Plot[]
 Cancel this show and you cancel people, might as well bring dinosaurs back!
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| Dean Pelton calls Elroy into his office and asks him to look at a computer problem. Elroy discovers the school has been hacked and a link to the school's Lunch Lady's private e-mails has been released. Later, the Save Greendale Committee is reading through the leaked e-mails over Britta's objections. Pelton arrives with Officer Cackowski who tells everyone what he and his partner Officer Warburton have found out. The hacker wants the school to cancel a show the school booked featuring a racist comedian named "Gupta Gupti Gupta" or will release the committee's personal e-mails otherwise. Cackowski suggests they concede to the demands but Britta is unwilling to accept this solution. She manages to convince the others to stand united against the hackers.
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| The committee holds a press conference to announce they refuse to give in to the hackers demand. Afterwards, everyone agrees not to look if any of their emails are hacked. Britta thanks Jeff for his support but he says he only did it because he's confidant he isn't at risk. Elroy corrects him pointing out the hackers can get to his personal account easily. That night, the committee meets in the cafeteria to set up Gupta Gupti Gupta's show. As expected, the hacker leaked all of their emails which causes tension amongst the committee. Despite the promise they made, its apparent everyone except Abed read the other members' messages. Things quickly break down as no one can resist commenting on messages they read related to them.
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| They begin to bicker amongst themselves and revealing embarrassing personal details about each other that they just learned from the leaks. Their arguments are brought to an end when the star of the show Gupta Gupti Gupta arrives. He sincerely thanks them for putting themselves on the line so he can perform which calms everyone down. They believe their sacrifice was worth it until they opened the doors to the show. Only Neil came to see Gupta Gupti Gupta who was unwilling to perform for an audience of one. Annie and the committee force him to start his act unwilling to let their efforts be in vain.
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| When Gupta begins his set, Dean Pelton gets a text from the hacker threatening to make every Greendale student's emails public. Neil rushes the stage to stop Gupta but is restrained by Elroy and Jeff. Neil warns that, although his attempt to stop the show was thwarted, the committee cannot prevent "the people" from doing the same. At that moment, a mob of Greendale students stampedes toward the cafeteria to stop Gupta's performance. Britta orders Chang and Frankie to block the doors and Gupta to continue his routine. The comedian reluctantly obliges as the mob of angry students continues attempting to break through the doors. After Gupta makes a few poorly delivered and very offensive jokes based on fat people, Jewish and black people, Dean Pelton receives news that the hacker has followed through on his threat. The mob breaks down as the students argue with each other over the newly released emails. Meanwhile, Gupta continues his offensive act.
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| The next day the campus is reeling from everyone's personal information having been released. In the study room, the committee struggles to find the lesson to be learned from all of this. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Officer Cackowski and his partner Warburton. They announce they caught the hacker and present a kid named Ryan who disingenuously apologises for the havoc he wrecked. After they take him away, Jeff suggests the lesson to be learned is "Crime doesn't Pay".
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| Officer Cackowski and Officer Warburton sit in a patrol car on a stakeout in the midst of torrential rain. Warburton is monitoring the internet traffic with what looks like a regular radar gun. Cackowski asks Warburton about his values and the existence of God. Warburton says there is no rule saying they need to be friends. Cackowski asks if he is familiar with the rule of common courtesy and concluding that his approximately 11-year-old partner is cynical.
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Trivia[]
- One of the lunchlady's emails is in Bulgarian: it is from "Jazira" and deals with Ден на Освобождението на България от Османската Империя (Liberation Day of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire).
Quotes[]
- “You have a computer in your office?”— Elroy
- “Yes.”— Jeff
- “Do you check your emails on that computer?”— Elroy
- “Uh-huh.”— Jeff
- “You look at boobies on it?”— Elroy
- “One time.”— Jeff
- “They got it. They got everything. Ha, ha, ha, ha. It's Vietnam now baby! It's Vietnam!”— Elroy
- “Did anyone see Jeff's letters? He writes to astronauts. Talk about creepy!”— Elroy
- “They're national heroes!”— Jeff
- “Yes they are! Leave them alone!”— Elroy
- “You two dated? (referring to Jeff and Britta)”— Frankie
- “This was a study group?”— Elroy
- “Yeah, Chang was our teacher.”— Abed
- “WHAT??!!”— Elroy and Frankie
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1. "Ladders" |
8. "Intro to Recycled Cinema" |
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