Official Glee Love Thread (Part 2) — Page 21

I haven't seen the show since last spring and I have no desire to watch it again, but for those who are interested, look who might be coming back:




'Glee' scoop: Chord Overstreet in negotiations to return

Updated On: 2/19/12 at 04:28 PM

Why Chord Overstreet?? I was never a huge fan of Sam. And it's stupid how they were going to put him in a relationship with Mercedes and then have him leave before it went anywhere, but now he'll be back.

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Yay, I hope Sam does actually come back. I'm looking forward to seeing Damien too...when does the other Sam(uel) appear?

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Any thoughts on Rory?

He didn't seem quite as likeable as Damien in real life, but I guess we were supposed to warm to him because of the bullying. They definitely overplayed the whole Irish thing, what with the leprechaun theme, green clothes and It's Not Easy Being Green.

Damien's acting left a little to be desired, and it sounded as if he was trying hard to enunciate clearly - overall I guess I was a little disappointed, but luckily he has his big smile as a saving grace.

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I think it is acceptable when Brittany and bullies are playing off the leprechaun/Oirish angle but not the entire show characters. I wish the character was given more self-awareness or just written against the stereotype instead of playing it up, even for Brittany.

His singing wasn't bad it was just a poor choice of songs that reminded me that on The Glee Project, the judges really stunk at giving him a proper song. I remember when they gave him 'Danny Boy' despite it not fitting his vocal range at all. I wonder why? **sarcasm**

It should be noted that this episode did not have the original three writers of the show involved, it was Ali Adler, Ross Maxwell and Matthew Hodgson. Two are TV veterans who have worked with Ryan Murphy while the other is pretty new to the scene. Though interpretations based on how the characters work seems completely different among Murphy, Falchuk, and Brennan, and it just seems a little off in the way the characters are being written. I believe Ian Brennan is responsible for Brittany, which makes sense because she was her best on his written episode "Asian F" (I cannot be the only person who loved her line about patriarchy), but I think even Murphy and Falchuk have made good use of her in their episodes. The writing for her felt lazy and creepy, especially when the Christmas episode was referenced where it sort of took her childlike wonder a step too far.

The songs lacked energy though are not necessarily bad choices plot-wise. Outside of Asian F, I don't think there was a really a good balance of good story and songs this season.

For the most part the show has been written with more discipline but this episode is by far weakest when you account for a character introduction, characters back to some bad habits, and bad song choices all around.

Any thoughts on Rory?

I love me some Damian - have for years. And I was so excited to see him on the screen but I felt like his storyline was a bit rushed. I foretold the whole leprechaun thing with Brittany long ago so I wasn't surprised by it. I did like his rendition of "It's Not Easy Being Green" because it has such a deeper meaning. He's in his a new country far away from his friends and family. He only knows a few people and the culture is very different. I'd have liked the song better if at the end of it he stopped pretending since the songs ends with the singer being happy with who/what they are.

Personally, I hope to here some "craic" comments as we see more of him on the show. "Hey, Finn, let's have some craic after school." "Rory, drugs are bad" ((craic = fun/good times))

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I think it was a bit much for an 8:00 show.

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Did you Stockard? I was hoping to get a parent's reaction- I thought the Like A Virgin number so long ago was much more explicit.

I agree also. Past episodes have had much more racy/suggestive moments.

But then again, I don't have kids.

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Now was that episode's depiction of sex REALLY worth have the PTC get in a tizzy over? The 'Power of Madonna', as RobbieJ mentioned with the 'Like A Virgin' cover inter-cutting to people in suggestive situations, episode had more skin shown.

That said I gasped at Brittany's revelation about how she lost her virginity. Forget spooning, did I just hear a rape joke?

IAMWHATIAM, I actually agree. I get when adults are starting to feel anxiety about relationships (this is why Coach Bieste just seems the most human to me) but that all of these kids are in relationships that are treated like an endgame. Relationship drama makes for good TV (though I would say the back 9 of Glee Season 2 really challenged that theory) but these declarations of love that most of the teen characters have on the show makes my eyes roll out my head.

Otherwise I like the episode. Felt more balanced and a lot less filler and shoehorned storylines.

I think if my son was 15, I wouldn't have a problem with it. My only issue is that my son is 8, and this show is on at 8:00 when he's still up. And it wasn't the Kurt and Blaine thing anymore than it was the Finn and Rachel. It's just a subject I'm not ready to talk about yet with an 8 year old (sex in general). He doesn't watch it usually anyway, so personally it was not a biggie in my house. I do know that there are kids his age that watch the show. Their parents should probably not let them, but I just think if it was moved to 9:00 it wouldn't be an issue for anyone. It's just my opinion though.

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^ I totally understand. 8 is too young to be really going into that stuff with them. At least the episode got a tv-14 rating last night. Now how many parents actually paid attention to that, who knows.

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