So many mixed emotions, and I've lost all respect for Beiste (which I didn't think was possible) and Artie (who I was always indifferent to but now I'm like 'no.'). Emma I'm still on the fence on. At least she tried.
-I loved all of the Brittany/Kurt scenes. And Kurt's outfit in the first scene. He looks really good in green/orange combos and he so very rarely wears them.
-MIKE IMITATING KURT'S DANCE MOVES!!! WIN!! I thought this was really cute and Kurt was all, 'no. no, I am a *brilliant* dancer. No.' And I loved Finn's resignation about the whole thing. Poor boy xP
-Sue was great in this episode. I love when her storylines are more minor because they're more random and effective xP The whole Shelby thing I'm still unsure about BUT THEY REMEMBERED THAT QUINN HAD A BABY SO THIS IS PROGRESS.
-Oh, Britt. Unicorns. Her campaign posters. Oh, Britt. xP
-QuickQuickQuickQuickQuick. Yes, this makes me happy.
-BLAINE YOU ARE NOT A JUNIOR QUIT LYING. FIRST YOU WERE A SENIOR LAST YEAR, THEN A JUNIOR WITH KURT, AND NOW YOU'RE *YOUNGER* THAN KURT??? NO.
-He was very sweet about the 'I don't want to take the role away from you' even though he SINGS A TONY SONG, which irks me a little. Still.
-The Rachel/Shelby bit was awkward, and I'm sorry, Idina's still a better singer, as wonderful as Lea is. Truth.
-WILL HOW ARE YOU STILL A TEACHER YOU'RE YELLING AT A STUDENT!!! Sue I can accept when she does this because that's her *role* but Will? I dislike him even more. Ugh.
-OMIGOSH THE PUCK SCENE AT SHELBY'S APARTMENT. CAN I HUG HIM??? HE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL MAN AND THIS IS HOW YOU DO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND UGH. I LOVE HIM.
-DEAR GOD BOY COACH BEISTE'S LADY-PARTS MAY NOT BE EXCITED BUT MINE (AND MOST OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'S) SURE ARE!!! WORK THAT POLE!!!
-Unf. I just...God, those are *not* toothpick arms and he's so freakishly talented and sounds amazing and SWORDS and unffff...
-HATE. Honestly, Coach Beiste, the woman who's no doubt been called 'manly' all her life, calling another person 'too feminine?' No. Bad writing, RM. Bad. Emma, I love you for sticking up for Kurt and believing he could get the role. Artie, you're a crappy friend. We had *two* gay guys in our production of Les Miserables and they played Javert, the main antagonist, who is *very* manly and Marius, the main *romantic lead*. They were both brilliant. It should be about talent, not sexuality (also, our Javert was pretty much Kurt's twin, so he wasn't a 'masculine' man either x( )
-KUUURRRTT I WANT TO HUG YOU TOO!!! POOR BB.
-I loved the small Brittana scene, though <3
-Okay, I wanted to punch them all (except Emma). Seriously, he was fierce (well, as fierce as you can get reciting Shakespeare and wearing tights and with his bangs down making him look twelve) in that scene. There was tension between him and Rachel. That low voice is sexy as all get-out. Unf, Kurt, I'd kiss you, no problem.
-I teared up. I love Quick so much and I think they should raise the baby with Shelby (the less said about Quinn's manic plan the better). Beth needs somebody older and more mature to set her on the right path, but I don't think having Puck and Quinn as part of her life is a bad thing if that's what they all want. They're both great people (Quinn smarten up) and Puck would make such a good father.
-I approve of mechanic!Finn. But who'd let him around a car alone?? I'm quite sure Kurt's lurking in the background to oversee everything until his dad gets there. And Rachel, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but let him make his own decision. Go to New York with her and Kurt. I mean, what?
-BURT IS THE BEST FATHER EVER OH MY GOSH ALL THE AWARDS! ALL OF THEM! AND HE GETS KURT TO SMILE!! I know a lot of this scene is influenced by Chris' life (the whole 'write it yourself if nobody will write it for you!' which is what he did with 'Struck by Lightning'), but it works for Kurt as well.
-Aw, Kurt and Brittany <3
-FINN I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. AS ARE KURT AND PUCK AND MERCEDES AND MIKE AND SCHUE AND YAY FAMILY!!!
-Watch Kurt's hand here. What's going down with that???
-Yes, I'm mad they cut out the proper angle for the high five. It was so much better. Look:
-And...they're standing abnormally close again. Yup.
-QUINN AND MERCEDES HUG! THEY REMEMBERED THEY'RE FRIENDS! PROGRESS!!
-Quinn wut. Don't do that. Please.
-Blaine. Yes, he's good, I really just don't like the song. Or West Side Story that much. Sorry. But aw, Kurt. AND WUT CLIFFHANGER. WUT. a;slkdfja;lskdfj;alskdfj;alskdjf
....So, yeah. I liked it. I'm not sure how I feel about everything and some characters definitely lost some of their shine in my eyes, but overall it was good :) (Oh yeah, and Sugar's still amusing even though I can only take a couple of minutes of her per episode...)