Glee, 1x12, “Mattress”

Episode Title: Mattress
Writer: Ryan Murphy

Director: Elodie Kenne

Originally Aired: 12/02/2009
Grade: A

Ah, high school… I’ve forgotten what it’s like to care if people draw mustaches on my yearbook pictures. The best parts of the episode were the well-deserved smackdowns: Quinn on Sue, and Will on Terri. The Will/Terri scene was so emotionally intense that it almost felt out of place on this mostly fluffy show, but it was still immensely satisfying because she had it coming.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I fail to understand why the club couldn’t just pay for the one mattress Will slept on rather than have him quit. I know Will himself had a hard time paying $325 for the club’s yearbook photo, but Kurt wears Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen (RIP) even though his dad’s a mechanic, so at least one of them knows how to use a credit card…