Community (TV Series) Intro to Felt Surrogacy (2013) User Reviews

What's the hate about??

[bronsonhatch · 8/10 · 15 November 2021]

While yes, this episode is a little more experimental, that didn't stop me from finding it just as entertaining as any other episode. Some people were saying that the confessions "weren't that bad" but no one ever said that they had to be. This episode did feel somewhat refreshing and different making it more memorable to me. It's probably not for everyone but i certainly liked it.

Doesn't deserve all the hate!

[lylalexie · 8/10 · 17 August 2023]

I thought this episode was cleverly done annd very entertaining! It also had some real Community-style wit and dark comedy throughout. I don't believe it deserves the hate it has gotten (possibly due to viewers taking offense over Harmon's absence this season) and thoroughly enjoyed the puppet versions of each character.

I especially appreciated the puppet-ception of Chang's puppet whipping out an even smaller puppet in order to scream in frustration, and Britta telling Annie how soft her skin was; "almost like felt!" Dean Pelton's salacious comments regarding puppet Jeffrey were on point for his character and Shirley's singing stole the show!

Overall, while not one of the best episodes of Community to ever exist (that honor goes to episodes like "Remedial Chaos Theory", "App Development and Condiments", "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics", "Pillows and Blankets," and "Geothermal Escapism"), it's still one that I always look forward to when I rewatch the series. Don't let the negative reviews stop you from watching it!

Not sure about this one

[babkevich_andrey · 6/10 · 25 October 2020]

Puppet episode sounds cool, but characters and the plot are so rushed, it doesn't feel natural. Still it had some drama, good jokes and bittersweetness, but the tempo spoiled everything that could make the episode feel like a standard s1-3 one.

Better the 2nd way round

[stuff_er · 7/10 · 1 December 2020]

This is one of the episodes i remember despising the most watching s04 the 1st way round, I enjoyed it way more the 2nd way round but the problems it had the 1st time are still very much apparent. This episode is a perfect representation of the way this season made me feel, in paper, it should feel like community right? The use of puppets, getting out of the norm shenanigans, you know, just like Abed's uncontrollable christmas. But it wasn't the case, this episode just made me feel like how i felt the entire season, like it was trying to recreate what the 1st seasons had but to a very mediocre attempt. It was okay but thats just about it, the 1st seasons felt inventive and you can feel the creativity of the creator and writers behind it but this episode, like this season just felt like an imitation and that was it's number one flaw. I would rate this episode a 5 from how i felt before but now im gonna have to give it a 6.5 (made it a seven cause it's closer to a seven to me now than a 6)

Great episode, don't understand the hate

[journeyousglory · 10/10 · 5 August 2023]

Why do people feel the need to compare and come with expectations for what something needs to be?

If you appreciate this episode for what it is, it carries all of Community's best traits. A somewhat light-hearted foray into deeper, real-life topics. Character development. Random and well-inserted humor.

For those who might have missed the value in this episode, it's about the darker parts of us that we hide because we're afraid that we won't be accepted for them. It's about our individual "shadow"s, to coin Jung's term, and the shame that suppressing and not acknowledging them feeds, and the liberation we feel when we do acknowledge and own them.

We are only as whole as the extent that we acknowledge our rejected parts.

Someone had to say something

[n8hale · 9/10 · 22 April 2020]

I don't know if this is such a low rated episode because of the season 4 haters or what but I thought this episode was so funny! Maybe it's because I've always thought Muppet humor is hilarious and this episode reminded me of it for obvious reasons! The cast can't sing very well, but you better believe I got emotional at the campfire song they sang about their secrets. This is one of the only episodes that felt like normal Community to me. At times it felt a little forced, but overall I enjoyed it!

Community Intro to Felt Surrogacy

[dalydj-918-255175 · 12 April 2013]

Community has been quite mixed this season and while for most of the season so far I have been negative but last week's episode I found myself liking a lot and for the second straight week in a four I liked an episode of the show. The puppet piece was a great thing for the show and they were used so great especially when the show handled musical numbers once again and it's always great to hear the cast members of the show actually having good singing voices. The episode was comedic and I must say Sara Bareilles was a random person to be interacting with the puppets since she is one of those singers who I recognize for some strange reason. The writing was strong and all the characters were used well especially with Kevin not being used except for one line as I really have a problem with that character. The episode was all about puppet fun especially when they went on their adventure.

EPISODE GRADE: B (MVP: Yvette Nicole Brown)

My god

[uberholly · 2/10 · 31 July 2020]

This was absolutely the worst episode ever. I kept waiting for a turn, but then they started singing with irony. Words fail me.

Better the second time 'round

[KrionZed · 9/10 · 8 June 2020]

I felt mixed about this episode the first time I saw it. However, I really enjoyed it the second time 'round, especially having binged the whole series. I think I came to appreciate it more as a character development/character bonding episode than a meant-to-be-funny episode. All in all, it feels like a very succinct, purposeful episode with good writing and warm moments that aren't overly saccharine.

Puppets and singing...

[daisyisabaker · 2/10 · 5 February 2021]

None of their "Confessions" were even that bad. They all acted like a bunch of embarrassed 12 year olds. I was expecting them to have actually done something terrible, but the "secrets" were really BORING.

Honestly, I loved it!

[mvong-90502 · 10/10 · 2 April 2022]

I'm not sure that I understand the backlash about this episode; I honestly thought it was one of their best, aside from the awesome paintball episodes. But seriously if you have watched the show up to this episode, Certainly by now you have learned to not take the show too seriously. I mean come on, there are so many plot holes in the show, So many things that make no sense in the real world, but that is not what the show is about. This show touches on two things. First, on finding that place where you feel like you belong. Most of us, I am sure, have come to a time in our lives whether it's when we're younger or older, where we feel we don't belong, we feel left out, we feel alone. And this show presents us with an array of quirky characters that you just can't help but love. No, I don't love every episode, there have been a few that halfway through I'm like, "Nope, next." But mostly I have come to appreciate how this crazy bunch of people seem to care about each other. Their crazy antics is the other thing that the show does really well, it's silly, it's funny, it has people who are not embarrassed to embrace their true inner self, and so I feel like this show is doing what it's supposed to. It makes us laugh, it gives us time away from the every day stresses of life, pulling us in, making us feel as if we are part of the community. What else could you ask for? If you want more than that, then I'm not sure why you are here... How did you make it to season four, if this episode bothered you that much?

Say What you want about Season 4 but...

[gaeljrodriguezhndz · 8/10 · 1 February 2021]

I found this episode quite hilarious and entertaining and it's definitely in my top 10 favorite episodes of Community

Reflections on Intro to Felt Surrogacy

[safenoe · 8/10 · 22 February 2022]

I watched season 4 after the original run so really I came into season 4 being exposed to much internet vitriol towards season 4 because it was Harmon-less. Okay, I get it but season 4 wasn't as bad as some in the Community community made it out to be. Sure season 4 isn't really for the Harmonites but in some ways some of season 4 resembled the early episodes of season 1 finding its feet.

I was astonished that a youtube video spent 20 long minutes explaining why season 4 was Community's downfall, with Intro to Felt Surrogacy and the puppets and all as exhibit A. Really? Did anyone put the boots into Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (claymation) or Digital Estate Planning (computer game)?

Intro to Felt Surrogacy is worthy for sure.