something I always loved about their relationships is that for all the references Abed makes, Jeff understands or at least recognizes almost all of them.  It's sad that Jeff keeps it hidden, but the real him, underneath all the bluster and expensive clothes is a huge nerd who was raised by television

The second hug at the end is everything. Jeff knows how to socialize, but it's a facade, and Abed has no facades, and he struggles to socialize. They're the same person, on different sides of the coin

It took me two rewatches to truly realize that both of them emotionally relied on one another because they were basically raised the same way but dealt with it in different ways.

Obviously, nobody will replace Troy as Abed's best friend but I feel like Jeff and Abed have a sort of big brother/little brother vibe.

jeffs ability to recognize abeds train of thought and follow it to its logical conclusion in a split second is so fucking beautiful to me. The look of annoyance on his face a good 20 seconds before anyone else even hase the slightest of clues what abed is on about.

i’m surprised no one mentions the fact that both of them are walking movie references. jeff grew up on television, he learned to be who he was by emulating the people that raised him, the suave hero in control of the situation. he is always acting, which is why it’s so easy for his anger to get the best of him when his façade slips. abed recognizes this and so they begin to play off of each other, and over time become closer than any of the others in the show

At some point Abed just gets Jeff so well and that kinda intimidates Jeff.
Also nothing beats the delivery of “Don’t say that. I know you don’t mean that.”

" i dont have an ego, my facebook photo is a landscape" is an AMAZING line

abed getting so hungover he resorts to just sayin “Movie reference” is one of my favorite moments in the show

I love Troy and Abed, but these two help each other grow the most and I would argue are co-lead characters of the show.

Jeff and Abed are the true heart of the show, the show opened on them and they felt like the most natural friendship that just existed,

"I know I'm not Batman. You could try not being a jerk." That might be the moment when they finally started to understand each other.

this is the ultimate 'deeply personal bond constructed almost entirely of reference humour and witty bickering'. jeff mostly just does this to avoid personal connection or vulnerability by shifting the topic to an 'easy celebrity target' but since abed already relates to the word through these references anyway neither really has to try that hard to understand one another. on multiple occasions jeff expresses that 'real' conversation is when people can ignore all the mushy complicated stuff to straight-forwardly say whatever they want to - almost exactly what abed has always done.

37:03 it's wonderful to see "my dinner with Andre" Abed breaking character into regular Abed when Jeff put his phone in his drink. Danny Pudi is an amazing actor, damn

I love that Jeff and Abed are literally the 2 sides of Dan Harmon(he said in multiple interviews that he started the series writing Jeff as himself in his community collage days, but he's in actuality Abed)

This is why Jeff knows every one of Abeds references and truly understands him, because they're the same person at heart

I love how they had a bit of a messy friendship at times but they ultimately helped each other grow into better people 🥺

that last moment with role reversal of jeff hanging onto the meta facade and abed calling him on it is so heartbreaking what a great conclusion to this video

the comments made me realize that they get along so well not just because they were raised the same way (through TV) and handled it differently, but also because jeff imitated the characters he admired and abed wanted to understand those same characters and saw their motivations and actions as very clear. jeff is straightforward enough that he’s not confusing to abed because he imitates what has always been understandable to abed

I love how Dan Harmon’s main characters evolve from smart badasses to hopeless man children , and the sidekick characters evolve from sweet and naive to jaded cynics who are completely done with the main character’s bullcrap

I love how Jeff gets the most annoyed by the fourth wall breaks, but is also the second most frequent breaker