Glee review from Eric
My friend Eric wrote a very interesting review of Glee. Agree, disagree. Let me know, let's discuss Glee!
“Glee” gives itself a “Bad Reputation” by Eric K.
So “Glee” returned four weeks ago with the less-than-spectacular episode “Hell-O.” That episode was followed by “The Power of Madonna,” “Home,” and this week’s “Bad Reputation.” All four of these episodes felt like they were missing something. I’m willing to look past the fact that Regionals hasn’t been mentioned since “Hell-O.” However, “Hell-O” seemed to lack a triumphant return and kind of just picked up like “yeah, we’ve been promoting the hell(-o) out of this show for the past four months, but we’re just going to pretend like nothing’s really happened.” “The Power of Madonna” seemed to lack an actual plot, while “Home” lacked good music other than Mercedes singing “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. And this week’s episode seemed to be missing not only music, but also any type of hook to make me want to watch.
I’ve broken the past four episodes down for you the way I see it:
The Good
“Vogue” - I thought this song was the best of the night. The story line surrounding it was stupid, yeah, and overall the song was not necessarily needed, but I loved it and thought Jane Lynch did a great job singing it.
Hummels and Hudsons Unite! - For the most part, I really liked this story line introduced in “Home.” Both Mike O’Malley and Romy Rosemont did a wonderful job with their parts. Even Cory Monteith played it pretty well. Chris Colfer, on the other hand, was the part I did not like. I think that Kurt was being way too selfish with this story. After all, the entire reason he did it was not to make his father happy, but to get closer to Finn. But like I said, for the most part I liked it.
Quinn - I really like that she was there for Mercedes in “Home,” and I liked her role in “Bad Reputation.” However, I do miss the mean Quinn. Then again, she can’t really do much on that level anymore seeing as how she’s kicked off the Cheerios squad.
The Bad
Regionals - The first part of the season was all about sectionals. Not every episode was dedicated to the glee club going to sectionals, but they would still let you know that sectionals was off in the distance. This part of the season has mentioned regionals once that I can remember… and that was in “Hell-O.” Sure, with that episode we got introduced to Idina Menzel’s Shelby Corcoran, but what was the point in introducing her? So we could watch her and Schue hook up? Essentially the episode said “hey! She’s important… okaynowyoucanforgetabouther.”
Kurt's singing - I think my main problem with whenever Kurt sings by himself is that he sounds like a twelve year-old girl. He does not sound like an 18/19 year old guy… it’s weird. I think it would be a little better if he didn’t sound like he was trying to sound like a woman. I don’t mind the character, and honestly think that Kurt is hilarious, but when he sings, it’s weird, and I don’t like it.
Sue Sylvester having a heart - In the episode “Wheels,” we were introduced to Sue’s “handicapable sister” (as Sue puts it). I loved that moment and thought it was amazing and absolutely loved that episode. However, since then, we’ve learned more about Sue and that she actually is a person. Sue’s the kind of character we love to hate - if there’s a reason to love her, we won’t hate her. The problem with giving her a heart is that we hate her less and less, and like her more and more, and that takes away from what he loved about the character in the first part of the season. She’s had some great one-liners and is probably the best character on the show, but by giving her more screen time and making her more human, they are ruining Sue Sylvester.
Emma and Will’s relationship - I was not a fan of the two getting together at the end of the first half of the season. I’m glad they’ve broken up and all, but I think that the way that they are playing this relationship out is no bueno. I was happy to see Emma grow a backbone and put Will in his place, but at the same time I am getting so pissed off at Will for the way he acts with everything. He’s probably the most immature character on the show. Maybe there should be a separate category for Mr. Schuester, but I really dislike the way that he and Emma have been interacting lately.
Finn kind of forgetting that Quinn and Puck are having a baby together - At the end of the last half of the season, we saw Finn freaking out… and it was poorly acted, but besides that point, Finn has like… COMPLETELY forgotten that his girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend and is pregnant because of it. Now he’s all about Rachel, which is weird because he never even mentions Quinn anymore.
The Ugly
Guest Star Overload - If I’ve talked to you at all about Glee, I said my biggest fear was that the show was going to become somewhat of a “who’s guest starring this week?!” I think that I’ve been right for the most part. The first episode was mainly about Jesse St. James and Vocal Adrenaline, the next episode was all about Madonna. The entire episode was built around her with hardly any plot. Then there was “Home” with Kristin Chenoweth. I like Chenoweth, but her return to the series was totally unnecessary. This week Olivia Newton-John guest starred. I don’t hate N-J, but seriously, can anyone tell me what the point of her appearance was? Yeah, I thought so.
WHERE THE HELL IS JESSALYN GILSIG? -- One of the best characters from the first part of the season, like her or not, was Terri Schuester. She’s appeared a total of 5 minutes on the past four episodes. Sure, she’s singing “Loser” (Beck song) later in the season, but I don’t get why she’s gone.
Best Character so far: Brittany
Worst Character so far: April Rhodes (sorry, she was NOT needed)
Best song so far: “Gives You Hell”
Worst song so far: Home, One Less Bell to Answer/A House is not a Home Mash-up, A House is not a Home, Ice Ice Baby, (and) U Can’t Touch This
Best random moment: Stephen Tobolowsky’s appearance on “Bad Reputation”
Worst random moment: Mr. Schue and Shelby Corcoran hook up
What to look forward to: Regionals; Jesse/Rachel/Finn drama; Quinn having a baby; more Sue awesomeness
What not to look forward to: “Dream On”
“Glee” gives itself a “Bad Reputation” by Eric K.
So “Glee” returned four weeks ago with the less-than-spectacular episode “Hell-O.” That episode was followed by “The Power of Madonna,” “Home,” and this week’s “Bad Reputation.” All four of these episodes felt like they were missing something. I’m willing to look past the fact that Regionals hasn’t been mentioned since “Hell-O.” However, “Hell-O” seemed to lack a triumphant return and kind of just picked up like “yeah, we’ve been promoting the hell(-o) out of this show for the past four months, but we’re just going to pretend like nothing’s really happened.” “The Power of Madonna” seemed to lack an actual plot, while “Home” lacked good music other than Mercedes singing “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. And this week’s episode seemed to be missing not only music, but also any type of hook to make me want to watch.
I’ve broken the past four episodes down for you the way I see it:
The Good
“Vogue” - I thought this song was the best of the night. The story line surrounding it was stupid, yeah, and overall the song was not necessarily needed, but I loved it and thought Jane Lynch did a great job singing it.
Hummels and Hudsons Unite! - For the most part, I really liked this story line introduced in “Home.” Both Mike O’Malley and Romy Rosemont did a wonderful job with their parts. Even Cory Monteith played it pretty well. Chris Colfer, on the other hand, was the part I did not like. I think that Kurt was being way too selfish with this story. After all, the entire reason he did it was not to make his father happy, but to get closer to Finn. But like I said, for the most part I liked it.
Quinn - I really like that she was there for Mercedes in “Home,” and I liked her role in “Bad Reputation.” However, I do miss the mean Quinn. Then again, she can’t really do much on that level anymore seeing as how she’s kicked off the Cheerios squad.
The Bad
Regionals - The first part of the season was all about sectionals. Not every episode was dedicated to the glee club going to sectionals, but they would still let you know that sectionals was off in the distance. This part of the season has mentioned regionals once that I can remember… and that was in “Hell-O.” Sure, with that episode we got introduced to Idina Menzel’s Shelby Corcoran, but what was the point in introducing her? So we could watch her and Schue hook up? Essentially the episode said “hey! She’s important… okaynowyoucanforgetabouther.”
Kurt's singing - I think my main problem with whenever Kurt sings by himself is that he sounds like a twelve year-old girl. He does not sound like an 18/19 year old guy… it’s weird. I think it would be a little better if he didn’t sound like he was trying to sound like a woman. I don’t mind the character, and honestly think that Kurt is hilarious, but when he sings, it’s weird, and I don’t like it.
Sue Sylvester having a heart - In the episode “Wheels,” we were introduced to Sue’s “handicapable sister” (as Sue puts it). I loved that moment and thought it was amazing and absolutely loved that episode. However, since then, we’ve learned more about Sue and that she actually is a person. Sue’s the kind of character we love to hate - if there’s a reason to love her, we won’t hate her. The problem with giving her a heart is that we hate her less and less, and like her more and more, and that takes away from what he loved about the character in the first part of the season. She’s had some great one-liners and is probably the best character on the show, but by giving her more screen time and making her more human, they are ruining Sue Sylvester.
Emma and Will’s relationship - I was not a fan of the two getting together at the end of the first half of the season. I’m glad they’ve broken up and all, but I think that the way that they are playing this relationship out is no bueno. I was happy to see Emma grow a backbone and put Will in his place, but at the same time I am getting so pissed off at Will for the way he acts with everything. He’s probably the most immature character on the show. Maybe there should be a separate category for Mr. Schuester, but I really dislike the way that he and Emma have been interacting lately.
Finn kind of forgetting that Quinn and Puck are having a baby together - At the end of the last half of the season, we saw Finn freaking out… and it was poorly acted, but besides that point, Finn has like… COMPLETELY forgotten that his girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend and is pregnant because of it. Now he’s all about Rachel, which is weird because he never even mentions Quinn anymore.
The Ugly
Guest Star Overload - If I’ve talked to you at all about Glee, I said my biggest fear was that the show was going to become somewhat of a “who’s guest starring this week?!” I think that I’ve been right for the most part. The first episode was mainly about Jesse St. James and Vocal Adrenaline, the next episode was all about Madonna. The entire episode was built around her with hardly any plot. Then there was “Home” with Kristin Chenoweth. I like Chenoweth, but her return to the series was totally unnecessary. This week Olivia Newton-John guest starred. I don’t hate N-J, but seriously, can anyone tell me what the point of her appearance was? Yeah, I thought so.
WHERE THE HELL IS JESSALYN GILSIG? -- One of the best characters from the first part of the season, like her or not, was Terri Schuester. She’s appeared a total of 5 minutes on the past four episodes. Sure, she’s singing “Loser” (Beck song) later in the season, but I don’t get why she’s gone.
Best Character so far: Brittany
Worst Character so far: April Rhodes (sorry, she was NOT needed)
Best song so far: “Gives You Hell”
Worst song so far: Home, One Less Bell to Answer/A House is not a Home Mash-up, A House is not a Home, Ice Ice Baby, (and) U Can’t Touch This
Best random moment: Stephen Tobolowsky’s appearance on “Bad Reputation”
Worst random moment: Mr. Schue and Shelby Corcoran hook up
What to look forward to: Regionals; Jesse/Rachel/Finn drama; Quinn having a baby; more Sue awesomeness
What not to look forward to: “Dream On”