After months of anticipation, Glee finally returned—and despite the classic Valentine’s Day-themed episode, the themes are getting repetitive and predictable, and the show doesn’t focus at all on music. At this point in the show last year, there were barely any inappropriate scenes and the Glee club only focused on what they were going to sing at Regionals. Boy, what a change.
To start off, the love triangle among Quinn, Rachel and Finn is too much. It’s sad to watch how desperate Rachel is to get Finn back. Yet Finn is a complete hypocrite. He’s dying to get Quinn back, but it requires her to cheat on her current boyfriend, Sam. Infidelity, the direct cause of Finn and Quinn breaking up in the first place, was also the reason he and Rachel broke up. But now that Finn is on the other side, he thinks it’s okay. Wrong. Completely wrong.
Next up, Kurt — that poor kid. First, Kurt’s dad gets sick, then he’s bullied, then he transfers schools and thinks he’s finally found a guy that likes him. But in this episode, he discovers his “perfect guy” likes someone else. Not only does Kurt have to watch Blaine go for another guy, he also has to help him convey his feelings for this guy though song. I mean, really? Why can’t anything good happen to Kurt ever?
Instead of finding ways to make Kurt’s life a living hell, the writers need to give him a few episodes where something good happens to him. It’ll give the show something new.
As always, Santana can find nothing better to do with her life than find ways to put people down, but when she finally gets a taste of her own medicine she can’t handle it. In this episode, Puck decides to go for Lauren, leaving Santana in the lurch, so she finds someone else’s life to ruin. Santana decides to expose Finn and Quinn’s “affair,” leaving poor Sam in the middle when he really cares for Quinn. Rachel’s comment to Santana (you know what I’m talking about…) may have been a tad harsh, but it was definitely well deserved.
The episode was a bit strange. The kissing booth and the awkwardness between Kurt and Blaine perfectly illustrate how the show is maturing too quickly. For a show that’s supposed to emphasize a group of outcasts who don’t care about popularity, it seems to strongly advocate that if you’re not the most popular guy or girl in school, you’re nothing. The show needs to turn around and find last year’s magic.
Kendall • Feb 17, 2011 at 8:45 am
Good things do happen to Kurt. Finish watching the episode. He conveys his feelings to Blaine, he isn’t shot down, and it’s not awkward between them now – eventhough he broght all that up.
As for Santana, yes she causes problems across the board, but thats what her character has been about since the start of the show. Why care now?
And for all the kids that are stiving to be popular, most of them had been jocks or cheerleaders before, and their entire worlds have been flipped upside down by the loss of their sport teams at some point during the show. If your entire life changed, and everything was different, wouldn’t you want some of your old life back? For them they are used to the popularity, and don’t know how to cope with it.
I also love the character: Britany S. Pears. That was clever, and she’s fantastic.
Overall, my family likes the show. We each listen to music, but none of us have musical ability. I enjoy that their building more of a story around the show than just Rachel talking about what their doing for regionals. every. single. episode.
Everyone has something about the show that they wish didn’t happen (personally it’s when will kissed beast), but overall the show does great music selections, and puts them in at an appropiate time rather than whenever they could possibly fit a song in.
And thats how i C it. [:
(who doesnt love sue?! and where do they think some of this suff up?? it’s always great – and her song choice – “sing” – was fantastic!).
Julie • Feb 15, 2011 at 1:33 am
I completely agree with you Maryam, I miss last year’s Glee!
halksdjahlksdjafhl • Feb 11, 2011 at 1:09 pm
overcritical