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” According to [Guarascio and Port], this season will include:

a lot of focus on interpersonal relationships, particularly on Troy and Britta’s becoming a couple and its effect on his friendship with Abed;

the return of Britta to her “strong feminist roots” (as told to EW);

even more incorporation of Chevy Chase’s age (“When we had lunch with him, these were his words… ‘Is it possible that I had a stroke over the summer?’ He approached it like, “Let’s use my age to an advantage”);

the previously reported reunion of Jeff with hisJames Brolin-portrayed dad;

the “fallout from Chang’s failed coup” (with them telling Vulture they’ve “addressed it in what seems to be an inevitable but hopefully surprising way,” and telling EW, “Chang is naked and wet. And it’s ultimately a good thing”);

and above all else, the fact that the students are seniors now and looking ahead, something accelerated by the revelation that “Jeff has taken a couple courses over the summer without the rest of the group knowing” and is graduating early.

With that in mind, Guarascio and Port say they wrote the 13th episode as a possible series finale, as per sad tradition. And yes, the idea of “moving on” is very possibly reflected, in per meta tradition, in a nod to the show’s behind-the-scenes changes, with the new showrunners trying to “own and write toward some of the fears that the audience might have and embrace those things,” and making that theme “deeply baked into the DNA of the first episode,” as they tell the New York Times.

As to some more specific episode plotlines, there’s:

the aforementioned visit to the Inspector Spacetime convention, guest starring the previously reported Matt Lucas and Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer;

the foosball-loving Germans challenging “the notion that the study room belongs to our group only, and our group digs in World War II-style to fight back;”

Troy and Shirley taking a class on how to teach gym class;

the Dean’s courting of a lazy, wealthy prospective student (“like a young Pierce”);

a visit to Pierce’s mansion, which he believes is haunted by his dead father;

a Thanksgiving episode that features a Shawshank Redemption homage;

and a Christmas episode that highlightsMalcolm McDowell’s American-hating history professor. Of course, at this point you might be celebrating the holidays with the Greendale gang right around March. But at least for right now, you can do it using the powers of your imagination. And isn’t that just as good and not at all frustrating? “

Jeff is graduating early ?!

New Community executive producersMoses Port andDavid Guarascio will get their first chance to meet the show’s passionate fans — and vice versa — at this week’s Comic-Con.

The veteran writers — who this fall face the task of filling the shoes left by departing series creator Dan Harmon— will make their public debut as the show’s new executive producers on Friday at 10 a.m. during the Community Comic-Con session in the San Diego Convention Center’s Ballroom 20.

Port and Guarascio will be joined on stage by executive producer Russ Krasnoff(who’s been with the show from the beginning), as well as writers Megan Ganz and Andy Bobrow. Ganz and Bobrow have written some of the more recent fan favorite Community episodes and will be able to talk about the Greendale gang’s eventful season three, while everyone on stage will begin to give some hints about what’s pop-popping in season four.

Ganz wrote last season’s heralded episode “Basic Lupine Urology,” the show’s Law & Order parody — which ended with shocking news about the demise of Star-Burns. Bobrow’s writing credits on the show include “Pillows and Blankets,” last season’s Ken Burns-like documentary episode about the epic pillow fight that came out of a feud between Abed and Troy.

As TV Guide Magazine previously announced, Joel McHale (Jeff), Alison Brie (Annie), Danny Pudi (Abed), Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley) and Gillian Jacobs (Britta) are all slated to appear on the panel, while Chevy Chase (Pierce), Jim Rash (Dean Pelton), Donald Glover (Troy) and Ken Jeong (Chang) cannot make it to San Diego this year. TV Guide Magazine’s Michael Schneider — that’s me, writing about myself all journalistically and stuff in the third person — will moderate for a second year in a row.

The Community cast has reason to cheer — not only are they back for a fourth season (and have been upgraded to a larger ballroom at Comic-Con, to accommodate more fans), but the showrecently scored a Critics’ Choice TV Award for best comedy.