Community - Interview with Brie, Brown, Ganz & Jacobs

Given the uncertainty about this season and the hiatus, what does it feel like having produced these episodes in a vacuum?
Gillian Jacobs: It’s weird.
Alison Brie: It has freed us up in a lot of ways. Once the initial reaction wore off, there was some sense of reckless abandon: we’ll just do whatever we want. People might not see this anyway. So, we just have our fun.
Megan Ganz: But also, in terms of the schedule, it didn’t change at all. Not on a day-to-day basis.
Yvette Nicole Brown: The fact that we were on hiatus didn’t even register for me, aside from the initial shock of finding out on Twitter. Because I found out on Twitter.
Jacobs: One thing that is different: there’s almost a dialogue between us and the viewers. Christmas was such a high because we had like nine trending topics that night on Twitter for the episode. That was our last chance to watch it at the same time. We haven’t seen any of the episodes that we’ve shot past that point. We’ve been doing these interviews and are struggling to remember the episodes. They ask, “So, what can we look forward to?” We’re like, “Uh …”
Ganz: Especially for the writing. It’s like that dialogue you’re talking about, we’re just working in a void. Christmas was the last time that the audience spoke back to us and was like, this is what we like.
Brown: Does that color how you guys write?
Ganz: Well, yeah. We’re not listening to everything they say. But in terms of when they like the same things that we like, we know we’re pursuing the right avenues. Obviously, Dan [Harmon] has a very clear vision. But it is hard to operate in a total vacuum.
Brown: So these may be the purest Community episodes ever.
Ganz: I don’t know. We got bumped off the schedule. It has registered on the show. I think there’s a weight.
Brie: There’s a darkness.

Source: Full interview @ The Daily Beast