Community: Season 1 Episode 13: Interpretive Dance
Annie suggests the Spanish Club meet at a new time but Britta and Troy both oppose the idea and neither will talk about why they oppose changing the meeting time. The gang wonders where Pierce is, no one has seen or heard from him today and Shirley begins to worry that Pierce has died. Pierce walks through the door proving Shirley’s theory wrong. Britta finds a woman’s hair on Jeff’s jacket and asks him who he is dating. The rest of the group are interested too but Jeff begs off revealing who he is dating.
Troy heads down the hall, whooping it up with his macho buddies. Troy walks through the door to a dance class, rips off his tear away pants to reveal tights and starts to dance with the modern dance group. Jeff meets with Professor Slater and they exchange pleasantries at her door. Once inside they embrace and it is apparent who Jeff is dating. Dean Pelton knocks on Professor Slater’s door interupting them. Dean Pelton reminds them there is a policy against teachers and students dating and fears their combined hotness means they are liable to hook up. Professor Slater and Jeff act innocent and agree with the dean.
Madame LeClair, the dance teacher, complements Troy in front of the dance class. She reminds them of the upcoming dance recital. As Troy leaves dance class he runs into Britta who is attending the tap dancing class. Britta and Troy find out they are both hiding the fact they are taking dance classes. Troy worries he may come off less macho dancing and Britta worries she may be thought of as less cool dancing. In the end, Troy and Britta agree they should tell the other Spanish Club members about their dance classes.
As Jeff waits for Spanish Club to begin, he and Professor Slater take a chance and kiss. Jeff is convinced no one saw until he sees the gang outside the window looking through the blinds. The gang sees them kissing and Jeff is busted. Jeff and Professor Slater tell the group they need to keep their relationship a secret due to college policies. In the meantime Pierce has texted the news to friends. Britta tells the gang about her tap dancing class but Troy chickens out and makes fun of Britta taking a dance class. Dean Pelton walks into the study group to confront Jeff and Professor Slater about their relationship and tells Jeff Pierce has spread the news throughout the campus via Twitter.
When Britta confronts Troy about him keeping his dance class a secret from the gang, Troy tells Britta he is quitting class and won’t be performing in the recital, disappointing Britta. Shirley tries to console Britta about the news of Jeff dating Professor Slater but Britta tells Shirley she is fine with it. Dean Pelton meets with Professor Slater and Jeff to go through a student-teacher relationship questionnaire. When Jeff answers questions about their relationship differently than Professor Slater, it causes a rift between them. Jeff visits Professor Slater in her office and admits he’s ok with the boyfriend label but has a fear of commitment. Professor Slater and Jeff decide they can still see each other keeping things as is. Jeff decides to invite Professor Slater to Britta’s dance recital.
The Spanish Club, sans Troy, watches as Britta’s recital begins. Britta is dressed as a teapot for the tap number. When Britta sees Jeff holding Professor Slater’s hand she realizes how serious their relationship is and freezes in the middle of the dance routine. Troy jumps on stage, rips off his tear away pants and they perform a modern dance routine. The audience applauds their performance and the Spanish Club agrees they did a great job. Britta thanks Troy for stepping in and helping her during the performance. After the recital Jeff hands Britta a bouquet of flowers to congratulate her. Britta is touched and begins to see Jeff in a new light after receiving such a thoughtful gift from him.
