Dean Pelton enlists the help of the study group in order to enroll a wealthy new student whose laziness is expected to bring much needed funds to Greendale.
After seeing Archie arrive with a new scooter, gifted to him by City College, the Dean chooses to throw his ideas out and take the school board's suggestions.
Britta (Gillian Jacobs) refuses to do so, while Abed (Danny Pudi) uses this to create a fake fraternity, leaving only the Dean and Annie (Alison Brie).
Troy flounders under the pressure and is soon bullied by their coach (Ian Roberts), but Shirley is quite adept at the class and quickly becomes the top student.
After a depressed Troy drops the class, Shirley comforts him and the two work together to help continue Chang's (Ken Jeong) rehabilitation, impressing the coach.
"[4] and Gabrielle Moss of TV Fanatic remarked, "Do you think I couldn't tell that the Abed frat micro-subplot was eighty times more interesting than anything actually happening on screen in this episode?