When Chevy Chase abruptly left Community while filming its fourth season, writers had no time to craft a proper goodbye for his character. Here are a few ideas, anyway.
He realizes he's no longer relevant, and no one disagrees.
Pierce often feels like the odd one out on Community, but that damn study group refuses to let him go. Even when he's being a horribly racist pain in everyone's ass, he somehow gets talked into staying. Not this time.
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He's poisoned by hair dye.
Pierce's attempt to look younger backfires when his off-brand hair dye leeches into his scalp and slowly kills him. At least he looks really cool on his way out?
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He grows a soul and exiles himself to a life of solitude.
Look upon your sins, Pierce, and repent! After suddenly developing a conscience, Pierce realizes what a pox on the earth he is. Rather than foolishly attempting to make amends, he leaves Greendale for a remote island where he can sit and think about what he's done.
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He's always been a figment of Abed's imagination.
It doesn't make any sense, but no one questions it.
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