Pierce Hawthorne’s days at Greendale College are numbered&hellip💖; which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s been following the behind-the-scenes spats between the the actor who plays him, Chevy Chase, and rest of the cast and crew over the past four seasons.

According to , “Chase’s departure from the show is effective immediately. The bulk of Community ‘s 13-episode fourth-season order have been fil🃏med. Chase won’t appear in the one or two episodes th❀at have not been shot yet.”

To be honest, it’s surprisingly he’s lasted this long. Chase has made it very public that he feels like he’s slumming it in a sitcom, “which is probably the lowest form of television,” as he told The Huffington Post earlier this year. “The hours are hideous… I just sorꩵt of hung around because I have three daughters and a wife, and I figured out I might as well make some bread, every week.”

He also has a widely publicised falling out with the show’s original showrunner, Dan Harmon, which ended with him leaving a sweary voice mail on Harmon’s phone. But if anyone though that Harmon’s departure from the show might smooth things, think again. Chase has had more on-set outbursts this year, and according to Deadline , ꧟“Chase had been increasingly frustrated and uncomfortable with the direction of his ch♐aracter, Pierce, who is a bigot, and had felt that Pierce had run his course.”

Although normally you’d expect an ensemble show like Community to ride out a departure like this, the way things are going for this show at the moment (ousted showrunner, star leaving, shortened – and delayed – seaso🌠n) you can’t help worrying this is another nail in the coffin. Still, filming on the last two episodes may be a little less fraught, eh?