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.
Jeff's plan to keep Pierce out of the Study Group backfires, Abed copes with bad news about Cougar Town and Dean Pelton's authority is challenged. (S3, ep 1)
Geography of Global Conflict: When another student steals Annie's idea for a Model UN club, the group comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, security guard Chang clashes with Britta. (S3, ep 2)
Chaos ensues when the Study Group tries to divide itself up into biology lab partners. Chang tries to solve a mystery that is only in his head. (S3, ep 3)
At Abed and Troy's housewarming party, Jeff decides to let the decision on who gets the pizza rest on a dice roll, creating six alternate realities. (S3, ep 4)
Britta gets everyone to tell a spooky tale so that she can find out who scored out as a psychopath on their psychology profiles. (S3, ep 5)
Pierce gets a visit from his bigoted father after his wipes become a hit in the gay community. The dean of the School of Refrigeration recruits Troy. (S3, ep 6)
The study group helps Annie move in with Troy and Abed, except for Jeff, who lies to get out of it but is caught by Dean Pelton. (S3, ep 7)
Documentary Filmmaking - Redux: The Dean is given the task of making a Greendale commercial, but the shoot soon goes over budget and spirals out of control. (S3, ep 8)
Shirley teaches Jeff foosball so that he can beat a team of Germans. Annie creates an overly elaborate ruse after breaking Abed's DVD. (S3, ep 9)
Abed tries to persuade each member of the Study Group to join the glee club so that they can qualify for regionals. (S3, ep 10)
Pierce comes to Shirley with a proposal just as she's about to get married to Andre. Troy and Abed try to act normally for the wedding. (S3, ep 11)
The members of the Study Group take jobs as celebrity impersonators to pay off Abed's debt to a celebrity impersonator business. (S3, ep 12)
When Britta falls for the human embodiment of the Subway sandwich chain, Shirley and Pierce hope to use the situation to their advantage. (S3, ep 13)
The students of Greendale are drawn into an epic pillow fight as Troy and Abed start a war that threatens to destroy their unique friendship. (S3, ep 14)
While Britta struggles to stay away from her old carny boyfriend, Jeff becomes obsessed with their relationship. (S3, ep 15)
After sending Troy and Britta on a date, Annie volunteers to keep Abed company in his Dreamatorium. (S3, ep 16)
When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case. (S3, ep 17)
When the memorial service of a student turns into a riot, Chang is granted special authoritative powers. (S3, ep 18)
When Abed claims the Dean has been replaced by a doppelgänger, he is forced to take psychiatric treatment. (S3, ep 19)
The study group must help Pierce win a video game so that he can claim his inheritance from his father, but somebody is out to ensure that he loses. (S3, ep 20)
The study group, now known as the Greendale Seven, launches a plot to rescue the real Dean Pelton and end Chang's reign of terror over Greendale. (S3, ep 21)
Jeff faces an old nemesis, Abed succumbs to his evil alter ego and Troy decides to meet his destiny at air conditioning school. (S3, ep 22)