TV Recaps Reviews

Jeff and Britta are hanging at the Greendale cafeteria when three high school teens torment them about why they are so old and at college, they want to avoid making their same mistakes. Jeff tries to ignore the brats while Britta takes it personally.

In study group Pierce plays his guitar badly as the group cringes. Abed picks up Pierce’s guitar and smashes it on the table, then references his Quintessential College Experience bucket list and the movie Animal House. Jeff approves of the movie reference. Troy offers to help Abed with his bucket list and Abed promptly pants Troy. When Troy pants Abed back, Abed thanks him because it is one more item to cross off his bucket list. Pierce gets into the swing of things by pantsing Shirley, which horrifies the study group and upsets Shirley. Pierce refuses to apologize to Shirley and she threatens to leave the group. The study group sides with Shirley and kicks Pierce out of the group.

The campus brats appear in the cafeteria to taunt Jeff and Britta again, calling them “Schmitty” and acting very immature in the process. Pierce informs Jeff and Britta that “Schmitty” means “loser”. Britta spots the campus brats getting picked up by one of the teens mom’s who happens to be a vodka soaked MILF type.

At study group, everyone starts turning on each other because their usual foil Pierce is not present. The group realizes quickly they need Pierce back in the group as their scapegoat or chaos will ensue. The group creates a plan whereby Pierce apologizes to Shirley. When Pierce sits next to another African American woman on a bench instead of sitting next to Shirley and starts apologizing to the wrong person, Shirley quits the group.

Pierce and Shirley end up sitting near each other in the campus library. They trade barbs then start talking talking about how immature the kids in the study group are and what an influence they both would be to them if they rejoined the group. Pierce tells Shirley he has always admired her and they mend their friendship.

Britta devises a plan to have Jeff seduce the lead campus brat kid’s mom to get back at them. Jeff hits on the leader’s mom who falls for Jeff until the kids and mom realizes what Jeff is up to and the campus brats egg Jeff and Britta on with taunts of “DUH!”. A major “DUH!” yelling contest between the brats and Jeff and Britta takes over the cafeteria.

Pierce and Shirley see how badly Jeff and Britta are being defeated by the young brats “DUH’s!” and decide to pants the brats, who stand stunned and embarrassed while everyone else laughs at them. Jeff and Britta are victorious and taunt the campus brats as they start to leave as sore losers. Suddenly someone throws a piece of food and Abed screams “food fight!”, reminiscent of Animal House. The cafeteria erupts in a major food fight, bringing one more item off Abed’s bucket list.