Glee Season 4 Re-watch - 4x22 - All or Nothing

[liz_in_progress]

Much as I might like to pretend otherwise, Season 4 did not end with "Wonder-ful." So, here we go. "All or Nothing."

Fair warning: I did not like this episode. And apparently, I felt very strongly about how much I disliked it, because this might be my longest recap, yet. Go me.

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[out_there]

Artie is the boy next door who builds robots and whose virginity she takes (cue WTF face from Blaine)

That is actually one of my favourite moments in this whole episode. I kind of love when the writers (or, okay, maybe just the actors) remember the character history and that Blaine wasn't at their school for the whole Artie/Brit thing.

This is not how mature adults function.

That could basically be the subtitle of Glee. I mean, nearly all of their adult character are terribly immature, irresponsible human beings. With the notable exception of Carol and Burt.

did you hate “All or Nothing” as much as I did?

Actually, I disliked it so much I never watched the end of the episode. I simply couldn't be bothered. ...and that's saying something. I have watched SV and SGA and Prison Break for fandom, but Glee is on a fine, fine thread of caring. Breaking up Kurt and Blaine was forgiveable, but the way that most of the episodes of this seson seem really unclear and uncertain... just doesn't work well for me. The sad thing is with Glee, I could forgive it a heck of a lot for fun musical numbers and an emotionally satisfying pairing. If the Kurt/Blaine stuff can make sense and be touching, I could forgive it a lot of insanity. (I'm hoping that next season will start telling stories better. This seasons just feels so uneven.)

[liz_in_progress]

Agreed, Glee can be a wildly uneven show, and it threatens to derail me multiple times per season (sometimes per episode).

But it seems that I really can forgive a multitude of sins when they get the emotional connection right. And when they get it right, they NAIL it. And that's why I keep coming back.

But that's also why I can't seem to forgive "All or Nothing." If you didn't make me connect, emotionally, then I'm not going to be as forgiving of the other nonsense.