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"Geothermal Escapism" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of ''Community'', and the 89th episode overall in the series. It originally aired on January 23, 2014 on NBC; and was written by Tim Saccardo and directed by Joe Russo. This is also the last episode of the season to feature Donald Glover as Troy Barnes, who left the show for other career commitments. The episode also featured a cameo appearance from LeVar Burton, who last appeared in the second season episode "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking"; his appearance was received positively by critics. In this episode, as Troy Barnes prepares to leave Greendale for a year-long sailing trip in order to attain Pierce Hawthorne's (Chevy Chase) reward from his will, Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) organizes a campus-wide game of "The Floor is Lava," which grows surprisingly competitive when Abed reveals the prize: a comic book worth $50,000. While the game progresses, Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) tries to convince the study group — specifically Abed — to appropriately cope with Troy's leaving other than another campus-wide competition, and she enlists Professor Buzz Hickey (Jonathan Banks) to help her. Commentators applauded the episode, specifically Abed's role in trying to cope with Troy's impending departure; however, some were critical of the episode's theme and the show's dependency on concept episodes. Upon airing, the episode attained 3.02 million viewers and an 18-49 rating of 1.1,〔 placing fifth in its timeslot and thirteenth for the night among primetime television.〔 ==Plot== Troy Barnes (Donald Glover) is prepared to now enjoy his last day at Greendale before setting out on a sailing trip around the world as set forth by Pierce Hawthorne's (Chevy Chase) will. While the rest of the study group wishes Troy their best, Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) announces over the school's PA that the school is now participating in a campus-wide game of "The Floor is Lava," with the last "survivor" set to win a comic book valued at $50,000. The campus breaks down into chaos as the game begins. Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) suspects Abed is holding back his feelings and trying to prevent Troy from leaving. Britta initially teams with Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) and Annie Edison (Alison Brie) to work their way through the campus following Abed and Troy (using chairs and other pieces of furniture to stay off the floor), until they are set on by the "Locker Boys" led by Ben Chang (Ken Jeong) and subsequently by Prof. Buzz Hickey (Jonathan Banks) in a wheeled tank, and Troy and Abed leave Britta for dead. Britta joins Hickey and the two lead an assault on "Shirley Island", a fortification set up in the cafeteria where Abed and Troy are hiding. As the "island" falls apart, Abed and Troy escape on a zorb, and Britta gives chase, eventually ending up in the basement. There, Britta gets Abed to finally admit that he will miss Troy, and Abed "falls" into the "lava" after giving the comic to Troy. Troy realizes the lengths that Abed would go for him, and with Britta, imagine themselves creating a clone of Abed. Troy then falls into the lava with the intention of cloning himself in order to get over his fear of leaving (essentially letting Britta win the game). As the school recovers from the game, Troy says goodbye to the group - all who say they were brought back as clones from the game. As the boat that Troy will sail on pulls up, he notes that the terms of the will will assign someone to oversee his journey to make sure he doesn't cheat - this is revealed to be LeVar Burton, whom Troy says he had gotten over his earlier fear of. The group gives Troy a final goodbye. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geothermal Escapism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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