
When fast-talking lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) finds his degree has been revoked, he is forced to go back to school at Greendale Community College. Hoping to score points with a pretty coed, he invents a study group and invites her to join it. Imagine his surprise when she's not the only one who shows up for help with Spanish from the "board-certified tutor" he proclaims himself to be. Though his command of the language is anything but good, the members continue to meet and end up learning a lot about themselves.

When the study group's science experiment is destroyed, the gang tries to find the criminal and save the grade; when Troy and Abed think they have discovered the perpetrator, a professor (Michael K. Williams) reluctantly presides over a trial.

When a beloved classmate dies unexpectedly, Britta uses skills from psychology class to counsel the study group; Chang tries to seize more control over campus security.

When Abed becomes convinced that Dean Pelton is an impostor, he is required to see a therapist (John Hodgman).

Gilbert Lawson (Giancarlo Esposito), former right-hand man to Pierce's father, requests a meeting with Pierce at Hawthorne Enterprises; the study group must pitch in to help save Pierce's inheritance.