Sharp-tongued lawyer Jeff Winger finds himself returning to school at Greendale Community College. He accidentally creates a study group when attempting to get closer to a pretty student.
An ex-lawyer is forced to return to community college to get a degree, using his suave skillset to cheat on his classes and hit on a woman in his study group. (S1, ep 1)
Jeff takes steps to ensure that Britta will be his partner in Spanish class, but winds up with Pierce instead. (S1, ep 2)
Britta comes between Abed and his father when she signs him up for a film class. Jeff risks failing a class unless he "seizes the day." (S1, ep 3)
Jeff and Shirley bond by making fun of Britta's new hippie boyfriend. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed become pawns in Annie's psychology experiment. (S1, ep 4)
Chang is on the hunt for a cheater and threatens to fail the entire class. When someone confesses, Jeff mounts their defence. (S1, ep 5)
Jeff talks Troy into playing for the college's football team, sparking Annie's anger. Pierce helps the dean come up with a new mascot. (S1, ep 6)
Will Jeff blow off Annie's Halloween party and sell out his other classmates in order to get a chance to score with a sexy professor? (S1, ep 7)
When Jeff loses his home and his car, he is forced to move into Abed's dorm room. Meanwhile, Troy has a big date and Pierce joins Vaughn's band. (S1, ep 8)
Jeff reluctantly agrees to be Annie's debate partner, Britta humours Pierce and the gang begins to think that Abed's films may predict their future. (S1, ep 9)
Jeff hangs out with Chang to get out of an essay, angering the rest of the group. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy search for their missing lab rat. (S1, ep 10)
Politics of Human Sexuality: Annie helps the dean put on an "STD Fair," but doesn't want to perform a demonstration, as Jeff finds a companion for a double date with Pierce. (S1, ep 11)
Shirley throws a Christmas party for the gang and much to her surprise learns her classmates come from various religious backgrounds. (S1, ep 12)
The gang decides not to let an obnoxious student from their Spanish class into the study group. The dean appoints Jeff as editor of the student paper. (S1, ep 13)
Jeff runs into problems when the study group and the dean discover that he's seeing a professor, while Troy and Britta discover each other's secret. (S1, ep 14)
When Annie starts hanging out with Vaughn, Britta and Jeff vow to protect her. Meanwhile, Pierce feels left out at Troy and Abed's movie night. (S1, ep 15)
Jeff sets out to fix his relationship with Britta after a drunken phone call makes things weird. Annie and Shirley make plans to humiliate Chang. (S1, ep 16)
Psychical Education: Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts and the study group discovers a white version of Abed. (S1, ep 17)
It's Family Day. Pierce tries to build a relationship with his stepdaughter, but she has eyes for Jeff instead. Britta gets in trouble with Troy's Nana. (S1, ep 18)
Jeff signs up for a pottery class for an easy credit, but winds up failing the class when his jealousy of another student gets the best of him. (S1, ep 19)
Britta's April Fool's Day prank has disastrous consequences, but she refuses to confess that she was responsible. (S1, ep 20)
Jeff's plan to get chicken fingers from the cafeteria for the group evolves into a mafia movie-style endeavour with Abed calling all the shots. (S1, ep 21)
Shirley gets Pierce kicked out of the study group, as Jeff and Britta plot revenge on a group of high schoolers who make fun of them. (S1, ep 22)
Greendale Community College is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration. (S1, ep 23)
Annie uses inside information about Chang to get him fired so that the study group will be forced to stay together and take Spanish again. (S1, ep 24)
Britta and Professor Slater fight for the affection of Jeff. Meanwhile, Troy is confused when Abed doesn't invite him to move into his dorm room. (S1, ep 25)