S4E6
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
As the campus strives to get to the bottom of Chang’s memory loss, Dean Pelton enlists the group to help secure a grant for further medical research and Abed films the activities for a documentary. Jeff, however, suspects there is more to Chang’s memory loss than meets the eye.
Our Take
The mockumentary format gives Abed a natural excuse to narrate, and Ken Jeong clearly has fun playing “sincere” Chang for once. But the Jeff conspiracy subplot spins its wheels, and the whole thing feels like a paint-by-numbers version of the show’s earlier high-concept episodes. A few solid laughs, just not enough of them.