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"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons," Season 2, Episode 14 (2011) Almost the entire episode is the study group sitting around a table playing Dungeons & Dragons, and it is somehow one of the most exciting half hours of the series. The group sets up a game to cheer up Neil, a lonely fellow student, until Pierce barges in uninvited and takes over. You do not need to know the game: the narrated quest is written so the stakes are the people at the table, not the dice. Fans who rank episodes regularly put it near the top, and it shows how much the show can do with almost nothing.