Will a Community Threesome Break Up Jeff and Annie?

Shippers will be "excited" by the couple's storyline in season three, Alison Brie says

By Tierney Bricker Sep 19, 2011 8:27 PMTags

Spoiler Alert! Three beloved characters will soon be shacking up on Community!

OK, so you all know Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) will be dorming together when the show returns for its third season, but we've just confirmed that another member of the study group will be moving in with them, taking this bromantic twosome to Three's Company-levels of awesomeness.

So who's the lucky lady bunking with the boys?

Why, it's Annie (Alison Brie), Abed's finale kissing partner!

We chatted with Alison on the red carpet at the HBO Emmys party where she spilled that sweet little Annie will be moving in with Troy and Abed (in the morning!) this season.

"You know Troy and Abed have moved in together, and Annie is going to move in with them!" Alison tells us. "There's going to be a trifecta happening!"

So what can fans expect? Alison wasn't tellin', but she did share one of her concerns for the rooming situation.

"I'm a little worried that it might be kind of a boys club, like they're going to be making blanket forts and stuff and they're going to be like, 'No girls allowed!' I don't know, fingers crossed she gets to be a part of the action!"

Creator Dan Harmon talked about the trio's new living situation with our friends over at TVLine, saying, "Annie and Abed are going to have their scrapes and bruises with each other now that they'll be cohabitating."

When we talked with the Mad Men beauty a few weeks ago, she hinted at some reasons why the trio is sharing the rent:

"Annie lives in a very bad neighborhood, which we've harped on before. [Annie, Troy and Abed] represent the sort of adolescent side of the study group. So it makes sense that the three of them would be growing up together and taking that step to move in together, with each other." Aw, how sweet!

Jeff (Joel McHale) and Annie fans, take a deep breath. She may be moving in with her former crush and former makeout buddy, but Annie is all about Mr. Winger these days. "A lot of the Jeff and Annie shippers will be excited. There's a lot of Jeff and Annie stuff in store," Alison teases. "Annie's moved on from Abed. They kissed in the finale but that was about it."

We also chatted with Alison's costar Yvette Nicole Brown, who faced some fan backlash in season one after saying she was a fan of Jeff and Britta (Gillian Jacobs).

"I don't know that [the fans] understood that I rooted for that because that's what Shirley would want and most people ask me in character, ‘Who would you want Jeff to be with?'" she explains. "'Why don't you like Jeff and Annie?' Calm down! I love Joel and Alison, they're wonderful people. I love Jeff and Annie. [But] Shirley wants Britta with Jeff."

As for what fans can expect from the new season, Yvette tells us the study group will face "more internal" struggles and shenanigans.

"A lot more shenanigans, but they're going to be more internal," Yvette says. "Where last year we were going on space buses and zombies and whatnot, now all of the struggles and everything we're going through is going to be more internal within the group."

Let's hear it: Who do you want Jeff to end up with: Annie or Britta? Are you excited to see Annie living with Troy and Abed? Sound off in the comments!

Community premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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