Because it’s not set to return until 2014, Community’s fifth season premiere seems like it’s much further away than it actually is. In truth, January 2 is less than a month away, which puts us in the weeks-to-go part of the countdown to the return of Greendale. The above teaser tells us as much, as it indicates that NBC’s ready to start reminding people that school is almost back in session!
The 20-second teaser doesn’t offer us much to go on for the Season 5 premiere, other than that the study room appears to be cluttered with stuff, Chang’s hiding in a box and the study group sounds like they’re bursting with school spirit. While we await further clues as to what’s ahead in the back-to-back episodes that will mark the start of Season 5, which debuts January 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC, the Peacock did release some character photos, which show us the returning cast, including Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, John Oliver, Ivette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong and Danny Pudi, we also get a look at Jonathan Banks. The Breaking Bad star joins Community to play Pat Nichols.
Among the previously released content, we have this creepy photo of Annie. Well, it’s not Annie that’s creepy so much as it is the sign she’s holding:
And here we have Abed looking kind of crazy…
You can also check out Banks in these previously released episode photos. And view the rest of the character photos in the gallery below.
