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Im with you for the most part. Holiday episodes, new temporary settings, and the ‘part 1, part 2’ episodes don’t usually appeal to me. The only exception for me that comes to mind is the example you mentioned though. Loved the paintball episodes of community
I can't stand the special episodes that turn a normal TV show into a musical. I don't mind tv shows and movies designed to be a musical so I don't really understand why. >

I cant stand those. I don't even dislike musicals really. But anytime a TV show makes a musical episode, the songs are just awful.