Historically the pilot episode is always the golden standard of a show, of course. In fact you really only need to see the cold open of any pilot and you’ll fully understand everything that the show will be about.

I mean, the pilot is one of the weaker episodes in the series. They hadn’t quite figured out what they wanted to do with the characters.

It’s still a sitcom at its core. If you don’t like sitcoms, you won’t like Community most likely.