The episode was written by Carol Kolb, making this her series writing debut, and it was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar.
Despite receiving generally positive reviews, the episode maintained season lows of the previous week of 0.9/3 in the 18-49 rating/share demo, but increased slightly to 2.56 million American viewers.
[2] The Save Greendale committee shares a moment of quiet after completing a large portion of their tasks.
Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) then enters to explain that an insurance appraiser will be arriving the next day to determine the value of the school.
Abed goes into an existential breakdown as Leonard (Richard Erdman) passes by to say, “Unsubscribe.” The city’s insurance appraiser, Ronald Mohammad (Michael McDonald), then arrives to assess the campus’s liability.
The group reacts with stunned silence as Abed returns, ironically saying that the school is now story-free and that they can be content now forever.
Annie (Alison Brie) fails to convince the committee to launch a social media campaign by tweeting “#SaveGreendale.” Right before Jeff bangs the gavel for the last Save Greendale committee meeting, Chang (Ken Jeong) reveals himself as a spy for Subway and dances away while singing “Five Dollar Footlong.” Annie and Abed then arrive at Dean Pelton’s office to help him pack.
The Subway Executive (James Michael Connor) offers a job to Jeff at the new Subway University, where he will teach “Sandwich Law.” Jeff then walks to Study Room F where he finds Britta (Gillian Jacobs) sitting morosely and listening to her iPod Nano.
An eavesdropping Chang hears “emergency meeting” but writes down “tomato” on his notebook while laughing maniacally.
The show placed fourth out of fifth in its time slot, behind The Big Bang Theory, Shark Tank, and Hell's Kitchen; and was tied for fourteenth out of seventeenth for the night.