Evidence packet
Romance as a bargaining chip: the unmatched beat
Graded: Connects evidence that still requires testing. The source research wrote it as “Open research lead”
The chain
- Primary text
NewsRadio S05E07–S05E08S05E07
What it proves. That the NewsRadio arc makes Johnny's proposal to Lisa part of the corporate struggle, and later has Lisa offer marriage in exchange for the empire.
Source: Community, NewsRadio and Saved by the Bell scripts and indexes, Project script corpus (internal research document)
- Project synthesis
Show Bible §45
What it proves. The project's decision to leave this beat unmatched. The Bible names it the largest unmatched NewsRadio element and says it belongs in the index as an open search target rather than being forced onto the Chang arc.
Source: Community Show Bible, Project research (Google Docs) (internal research document)
Fifteen of the sixteen beats have a Community counterpart. This one does not, and the research says so explicitly. It is kept visible because a mirror that hides its gaps is not inspectable.
Sources
- Community, NewsRadio and Saved by the Bell scripts and indexes, Project script corpus, 2026-09-19What it proves: That a given wording appears in a given episode's transcript. It does not prove who said it unless the line is speaker-attested.
- Community Show Bible, Project research (Google Docs), 2026-09-22What it proves: Nothing on its own. It is the canonical statement of the project's evidence standard and its episode dossiers.