Glee: the good, the bad, and the squicky
Feb. 8th, 2013 06:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seldneiSo, I really loved last week's episode, and not just because of the shirtless guys (although, hello Chord Overstreet's abs, goodness). It was funny, and there were a lot of hilarious background moments (Kitty thunking her head into the wall during Jake's song, for example), and I loved the parallels between earlier in the season with Sam and Blaine. I like their friendship a lot. Also, Kurt dealing with naked Brody (moving the milk carton! Misogynist Ken!) was one of my favorite things ever.
This week ... well, let's start with the things I liked (The Good):
1. KURT TOLD RACHEL HE THREW "DEFYING GRAVITY"!
Seriously, if Glee is going to remember only one piece of continuity ever, I am glad it was this one. And that was worth the wait. (Contrast with the reveal that Willow did not, in fact, tell Buffy to go kill Angel like Xander said she did, which always seemed very throwaway to me.)
2. Kurt's entire story in this episode was very satisfying--fighting with Rachel, telling off the haters, winning the sing-off, side-eyeing them later with Adam. The only thing that bothered me was that I have no idea what's up with Adam and Kurt--dating? Friends? Brittany had a line about Kurt finding someone new, but the actual action of the show didn't really tell us much. I have a vague theory for that, but it deals with spoilers for next week, so I won't put it here.
3. Actually, I liked Rachel's story this episode, too, and not just because of schadenfreude. (Okay, 60% schadenfreude, 40% not.) I'd really like Rachel and Finn to become decent human beings. Flawed, but decent.
4. Speaking of background moments I liked--when Tina interrupts Artie and Blaine, and Artie backs the wheelchair away? He totally knows what's going on there, and he's really enjoying Blaine being clueless.
5. I liked Blaine in his full-on Freddie Mercury outfit (oh my god, that hat! Which the internet tells me has a whole other set of connotations than I was aware of, even.) (Okay, really, I liked all of the costumes except for the background singers on "Hung Up"), and I enjoyed the song, but ... Freddie Mercury was not a diva, Blaine. Freddie Mercury was a rock god. Then again, Blaine had Madonna on the diva playlist he made for Tina, so maybe Blaine's a little iffy on the whole diva definition. Then again, he was stoned on cold meds. And, yes, this is something I enjoyed about the episode. :)
Stuff I didn't like (The Bad):
1. Hold up, people, Unique didn't get a diva solo? The only Unique I got in this episode was a freaking group number? Are you kidding me?
2. While I found the scene well-played (that was a really realistic panic attack) ... really? More cheating? For reals, Glee?
3. I could have done without Santana at McKinley. I would have traded any of her songs for a Unique solo in this episode.
4. Um, why wasn't there more cute British guy?
Stuff that creeped me out (The Squicky):
Okay, so Tina crushes on a boy she knows is gay, who has told her he's gay, and that she knows is still in love with his ex-boyfriend and has a crush on another boy. And then she gets angry with him for not liking her back (after straddling him and undoing his shirt to rub stuff on his chest while he was passed out on cold meds--seriously, reverse the genders on that for a second. Yeah. And it was still creepy before we reversed the genders).
Someone needs to call her on all this, and I doubt it's going to happen because scenes like the Rachel/Kurt fight--warranted, clear calling out of bad behavior--happen rarely on Glee (well, and nobody else was there for the Vapo-rub scene) and, hell, that one took what? Three years? Four? before it happened.
Something is going to blow up, though. And I can only hope it will be interesting and/or fun to watch. My theory is that Kurt comes home for the wedding and actually wants to hang out with Blaine, so Blaine not only blows Tina off to do that, he totally expects her to understand, and she just goes ballistic on them both.
This week ... well, let's start with the things I liked (The Good):
1. KURT TOLD RACHEL HE THREW "DEFYING GRAVITY"!
Seriously, if Glee is going to remember only one piece of continuity ever, I am glad it was this one. And that was worth the wait. (Contrast with the reveal that Willow did not, in fact, tell Buffy to go kill Angel like Xander said she did, which always seemed very throwaway to me.)
2. Kurt's entire story in this episode was very satisfying--fighting with Rachel, telling off the haters, winning the sing-off, side-eyeing them later with Adam. The only thing that bothered me was that I have no idea what's up with Adam and Kurt--dating? Friends? Brittany had a line about Kurt finding someone new, but the actual action of the show didn't really tell us much. I have a vague theory for that, but it deals with spoilers for next week, so I won't put it here.
3. Actually, I liked Rachel's story this episode, too, and not just because of schadenfreude. (Okay, 60% schadenfreude, 40% not.) I'd really like Rachel and Finn to become decent human beings. Flawed, but decent.
4. Speaking of background moments I liked--when Tina interrupts Artie and Blaine, and Artie backs the wheelchair away? He totally knows what's going on there, and he's really enjoying Blaine being clueless.
5. I liked Blaine in his full-on Freddie Mercury outfit (oh my god, that hat! Which the internet tells me has a whole other set of connotations than I was aware of, even.) (Okay, really, I liked all of the costumes except for the background singers on "Hung Up"), and I enjoyed the song, but ... Freddie Mercury was not a diva, Blaine. Freddie Mercury was a rock god. Then again, Blaine had Madonna on the diva playlist he made for Tina, so maybe Blaine's a little iffy on the whole diva definition. Then again, he was stoned on cold meds. And, yes, this is something I enjoyed about the episode. :)
Stuff I didn't like (The Bad):
1. Hold up, people, Unique didn't get a diva solo? The only Unique I got in this episode was a freaking group number? Are you kidding me?
2. While I found the scene well-played (that was a really realistic panic attack) ... really? More cheating? For reals, Glee?
3. I could have done without Santana at McKinley. I would have traded any of her songs for a Unique solo in this episode.
4. Um, why wasn't there more cute British guy?
Stuff that creeped me out (The Squicky):
Okay, so Tina crushes on a boy she knows is gay, who has told her he's gay, and that she knows is still in love with his ex-boyfriend and has a crush on another boy. And then she gets angry with him for not liking her back (after straddling him and undoing his shirt to rub stuff on his chest while he was passed out on cold meds--seriously, reverse the genders on that for a second. Yeah. And it was still creepy before we reversed the genders).
Someone needs to call her on all this, and I doubt it's going to happen because scenes like the Rachel/Kurt fight--warranted, clear calling out of bad behavior--happen rarely on Glee (well, and nobody else was there for the Vapo-rub scene) and, hell, that one took what? Three years? Four? before it happened.
Something is going to blow up, though. And I can only hope it will be interesting and/or fun to watch. My theory is that Kurt comes home for the wedding and actually wants to hang out with Blaine, so Blaine not only blows Tina off to do that, he totally expects her to understand, and she just goes ballistic on them both.
