"COMMUNITY - THE OTHER IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LETTING GO"
FADE IN:
INT. GREENDALE: CAMPUS LIBRARY OUTSIDE THE STUDY ROOM-
Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir sit on a chair together. Abed takes the center seat position, while Troy rests on the arm. Together, they are reading a comic book: "Crimson Comet VS. The Ever-Growing Hamster. They are engrossed in its glossy pages.
Ivy Reeds walks by. She passes the pair but then backtracks. She looks at the comic book.
IVY
You read The Crimson Comet?
ABED
Yes. She's one of the best new superheroes. I have all the issues.
TROY
She's great! Even though she's, you know, a girl.
IVY
What does being a girl have to with it?
TROY
You sound like Britta.
IVY
She's the one with the leather jackets, right?
ABED
You're in our anthropology class.
IVY
Yeah. I'm Ivy.
ABED
I know.
IVY
Um..Anyway. I just was surprised by the comic. Um. Bye.
Ivy starts to walk away, but Abed calls after her.
ABED
Do you read the comic books?
Ivy stops.
IVY
I mean, I have.
ABED
Do you like them?
IVY
No.
Ivy walks away. Troy and Abed look at each other.
TROY
That girl is crazy.
INT. GREENDALE STUDY ROOM - LATER THAT DAY
Troy and Abed sit in their usual spots in the study room. Jeff and Britta are with them.
TROY
And then she goes "No." Can you believe that?
JEFF
Yes.
BRITTA
So, she doesn't like a comic book, what's the big deal? I don't read comic books. You still like me.
ABED
But she's read them and doesn't like them.
TROY
These are the best comic books.
ABED
Well, the best superhero independent comic books. Outside of the Marvel and DC universe.
Jeff and Britta exchange a look.
ABED (CONT'D)
Why are you looking at each other like that? What does that look mean?
JEFF
Which one of you likes her?
TROY
Like her? I think we should ostracize her. She's in our anthropology class.
JEFF
Then hasn't she suffered enough?
BRITTA
Which one is she?
ABED
Ivy
BRITTA
And Ivy is...
ABED
Curly brown hair. Sits in the back. Smells like vanilla and coconut. Sometimes. It depends on which perfume she uses.
BRITTA
You know what she smells like?
Annie Edison walks into the study room.
ABED
I know what everyone smells like. Annie smells like Japanese Cherry Blossoms. Shirley smells like Lavender. You smell like...herbs. Sometimes.
Annie takes her seat.
ANNIE
Why are we talking about smelling people?
JEFF
Abed and Troy are upset because some girl said she didn't like their comic book.
ANNIE
And...
JEFF
That's it.
BRITTA
What do you know about Ivy from Anthropology?
ANNIE
The costumer? She helps out with costumes for plays sometimes.
BRITTA
And?
ANNIE
That's it. She's kind of quiet.
Shirley Bennett and Pierce Hawthorne enter, arguing.
SHIRLEY
That is no way to talk to a woman - especially a good Christian woman.
PIERCE
Aw, c'mon. It was just a question. People ask each other all the time. Hey Britta, do the carpets match the drapes?
BRITTA
Pierce! That's disgusting.
Pierce and Shirley take the respective seats. Shirley inches her chair closer to Annie.
ANNIE
Pierce! That is so disrespectful.
JEFF
Wait! Pierce, do you know what that means or did you just hear Leonard say it?
PIERCE
Ha! Of course, I know what it means.
JEFF
What does it mean then?
PIERCE
It's asking a woman if she's a good homemaker.
ANNIE
You think it's about interior design?
PIERCE
Pssh. No. I think it's asking if a woman keeps a good home. That's why I asked Shirley because she's a mother and she bakes a lot.
The group all looks at one another. No one says anything.
SHIRLEY
What were we all talking about before Pierce and I entered?
ABED
Ivy Reeds.
PIERCE
I dated a girl named Reeds once. Flight attendant. She welcomed me to the mile high club. I know what that means. Airplane sex.
TROY
Nice.
Troy and Pierce fist bump, while Annie and Shirley scrunch up their noses.
ANNIE
She's a girl in our anthropology class. She didn't like Troy and Abed's comic book.
PIERCE
Now, what does that mean?
JEFF
Can we please talk about anything else?
INT. LUNCHROOM - THE NEXT DAY
Professor Ian Duncan is using the power of his restraining order to push Ben Chang out of the lunchroom. As Ben Chang runs to leave, he knocks into Ivy Reed and sends her books flying. Abed Nadir appears and picks them up before she can bend down.
IVY
Does this make me Mary Jane?
ABED
Because that was fast. Like the scene in Spiderman.
IVY
Good comic book. Bad movie.
ABED
Which one?
IVY
Haven't seen one that I have liked yet.
Abed hands Ivy her books. She takes them.
IVY (CONT'D)
Thanks.
ABED
You know a lot about comic books.
IVY
After high school, I took two years off and worked at a comic store.
ABED
Which one?
IVY
Larry's Dungeon
ABED
They're out of business.
IVY
So here I am. I mean, I probably would have been here anyway. It wasn't my dream or anything, but it was a push in this direction. What lead you here?
ABED
Frozen yogurt.
IVY
Of course... Well, thanks.
Ivy exits. Abed watches her go. Troy comes up.
TROY
Was she insulting the comic books again?
ABED
No.
TROY
I think we should get a restraining order. Like Duncan's doing to Chang.
ABED
I have to go.
Abed exits. Troy looks confused.
EXT. THE GREENDALE QUAD
Britta Perry and Annie Edison are wrestling in oil and collecting money to help clean up an oil spill. Troy and Abed stand together, watching. Ivy comes up to them.
TROY
What do you want?
IVY
Thanks for the note.
ABED
What note?
Ivy pulls a note from her pocket. Abed reads it aloud.
ABED (CONT'D)
"You have bad taste in comics. You are dumb. - A secret not admirer"
Abed looks to Troy, who looks away.
ABED (CONT'D)
I didn't write this.
Ivy pulls a comic book in clear plastic wrapping from her bag: "The Crimson Comet: The First Flight." There is a signature on the cover "A.A. Author."
IVY
It's an olive branch. I got it from the comic place when I worked there.
ABED
I thought you didn't like the comics.
IVY
I was going to sell it online. If it ever mattered, but it seems like it matters to you.
TROY
Was the author there?
IVY
No. She doesn't do interviews.
ABED
She has a secret identity. Like a superhero.
IVY
Right...Anyway, that's for you two. Please stop sending me notes. Bye.
Ivy exits hastily - clearly embarrassed.
TROY
I guess we can cancel the restraining order.
Troy looks to Duncan and Chang, standing near one another.
TROY (CONT'D)
It doesn't look like it works anyway.
Abed looks down at the comic in his hand.
ABED
She just gave that to me.
TROY
Yeah. Isn't it cool? Can I touch it?
ABED
We shouldn't take it out of the packaging.
Troy looks defeated.
ABED (CONT'D)
At least not by a pile of oil.
Troy perks up.