Basic Story

"**Basic Story**"
"Basic Story"
Community episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 12
Directed by	Jay Chandrasekhar
Written by	Carol Kolb
Production code	512
Original air date	April 10, 2014
Guest appearances
	Jonathan Banks as Professor Buzz Hickey; John Oliver as Dr Ian Duncan; Brady Novak as Richie Countee; Jeremy Scott Johnson as Carl Bladt; Michael McDonald as Ronald Mohammad; James Michael Connor as the Subway Rep; Richard Erdman as Leonard; Dino Stamatopoulos as Starburns; Jared Fogle as himself; Chris Elliott as Dean Russell Borchert (photo; uncredited);
Episode chronology
← Previous; "G.I. Jeff"	Next →; "Basic Sandwich"
	Community season 5
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"Basic Story" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the fifth season of Community, it is also the 96th episode overall in the series. It originally aired on April 10, 2014 on NBC. The episode was written by Carol Kolb, making this her series writing debut, and it was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. The episode is Part 1 of a two-part season finale;^[1] Part 2 ("Basic Sandwich") aired on April 17, 2014 on NBC.

The episode received generally positive reviews. Despite positive reviews, however, the episode maintained season lows of the previous week of 0.9/3 in the 18-49 rating/share demo, but increased slightly to 2.56 million American viewers.^[2]

^ Brown, Laurel (April 4, 2014). "'Community' Season 5 finale: What do these 'Basic Story' photos mean?". Zap2it.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 11, 2014). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Community', 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Shark Tank', 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'American Idol' Adjusted Up; 'The Millers' & 'Elementary ' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[Zap2it-1] Brown, Laurel (April 4, 2014). "'Community' Season 5 finale: What do these 'Basic Story' photos mean?". Zap2it.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

[TVbytheNumbers-2] Kondolojy, Amanda (April 11, 2014). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Community', 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Shark Tank', 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'American Idol' Adjusted Up; 'The Millers' & 'Elementary ' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

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