Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts

"Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts"
Community episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 22
Directed by	Jay Chandrasekhar
Written by	Karey Dornetto
Production code	221
Original air date	April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28)

"Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" is the 22nd episode of the second season of Community. It originally aired on April 28, 2011, on NBC.

In the episode, Shirley unexpectedly goes into labor during the group's Anthropology final. A campus food riot prevents them from getting her to the hospital in time, and they have to help deliver her baby in the classroom.

The episode was written by Karey Dornetto and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. It received positive critical reviews.

Plot

The study group and their classmates are having their Anthropology final exam, which is a farce. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) unexpectedly shows up with a reporter for Dean Magazine who's doing a piece on the Dean and is invited to observe the final. Professor Ian Duncan (John Oliver) makes an excuse and escapes.

Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) water breaks, saving the class from admitting that their Anthropology class has been a fake. The Dean decides to get his car to drive Shirley to the hospital. However, a riot breaks out at the food festival in the parking lot and leaves her stuck on campus. Abed (Danny Pudi) is capable of delivering a baby (as shown in "The Psychology of Letting Go"), but Shirley refuses to let Abed see her "nethers." Instead, Abed guides Britta (Gillian Jacobs), who had been advocating natural birth to Shirley, through the delivery process. Throughout the episode, Chang (Ken Jeong) pesters Shirley about how "Chang babies" are born, since he is hoping the baby is his ("Epidemiology"). During her contractions, Chang calms her down with stories about his relatives' – the Chang babies – births.

Shirley's husband, Andre (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) arrives to help her through the final stage of delivery. Shirley gives birth to a boy, which is clearly Andre's. Grateful for Chang's help during the birth, Shirley names the baby "Ben" after him.

At the end of the episode, it is shown that Dean Magazine shut down after only two issues.

Production

"Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" was written by Karey Dornetto, her fifth writing credit of the series. It was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, his third directing credit of the series.

Cultural references

Abed and Troy compared Pierce's offer to "buy" their handshake to a similar deal in Indecent Proposal.^[1] Dean Pelton compared his self-proclaimed father figure role to the horror film Children of the Corn.^[2] The background music/wailing whilst Britta checks Shirley's dilation is from the Monolith scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Reception

Ratings

In its original broadcast on April 28, 2011, "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" was viewed by an estimated 3.35 million people, with a Nielsen rating of 1.4 in the 18–49 demographic.^[3]

Reviews

The episode received positive reviews from critics. Jeffrey Kirkpatrick gave it a 4.2/5 rating, and praised Ken Jeong and Gillian Jacobs' performance as the best in the series, "by a mile."^[1]^[2]^[4] Cory Barker of TV Surveillance said the episode wasn't "overly complicated", but had "a number of really solid, straightforward emotional beats, something we haven’t seen from the series for most of this season."^[4] Kelsea Stahler of Hollywood.com said "Even when we get an episode that's more about love and friendship with Community, we usually find a few great lines along the way. Even so, it wasn't a bad episode. What we found last night, was an episode of Community that was full of heart, a few chuckles and one really fake-looking newborn."^[2] Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+ score, saying he enjoyed the series "[getting] out of its own way and let Shirley deliver her baby."^[5]

References

1 2 Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey (April 29, 2011). "Community Review: Birthing Ben Bennett". TV Fanatic. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
1 2 3 Stahler, Kelsea (April 29, 2011). "'Community' Recap: Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts". Hollywood.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Gorman, Bill (April 29, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Idol,' 'Grey's,' 'Big Bang,' 'CSI,' '20/20' Adjusted Up; 'Community' Down + 'Office,' 'Parks & Rec' Finals". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
1 2 Barker, Cory (April 29, 2011). "Community "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts"". TV Surveillance. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
↑ Heisler, Steve (April 28, 2011). "Applied Anthropology And Culinary Arts". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

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Season 2	"Anthropology 101" "Accounting for Lawyers" "The Psychology of Letting Go" "Basic Rocket Science" "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" "Epidemiology" "Aerodynamics of Gender" "Cooperative Calligraphy" "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" "Mixology Certification" "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" "Asian Population Studies" "Celebrity Pharmacology" "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" "Early 21st Century Romanticism" "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" "Intro to Political Science" "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" "Critical Film Studies" "Competitive Wine Tasting" "Paradigms of Human Memory" "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" "A Fistful of Paintballs" "For a Few Paintballs More"

Season 3	"Biology 101" "Geography of Global Conflict" "Remedial Chaos Theory" "Competitive Ecology" "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" "Advanced Gay" "Studies in Modern Movement" "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" "Regional Holiday Music" "Contemporary Impressionists" "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" "Pillows and Blankets" "Digital Estate Planning" "The First Chang Dynasty" "Introduction to Finality"

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Season 5	"Repilot" "Introduction to Teaching" "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" "Cooperative Polygraphy" "Geothermal Escapism" "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" "Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality" "App Development and Condiments" "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing" "Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" "G.I. Jeff" "Basic Story" "Basic Sandwich"

Season 6	"Ladders" "Advanced Safety Features" "Intro to Recycled Cinema" "Modern Espionage" "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television"

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