Writer: Ryan Murphy
Grade: A-
Both musical mash-ups were joyous and hilarious. They all did a pretty good job of looking like they were tweaked out of their minds while dancing and lip-syncing, especially Finn and Rachel. I do wish that some of the other girls had been able to sing more, though, especially since I think the girls have more singing talent than the guys (seriously, the only one who can really belt one out is Artie/Kevin McHale). Lea’s fabulous and I love listening to her, but Jenna, Amber, and Dianna are great, too.
The confrontation between Rachel and Quinn was very well done. Agron somehow managed to project “I’m so tired of being a bitch” without saying anything of the sort, and I also enjoyed Rachel’s expression as she walked away, so proud of herself for being mature and generous.
Terri sucks. Still. Any humor she provides is cancelled out by her stupidity, her immaturity, and her uncanny knack for dragging everyone else down into the muck with her. That said, I didn’t necessarily disagree with her smackdown of Emma. I love Emma. I think she’s a good person and that Will has more chemistry with her than with Terri, but she still shouldn’t have told Terri that Will deserves better. It’s sort of like how you can’t help someone unless they want to be helped: Will deserves what Will thinks he deserves, and until he thinks he deserves better than Terri, it’s none of Emma’s damn business.
Of course, it’s no secret that I don’t think Will’s a particularly great catch himself, although maybe I’m too hard on him. He’s got a selfish streak a mile wide, and he’s utterly blind to most of what’s going on around him, but that probably doesn’t make him any worse than 95% of the population, and he does care about the kids he teaches.
I’d love to hear a Will voiceover that addresses how he feels about Emma, because I’m not sure I get it. He’s obviously attracted to her, but he tries so hard to squelch it and just be a good friend for her that I end up unsure about how self-aware he is of his attraction. How far does his imagination go? Is he imagining kissing her on a daily basis and then internally flagellating himself, or has he managed to bury his attraction so deeply that he doesn’t even do that?
Emma’s relationship with Ken is absurd and over-the-top, but even so, I can sort of relate. I’ve been there, trying to date someone I’m not attracted to because I’m tired of hurting him with my rejection, or because my friends convince me to give it a try, or because I hope it will help me get over someone else. I hope she snaps out of it before they actually tie the knot, because someone as loyal and sincere as Ken deserves a wife who loves him in return (and, erm, actually wants to have sex with him…).
Miscellaneous Stuff
-Something tells me the deaf kids and the juvie girls are going to give New Directions more of a competition than they’re expecting…
-It’s good to know that Finn still thinks about Rachel when she’s not around, but I could have done without the word-for-word recycling of the Swimfan/smokin’ bod voiceover from the AIRED pilot. Seriously, the pilot has aired THREE FUCKING TIMES in the past 5 months, and Murphy couldn’t be bothered to at least change the words around a bit? Also, Monteith delivered the lines better in the pilot anyway. And that kills me, too—they even made Cory re-record the same lines, like that was going to keep people from noticing that Murphy was plagiarizing his own pilot script?
Quotes
Kurt: “I don’t understand how lightning is in competition with an above-ground swimming pool.”
Sue: “That quiver will lose us nationals. And without a championship, I’ll lose my endorsements. And without those endorsements, I won’t be able to buy my hovercraft.”
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