The episode, framed as a documentary in the style of Ken Burns' The Civil War and narrated by Keith David, details a disagreement about a blanket fort blossoming into an all-out pillow fight on the Greendale campus.
Jeff gives inspiring speeches to both sides to avoid classes resuming, upsetting Annie (Alison Brie), who is acting as a battlefield nurse, and she emphasizes to him that Troy and Abed's friendship is at stake.
Jeff tries to hold a peace conference, but negotiations fail as Abed and Troy agree that their friendship is over and the loser of the war must move out of their apartment.
Britta (Gillian Jacobs) has bungled her attempts to chronicle the war through photographs, but finally manages to capture Abed and Troy becoming friends again—by accident, as she tries to take an unrelated picture of waffles.
"[2] Barry Hertz of the National Post said "in a triumph of editing and plotting, we’re treated to not just a stellar parody of the oft-mocked documentary form, but a revealing and satisfying episode of Community itself, complete with strong characterization, story closure and wild, GIF-ready visuals to keep the Internet masses satiated.
"[5] Pete Vonder Haar of the Houston Press gave the episode a more mixed review, saying "there were some really great touches this week: 'Nurse' Annie using a lint brush to clean feathers from the 'wounded' and administering IV Gatorade; the use of text messages as a substitute for soldiers' letters home; invisible friendship hats...but every time they returned to the documentary motif, I groaned.