Here's my thing: ISN'T RACHEL TECHNICALLY HALF BLACK TOO?! The idea is one dad is Jewish, the other is black. Santana mentions it in the beginning of this season. I suppose Jake couldn't know but . . .
No. Because both men contributed their sperm to Shelby and of course, only one would take. That was like the S1 joke..."we don't know which one is my dad." But if you look at her, she is clearly not black. And technically, unless Shelby is Jewish as well, Rachel cannot be, because being Jewish come from the mother not the father.
I guess I've always assumed that Shelby is Jewish just because Idina Menzel is and they've never said otherwise. And the writers and Rachel herself have very heavily established that she was raised in the faith and considers herself Jewish, so that's enough for me to believe that she is. plus Glee's never really been one for realism, so...
It's okay, religion isn't into realism either. Technically, you're Jewish only if your mother is Jewish, but say you wanted citizenship in Israel (which is automatically grated to Jewish people), I'm pretty sure your grandfather having been Jewish is enough. And I don't think they can pass Idina off as not Jewish at any case, though having her sing Barbara and all, they did insinuate, I think.P:
I really liked this episode b'c, well, really b'c all the old Glee members were there and I miss them terribly & even if the episode isn't the best written or anything, IT HAS THE OLD GLEE MEMBERS. So I be happy. Mostly.
I will come off your comments:
I actually like April. (...) for the most part she's humorous and not over-used so I was fine with her coming back.
I like her too & I spit upon all people who made negative comments about her hair. I thought she looked adorable.
[RYG] was awful, though, so I think they should have left it with the Warblers THIS.
Dude you have three hot girls gyrating in front of you in cheerleading outfits and you can't be bothered to look. there is something wrong with this picture.
But seriously.
Another lovely fourth wall break when they reference Mercedes secretly being a great dancer.
Amber is a great dancer? Seriously?
"Mike Chang, Asian Dancer" is that honestly how he introduces himself?
I luv him. I miss him bunches.
Aside from the fact that Kurt is dressed like Charlie Brown,
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Probably, like most Glee plot points it will either just magically show up someday and no one will say anything, or we'll never see it again (and no one will say anything...)
Santana is just hateful and I really wish she would disappear! I was starting to like her a tiny bit in New York, but these past few episodes have just reminded me how hateful she is!
Santana was definitely getting better but her comments in the last few episodes, and the last one especially, were just vicious and I have no idea why the writers have decided to make her excessively mean again.
I think they should have chosen Kurt to prove a point, but technically he wasn't an option, which I also liked. It shows to me, at least, that Kurt at this point is above needing to 'compete' against his friends because he knows his own talent, he won against Rachel last year, and he just wanted to sing the song because he loves the song.
I just wish they would have given him more to sing in the episode :/
I'm never going to like Brittany, and she was unlikeable as ever. The whole her being a genius thing definitely does not help. I'm so bitter that after all the promotion of dantana they got one episodes. Something clearly went down between Demi and Fox but still :((( Also they made Santana unlikable for me. And surprise surprise it's the episode she's reunited with Brittany *rolls eyes* I finally started actually liking her in series 4, cheating on her girlfriend and being unnecessarily cruel to rachel. At least it lead to the Mercedes and Rachel scene which I liked
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Yeah, we'll probably never know exactly what went down between Demi and Fox, but it was obviously enough that she's essentially cut all ties with them. I was interested to see where Dantana went because Demi was supposed to be heavily featured in six episodes so that was at least enough time to develop something, but I guess we'll never know, now
( ... )
"The Story Of How I Realized Even A Poorly Plotted Episode With The Old Characters Is Far More Enjoyable Than A Fairly Cohesive Episode With The New Ones"
Yes, exactly! The old characters have chemistry, even if their plots are all over the place, you like them because they have something special!
I liked the episode, it wasn´t spectacular, but it kinda gave closure to some plot lines. But I also thought Kurt deserved more lines on DG. =/
Of course I missed some Klaine time. Maybe they barely touched because the gay quota was used by Brittana? Hope Klaine will get something the next episode.
Yeah, even if the plots were things that had been done several times before on this show for some reason it was still fun to watch with the old characters :)
The studio recording of 'Defying Gravity' has Kurt singing a lot more than he did in the episode, so at least there's that to listen to...
From what I've heard, there might be a little bit of Klaine in the next episode but we'll probably have to wait until the show shifts fully to New York to get proper Klaine screentime...
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Technically, you're Jewish only if your mother is Jewish, but say you wanted citizenship in Israel (which is automatically grated to Jewish people), I'm pretty sure your grandfather having been Jewish is enough.
And I don't think they can pass Idina off as not Jewish at any case, though having her sing Barbara and all, they did insinuate, I think.P:
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I will come off your comments:
I actually like April. (...) for the most part she's humorous and not over-used so I was fine with her coming back.
I like her too & I spit upon all people who made negative comments about her hair. I thought she looked adorable.
[RYG] was awful, though, so I think they should have left it with the Warblers THIS.
Dude you have three hot girls gyrating in front of you in cheerleading outfits and you can't be bothered to look. there is something wrong with this picture.
But seriously.
Another lovely fourth wall break when they reference Mercedes secretly being a great dancer.
Amber is a great dancer? Seriously?
"Mike Chang, Asian Dancer" is that honestly how he introduces himself?
I luv him. I miss him bunches.
Aside from the fact that Kurt is dressed like Charlie Brown, ( ... )
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She won Dancing with the Stars? All her Glee peeps came out to support her and were in the audience at various times?
Yeah, I'd like to know exactly WHEN the jacket was returned and if Schue manned up to taking it in the first place or what.
The jersey and the jacket are different things.
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*crawls away slowly in embarrassment*
(Albeit, my Qs re the Jacket -- as opposed to the jersey -- remain true.)
*still crawling*
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I was hoping they'd choose Kurt for the diva-off.
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I think they should have chosen Kurt to prove a point, but technically he wasn't an option, which I also liked. It shows to me, at least, that Kurt at this point is above needing to 'compete' against his friends because he knows his own talent, he won against Rachel last year, and he just wanted to sing the song because he loves the song.
I just wish they would have given him more to sing in the episode :/
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Yes, exactly! The old characters have chemistry, even if their plots are all over the place, you like them because they have something special!
I liked the episode, it wasn´t spectacular, but it kinda gave closure to some plot lines. But I also thought Kurt deserved more lines on DG. =/
Of course I missed some Klaine time. Maybe they barely touched because the gay quota was used by Brittana? Hope Klaine will get something the next episode.
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The studio recording of 'Defying Gravity' has Kurt singing a lot more than he did in the episode, so at least there's that to listen to...
From what I've heard, there might be a little bit of Klaine in the next episode but we'll probably have to wait until the show shifts fully to New York to get proper Klaine screentime...
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