#the scene of jeff repeating bienvenido to himself is longer

[dump-troy-marry-me]

ive been rewatching the hulu version of the pilot since discovering that its different and i am so angry that this was not the version that aired it shouldve been. so much characterization was cut.

im gonna talk abt it under the cut so if you havent watched the hulu/dvd version yet and want to without knowing how its different you can avoid this

we lost SO MUCH of Jeff in the final cut. the original greatly expands his banter with Duncan; they acrually seem like old friends in this cut, and has Duncan mention that Jeff connected his traffic ticket to 9/11 in his court case, which makes that 9/11 gag 1x05 so much funnier.

they also cut Jeff explicitly saying that he was RAISED ON TV which is. i cannot fathom how you could in good consience cut that. that is so important not just for Jeff's character but also for laying the groundwork for his friendship with Abed which is absolutely one of the most important relationships of this first season.

they also cut Abed and Jeff both indepently telling Britta that she looks like Elizabeth Shue at 2 different points in the episode which rlly starts to paint the idea of how alike Jeff and Abed actually are, again a building a block for that relationship.

the "whats your deal" scene is expanded and. britta was in the peace corps?? she dropped out of college bc she "thought it would impress radiohead" (which is. so on brand). she went to a world trade rally and was tear gassed there. (honestly i think this being cut was in service of the 1x02 plot where britta's activism is vv preformative but. thats makes me more angry tbh)

theres also this moment about Troy's letterman that touches on the deeper themes of preformance and self-acceptance that are present throughout his entire arc. and, less important, this scene is actually the first time we get Troy using the phrase "wrinkling my brain"

im just. im so disappointed that this was not the version that aired it is quite honestly a far superior episode in terms of how it introduces its characters