"Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of Community, and the 90th episode overall in the series. It originally aired on January 30, 2014, on NBC; and is written by Monica Padrick and directed by Tristram Shapeero. It is also the last episode of the season to air before going on hiatus during the 2014 Winter Olympics. The season resumed on February 27, 2014. The episode also featured the return of Brie Larson as Rachel, who last appeared in the fourth season episode "Herstory of Dance." In this episode, Annie Edison (Alison Brie) and Professor Buzz Hickey (Jonathan Banks) confront numerous Greendale heads—including the head custodian Bob Waite (Nathan Fillion)—while others prepare the cafeteria for the midterm dance. The episode received generally positive reviews, with many praising the show's use of guest stars; however, some noted Troy Barnes’ (Donald Glover) absence negatively. Upon airing, the episode attained 3.01 million viewers and an 18-49 rating of 1.1, placing third in its timeslot and tenth for the night in primetime television. Plot Annie (Alison Brie) gathers the group for the first Save Greendale committee, right before the midterms dance. She and Professor Hickey (Jonathan Banks) attempt to have a bulletin board installed, but are faced with Greendale's impenetrable bureaucracy. They attempt to set up a convoluted chain of quid pro quo deals with the head custodian (Nathan Fillion), the chief of IT (Paget Brewster), the head of parking (Robert Patrick), and the Dean (Jim Rash). Over the course of promising favors to each, Annie loses sight of their original purpose, until Hickey sets her straight and the scheme collapses. Eventually, Hickey donates his personal bulletin board and the Dean overrides the custodians' objections. Meanwhile, Jeff (Joel McHale), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Chang (Ken Jeong), and Prof. Duncan (John Oliver) set the decorations for the dance. Chang suggests the theme "Bear Down For Midterms", which the others do not understand but reluctantly agree too. After all of the declarations are finished, Neil (Charley Koontz) enters and reacts negatively to the theme, since it makes light of a gruesome bear attack at a little boy's birthday party in Wisconsin that was on the news earlier that day. Chang realizes that this was his subconscious inspiration for the theme. As a last resort, they change the bear theme to "Fat Dog For Midterms", insisting that the term "fat dog" is