Community season 5

Starring • Joel McHale as Professor Jeff Winger • Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry • Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir • Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett • Alison Brie as Annie Edison • Donald Glover as Troy Barnes • Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton • Ken Jeong as Professor Ben Chang Recurring • Jonathan Banks as Professor Buzz Hickey • John Oliver as Dr. Ian Duncan • Richard Erdman as Leonard Briggs • Charley Koontz as Neil • Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert • Dino Stamatopoulos as Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne • Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki Jenkins • Brie Larson as Rachel • Luke Youngblood as Magnitude • Brady Novak as Richie Countee • Jeremy Scott Johnson as Carl Bladt • James Michael Connor as the Subway Representative • Leslie Simms as Rhonda Guest stars ==Episodes==

On May 10, 2013, NBC announced it had renewed the series for a fifth season, to consist of 13 episodes. The season does not feature original cast member Chevy Chase in a regular role, as he left the series near the end of the fourth season by mutual agreement between the actor and network. Chase does appear in a guest role during the first episode of the season, and the character's exit from the show is finalized in "Cooperative Polygraphy." Donald Glover, who portrays Troy Barnes, only appears in five of the thirteen episodes. Jonathan Banks appears in eleven of the season's thirteen episodes as criminology professor Buzz Hickey. John Oliver, who played Ian Duncan throughout the first two seasons, reprises his role in season five for seven episodes. Rob Corddry reprises his role as lawyer Alan Connor in the season premiere. Other guest stars in the season include Vince Gilligan, Mitchell Hurwitz, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Brie Larson, Nathan Fillion, Robert Patrick, Paget Brewster, Kumail Nanjiani, Katie Leclerc, and Ben Folds. David Cross guest stars in an episode that serves as a sequel to season 2's "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", playing Hank Hickey, the estranged son of Professor Hickey. B. J. Novak has a cameo in the second part of the two-part season finale. Season 5 began shooting on August 19, 2013. The fifth season marked the return of series creator Dan Harmon as showrunner and executive producer after he was fired from the show after the end of the third season. Former writer-producer Chris McKenna also returned as an executive producer. Season 4 showrunners Moses Port and David Guarascio did not return for season 5, as their contracts were for one year. The only other returning writers are Andy Bobrow and Tim Saccardo. Meanwhile, Annie Mebane, Steve Basilone, Maggie Bandur, and Ben Wexler all departed to join The Michael J. Fox Show, while Megan Ganz joined Modern Family. Writers who joined for the fifth season include Parker Deay and Jordan Blum (American Dad!), Alex Rubens (Key & Peele), Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty), Dan Guterman (The Colbert Report), and Matt Roller (Funny or Die). Other writers include Carol Kolb, Briggs Hatton, Clay Lapari, Erik Sommers, Monica Padrick and Donald Diego. ==Reception==

The fifth season received strongly positive reception from television critics and is considered an improvement over the previous season. The season received a Metacritic score of 80 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, signifying "generally favorable" reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 93% with an average score of 8.5 out of 10 based on 42 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "With Dan Harmon back as its show runner, Community returns with a familiar new energy and more fun, exciting adventures for the Greendale gang." Verne Gay of Newsday gave the back-to-back episodes an "A" grade, remarking that the first of the two ("Repilot") was funny, while the latter ("Introduction to Teaching") was "simply hilarious." Alan Sepinwall, writing for HitFix, remarked that the show "is back, and back to being itself." ==DVD release==

The fifth season was released on DVD in region 1 on and in region 2 on . ==References==