Episode no. Season 1
Episode 13 Written by Jon Pollack
Tim Hobert | Directed by Joe Russo Production code 113 | |
Original air date January 14, 2010 (2010-01-14) | ||
"Investigative Journalism" is the 13th episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Community. It aired in the United States on NBC on January 14, 2010.
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Plot
The group returns from their winter break and realizes a new student named Buddy (Jack Black) has inserted himself into the study group. They must decide whether or not to allow him to stay. Meanwhile, Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) makes Jeff (Joel McHale) the new editor of the Greendale Gazette Journal, where Annie (Alison Brie) discovers a story about racial profiling in the school.
In the end tag, Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) are interviewed by Star-Burns (Dino Stamatopoulos) for possible membership in the "cool group". Pierce (Chevy Chase) shows up and berates them for their disloyalty. After they walk away Pierce asks if the group has decided on his own membership.
Owen Wilson makes a cameo at the end as part of a study group with Star-burns.
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Reception
Around 5.42 million Americans watched "Investigative Journalism".
Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club rated the episode A-, saying it was "yet another really great episode in a very consistent run the show's been on lately."