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"Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" is the 12th (aired as 11th) episode of the third season of the American television series ''Community''. It originally aired on March 15, 2012 on NBC, with the series returning after a three-month hiatus. In the episode, Shirley's ex-husband Andre whom she has reconciled with proposes to her again. While planning her wedding, she also considers a business proposition from Pierce. The rest of the study group help Shirley plan the wedding, while Troy and Abed attempt to suppress their weirdness and act normal at the rehearsal to no avail. The episode was written by Vera Santamaria and directed by Kyle Newacheck. It received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its strong character development. Critics also noted how the Troy/Abed storyline provided the overall theme of normality for the episode. The episode's broadcast delivered a 46% increase in viewers from the previous episode in the key 18–49 demographic. This episode was intended to air as the twelfth episode, after "Contemporary Impressionists", but was aired as the eleventh episode because, according to Dan Harmon, "coming out of hiatus they wanted to air an episode that was more accessible to a general audience".〔http://www.reddit.com/r/community/comments/r2y87/community_at_wondercon/〕 It also creates a small continuity error as a small thread of the Troy and Abed story from ''Impressionists'' continues in this episode.〔http://ryanschwartz.posterous.com/community-contemporary-impressionists-a-chang〕 ==Plot== The coffee shop at the Greendale cafeteria is still shuttered after being burnt down the previous semester. While the group are having lunch at the cafeteria, Pierce (Chevy Chase) informs them that he is looking for a business venture to invest his wealth in. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) suggests he invest in Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) proposal to start a sandwich shop at the cafeteria. Suddenly, Andre bursts in and proposes to Shirley (for the second time), and she accepts. Back at the study room with Shirley absent, Jeff (Joel McHale) and Britta rail against the institution of marriage. When Shirley arrives, she informs the group that the wedding rehearsal will be held in two days at the study room itself. She asks Jeff to give a toast at the wedding. The group offers to help her plan the wedding, while Pierce asks her to join him in pitching her sandwich shop proposal to Dean Pelton. She declines everyone's offers and leaves to focus on her wedding plans. Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) are determined not to embarrass Shirley at her wedding by being weird. They decide to purge their weirdness during a 24-hour "weirddown" at the Dreamatorium. Britta adamantly tells Shirley to go ahead with her plans to start a sandwich shop and offers to plan the wedding with Annie's (Alison Brie) help. Shirley reluctantly agrees but is unimpressed by Pierce's initial plans. As she is about to walk out on him, Pierce reveals that he has been fired by Hawthorne Wipes and begs Shirley to give him a chance at entrepreneurship. They then make the pitch to Dean Pelton (Jim Rash). Britta reveals a natural talent at wedding planning, but is depressed at the thought of succumbing to marriage one day. Jeff is unable to write a good wedding toast because he is emotionally scarred by his father leaving his family. Troy and Abed arrive at the rehearsal in grey suits acting "normal". Shirley arrives late due to her pitch which leads to an argument with Andre, who intends to be the family's sole breadwinner. Jeff and Britta have a drunken exchange at the altar, and almost end up getting married. Shirley and Andre move in to stop them, which leads to an open conversation between each other. Andre finally accepts that Shirley has changed and the wedding is back on track. Instead of waiting another day, they marry on the spot. After seeing his former pet monkey Annie's Boobs in the vent, Troy convinces Abed that they should stop pretending to be normal and embrace their weirdness. Dean Pelton informs Shirley that the Greendale Board has sold the cafeteria space to Subway and expresses his hurt at not being invited to the wedding. Annie offers Shirley words of encouragement, but Shirley is more worried about Pierce's reaction. The scene then cuts to Pierce in a drunken outrage at his dad's grave, toasting his unknowingly unsuccessful sales pitch. 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「Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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