowledges Harmon), he just made it happen. He did the same thing by having Jeff and Britta kiss in Episode 2.
"I like ['The Office's'] Jim and Pam, too, but we're not going to try and be them," he explains. "We're going to do this weird thing. I just like to undercut that stuff. Not to be subversive, not to say screw you to the audience, but just to send the message that it's a new show. It's a different show. It's a different way of looking at relationships. So, the Annie-Jeff finale was doing a similar thing."
He does give one caveat about the aftermath of Jeff and Annie's kiss in Season 2: "It will continue to be the source of a lot of energy for any two characters to stumble into each other like that."
Take that as you will, "Community" fans!
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I just want to know whats going to happen with Britta
Thank God. I feel no room for romance in this show. If inter-group dating begins it's all over.
I kinda liked how the episode ended, but I can see not wanting to throw romance right into the show. It does kinda bum me out though. I hope they don't completely ignore their chemistry, and hopefully later on there will be more development, since it looks like it's not gonna happen now.
I admit I'm a big fan of Jeff & Annie as a couple, but I wouldn't want that right away. Love that Dan doesn't view Community as a "relationship" show, because neither do I. But I appreciate that it sounds like (from his last comment) he's not going to ignore their chemistry, either. Go Dan, Go Community!
Uh, this post needs to be corrected Britta and Jeff kiss at the end of episode 3. Britta was helping Jeff "seize the day" to impress his teacher.
And I agree with Harmon, I see Community as kinda like Seinfeld where there are no inner group romantic relationships (even though there is known history that there used to be one). I think that having a couple of them pair off would somewhat ruin the dynamics of the group; which is why I suspect nothing came of Annie's huge thing for Troy.
I'm a fan of Annie getting fired from the show and having to do porn to pay her bills.