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A short Glee reaction.
Nov. 9th, 2012 09:58 amOh my god, you guys! Finn has actually grown as a damn human being!
1. He refers to Unique as she, even when all the adults refer to Unique (not Wade) as he.
2. He recognizes the sort of hell Wade's going to get for playing Rizzo, but thinks they should do it, anyway, and is willing to do what he can to protect Wade/Unique from it.
3. And then he totally blows all this growth by reverting to the vicious dick he can be when he feels threatened or cornered, and calls Sue's daughter "retarded." But he immediately backtracks, and apologizes. (I'm not saying this fixes things. I am saying it's definitely growth from his viciousness toward Kurt and Santana--that immediate recognition that he went too far, without anyone else calling him out on it.)
I am getting the feeling that the show is positioning Finn as Will's successor--and that Finn is going to be better at all this (teaching, coaching glee) than Will. Which I'm all for.
It would be nice, I think, if this episode is where all the flailing around ends and the kids all start getting their grooves back. They can still screw up and make mistakes, but I want them to start finding their paths.
(I also want more Blaine and Sam. I want a Blaine, Sam, and Brittany sleepover. Hell, I want Teen Jesus and Sugar to get more lines. And if Generic Evil Cheerleader doesn't get some depth soon ... argh.)
I thought, overall, that the music was really good (Unique and Marley need ALL THE DUETS; poor new New Guy and Finn having to come after that) and the episode was well-structured, but I still don't care about the new kids beyond new New Guy being reasonably dorky.
1. He refers to Unique as she, even when all the adults refer to Unique (not Wade) as he.
2. He recognizes the sort of hell Wade's going to get for playing Rizzo, but thinks they should do it, anyway, and is willing to do what he can to protect Wade/Unique from it.
3. And then he totally blows all this growth by reverting to the vicious dick he can be when he feels threatened or cornered, and calls Sue's daughter "retarded." But he immediately backtracks, and apologizes. (I'm not saying this fixes things. I am saying it's definitely growth from his viciousness toward Kurt and Santana--that immediate recognition that he went too far, without anyone else calling him out on it.)
I am getting the feeling that the show is positioning Finn as Will's successor--and that Finn is going to be better at all this (teaching, coaching glee) than Will. Which I'm all for.
It would be nice, I think, if this episode is where all the flailing around ends and the kids all start getting their grooves back. They can still screw up and make mistakes, but I want them to start finding their paths.
(I also want more Blaine and Sam. I want a Blaine, Sam, and Brittany sleepover. Hell, I want Teen Jesus and Sugar to get more lines. And if Generic Evil Cheerleader doesn't get some depth soon ... argh.)
I thought, overall, that the music was really good (Unique and Marley need ALL THE DUETS; poor new New Guy and Finn having to come after that) and the episode was well-structured, but I still don't care about the new kids beyond new New Guy being reasonably dorky.
