A Fistful of Paintballs

On their way to the cafe they run into Britta, Shirley, and Troy and find out they are working for Pierce, who has set up a safe zone known as Fort Hawthorne in the cafeteria.

The study group finds Dean Pelton trapped in a closet and steal paintball supplies from his office.

Back at Fort Hawthorne, the group finds it's been demolished by "The Black Rider", and Pierce hiding in the bathroom and confront him.

Pierce confesses he loaded Jeff's gun with blanks because he was offended to find the group playing cards without him three days ago.

Pistol Patty leads out a commando team in white to prevent any of the Greendale contestants from winning the prize money.

It was reported of February 28, 2011, by Entertainment Weekly that Josh Holloway would guest star in the season finale as a mysterious character.

Regarding the concept of the two-part season finale and the return to paintball, creator Dan Harmon said, "It's designed to exist both as one story but also two separate episodes.

"[7] HitFix critic Alan Sepinwall applauded the episode, saying "the new installment went for depth instead of breadth, focusing entirely on the style of the spaghetti Western and doing a very impressive job of it.

The revamped opening credit sequence was gorgeous, the score sounded very much like Ennio Morricone's work on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the different showdowns had the requisite number of close-ups, etc."

He also enjoyed Alison Brie's performance as Annie, commenting that "She was so fierce, so kickass as a strong loner heroine that I could very easily imagine her as the lead of an actual, not-for-laughs Western.

"[8] Eric Koreen of the National Post said the episode "was daring, stunningly shot and completely unafraid to try to do more than any sitcom ought to.

"[9] After watching the second season's finale, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige gave Joe and Anthony Russo the job of directing the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.