Group’s Dan Harmon Says One Episode Theme Felt ‘Cursed’ Throughout Manufacturing

It seems that their first try on the episode was in season 1. “We tried to do a really comparable one final season, wherein Jeff turns into the puppetmaster behind Troy’s new political profession — one which is introduced on by a rooster finger scarcity — and the desk learn for the script was so s***ty that we threw all the factor out,” Dan Harmon defined. The episode was rewritten to grow to be “Up to date American Poultry,” taking the identical rooster finger scarcity storyline and centering it round Jeff and Abed, not Jeff and Troy.

That episode’s one of many highlights of the primary season, primarily as a result of along with having one of many funniest and sharpest scripts, it additionally encompasses a genuinely fascinating have a look at each Abed and Jeff and the distinctive relationship the 2 share. We’re not used to seeing Jeff with out his management over the group, nor are we used to seeing Abed having everybody wrapped round his finger.

In the long run, Jeff and Abed discuss how they profit from one another: Jeff teaches Abed the way to be extra sociable, and Abed stops Jeff from getting too manipulative together with his social prowess. “Up to date American Poultry” understands that if you are going to make your A-plot round two characters’ relationship, it’s important to inform us one thing new and fascinating about them.

A season later, the writers took one other shot at a political-themed episode, and in Harmon’s personal phrases, “It was a fricking disaster. We ended up pulling collectively a good episode within the edit bay, however when you had been there for the method main as much as it, you’d say, ‘Holy crap, this story does not wish to be informed.'”