Well tbf, the show was supposed to air in October 19th, but got delayed till Feb 7th.
I see. The set up to the ep has already won me over. Winger needs a passing grade and they have the professor coming over to the XMas party.
Also I had no idea Chevy left the show, wtf? Why? why? He wasn't my favorite character by any stretch, but he was a solid 3 or 4.
Jeff = Same [Transition] - Likes his school more
Britta = What you said
Abed = Same?
Dean = Same?
Chang = Creepy to Crazy to Kevin
Annie = Confidence? [Transition] - She was shy before and was always belittled. Not so much now.
Shirley = lol, who cares
Pierce = Trying to make friend to asshole to father figure?
Troy = Jock to emotional dude?
lol, just on top of my head.
Dean has gotten progressively a LOT more creepy and into Jeff. Early on it was more subtle. I love the Winger/Dean dynamic.
Jeff = Came in selfish as fuck. Now he tries to stay selfish but constantly finds his newfound relationships with his friends 'screwing up' his plans to be selfish, but he generally comes around and does the right thing for the group
Abed = becoming more human. It is a very slow process but we see it all the time. the latest is the GF angle, which I imagine will be touched on again at some point. Also beginning to lose Troy to Brita forces him to grow away from Troy. At the core he is still the guy who is self-aware of the show and makes a ton of references to pop culture of course. I loved when he said (in the ep I'm currently watching) 'we should sit here in silence until the professor gets here to maintain story symetry because it is the only logical plot point to occur next' or something similar. his comments like that are always money. ie when they do the pen episode in the study group and Abed is like 'Uh oh, feels like a bottle episode'
Chang- his change is over the top and overstated, so no need to go into that.
Annie = She represents a traditional college students growth. We see her come in as a self conscious 18 year old who was picked on in school and had a pill addiction. She has developed into a bit of a leader for the group, while also becoming a bit obsessed with typical things a 22 year old woman would be obsessed with: career, family, husband ect. This manifests itself in the continuous tease of her and Winger. It is one of the major plot holes in the show IMO because if Annie really wanted winger this bad, they would have been hooking up by now
Pierce = Yea he is always pretty much just the guy who doesn't fit in, goes to great lengths to try to, winds up looking like an ass/being pitied
Troy- His character progression doesn't really make a lot of sense but I love his character as it is now so I won't complain.
the main thing that has grown over the seasons is the dynamic between characters. You could take any combination of the main 7 or 8 characters and center an episode around them and it would feel unique. I always like when Troy and Winger wind up in a storyline together, for example. it's the main reason the show could/and I hope does run for a few more seasons