Glee 2x09

[renrenren3]

Sooo... after the emotional rollercoaster that was last week, this one was almost bland by comparison. I was happy to see Emma again though. The only gripe I have with her storyline is that it's as if everything she does with/for the Glee club is actually because she wants to get close to Schue. What if she wanted to go to Sectionals to see the kids perform, hmm?
Anyway, yes... I approve of her marriage, Schue's reaction when she told him she'd got married was... ew. It took him a whole minute to say in a very much not convincing voice that he was happy? Why is he so lame this season?

Not much to say about the other failboat drama, I... wasn't really caring very much. I liked Finn and Rachel last season before they actually got together, then they did get together and every couple in Glee is doomed to fail. So there. Maybe now I'll go back to liking them again.

Now, about Kurt. FFFF KURT HURRY UP AND GET BACK WITH ND. That jacket totally suits him, but who cares. I miss his... individuality, as he puts it. And from all interviews and trailers and spoilers floating around it's as if they don't know when Kurt will go back to McKinley which is beyond depressing. It makes sense since there's going to be the stupid Christmas break and everything, but still. They need him. The viewers need him. If it's between an epic gay romance and going back with ND, it's not really a choice.
He can have his epic gay romance after he's back.



I don't know what the general consensus for this episode is, but I thought it was okay. I liked Valerie and Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Really, really liked them.
And yeah, of course Dalton Academy turned out not to be the superspecialawesome, sparkly, happy dreamland that most fans seemed to think it would be. And Blaine didn't proceed to snog the hell out of Kurt the second after he enrolled. And Wes and David turned out not to be obsessed with getting Blaine and Kurt together.
Unrealistic expectations have been squashed. Duh, colour me surprised. Where would the plot go without any drama?
And really, fandom, especially Kurt/Blaine fandom, do you honestly think you have any rights to complain?



I couldn't stop grinning like a loon every time Blaine stared at Kurt with adoring eyes. They're not even trying to be subtle about it. It's all very endearing. Also ffff Pavarotti. I want a canary now. And it's going to be a metaphor for love and happiness or whatever it is that the canary is a metaphor for. I missed Sue in this ep.
Now I'll try to get on with my life trying not to think that there's STILL A WEEK BEFORE WE GET THE "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" SCENE FFFF HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE LIKE THIS I REALLY REALLY HOPE SOME CLIPS GET LEAKED I NEED THEM LIKE YESTERDAY.

ETA: By the way, I totally called the tie ages ago.

Comments

[mizunosakura.livejournal.com]

YES. Now I can talk about stuff:
I do like Emma, though, I haven't really liked her as much this season--I do like her getting over her issues, but I feel like some of the things she's done seem messed up or OOC.
I DO like her with Carl, but I also liked her with Will and it bothered me that they kind of built that up in Season 1 and then killed it? I don't mind her being with Carl, but her expression at the end of the hug did not go well for me. I really don't want another divorce thing to lead her going for Will and I'd feel bad for Carl. I do think it was kind of rushed though, even if I'm sure that was kind on purpose.

Several things Rachel did this season seemed OOC for me and bothered me--like what causes her and Finn to break up. I can see Rachel being really upset, but kissing Puck seemed off to me? And OOC for her? Especially when she was dating Finn. I mean, I know she can play a bit dirty when it comes to how much she wants to shine when performing, but that's her dream and she doesn't act like that when it comes to other things. So I'm sad to see they broke up :( Even if most of their big couple things were full of failure.

I also hate that Quinn has gone back to being a jerk. I had started to like her, but now? Not so much. I was also surprised that Rachel didn't mention how they only won because she and Finn drew the competition to begin with.

Don't Cry for me Argentina was beautiful <3 I also liked all the Kurt-Rachel bonding. I thought it was really cute. And I liked the dancing during Valerie. I was too annoyed at Santana to actually enjoy the song.

And I felt bad for the Hipsters.

[renrenren3]

I can't watch it right as it airs since it's like 2am for me, but I watch it as soon as I can on the next day. XD

The problem with all couples is that if they stop giving them new issues everyone would get together with someone else, and they'd be happy, and it'd be cute, but then the show would end because there would be no more plots. So I understand how they need to create more conflict, though it's a bit frustrating to see couples that I like splitting up. I loved Will and Emma at the end of S1, though I think this season Schue's character was the one who suffered the most... In this episode, he finally fixed a bunch of things that were wrong with Glee club but only because Emma told him. Wut. :|

I never liked Rachel much (though the Kurt/Rachel scenes in this ep were beyond adorable ♥) so I wasn't much surprised by her reaction. I mean, she broke up with Jesse over a similar reason when she made that ridiculous Run Joey Run video.

I actually thought Quinn was fun in this ep, did she do anything bad? Because me and my sister have this chart where we rank how awesome each character is after each episode (or how much we like them) and I'm pretty sure Quinn went up after this ep.

The Hipsters were... cute, but kind of creepy. Plus they had no chance to win, I was surprised they even showed one of their numbers (I thought it'd be like the 3rd group last year at Regionals). Also I've got Valerie stuck in my mind now. I didn't like the song much at first but it grew on me, plus I love Brittany and Mike and their dancing was awesome. I'm not really sure why they decided to have ND and the Warblers tie, but then again from last season we've seen that the judges are usually weird.

[mizunosakura.livejournal.com]

I know, which is why I had to try hard and not spoil it XD

Yeah--I know. I just think some of the stuff they're doing for "conflict" is either:
A. Repetitive
or B. Really horridly done/odd.

Rachel is awesome T~T But that's, like I said, performance-related in the end. And even so, she didn't make out with any of them or whatever--she just had them play across her--I personally thought it was a bit overreacting? But I didn't get that interpretation from it (Not even because I like Rachel--just it didn't come off to me as it was apparently supposed to)...and seeing how he was back and forth (I'm faking but I kind of like her oh wait nevermind), I don't even really know what to think about that.

Just a few more insults and things--I don't know, she's gone back more to "I'm a cheerleader--obey me" this season rather than being a bit nicer and it's just...annoying.

Yeah, I know xD I expected the tie myself--especially as the Warblers were reserved until March at the least anyway from what I've heard so... I had Don't Cry Argentina in my head all night @-@

And I forgot to mention I was actually impressed a lot with Puck this episode, even if some things (Like the fact that he was the one to stop--I don't know, it seems if he didn't care that he did it to Finn with Quinn before, that he would now? ) seemed off--I still like to see him apparently liking the club and them all more.

And yes, their dancing is awesome and there are no words for how weird judges are in this show.

[batgurl88]

Unfortunately, my extreme tendency for second-hand embarrassment prevented me from watching almost all of the Dalton scenes (I had a feeling they were going to make it more realistic and less "gay paradise", but I still couldn't sit through all of them reacting to Kurt like 0.0 ). And I know Blaine's not perfect, but the way he told Kurt to tone it down hit me the wrong way (he may have had a point, I don't know, it's just the way he said it).

I really liked the Kurt/Rachel stuff in this one, since those two are so similar in so many ways - it always made sense for them to be friends. Puck was a lot better in this one as well - I'm wondering where they're going with that line from Lauren (?) about show choir being stupid. He seemed really affected by that.

Definitely looking forward to next week's though. I'm a sucker for holiday eps, and I'm really hoping for Baby Its Cold Outside! (Although, I am hoping they'll address the fact that not all of them celebrate Christmas).

[renrenren3]

Ew, second-hand embarrassment. Don't tell me about it. I had been warned about those scenes but it was still so cringe-worthy, especially at the beginning when Kurt is so obviously nervous and only Blaine laughs at his joke.
I don't know about Blaine, I read some very interesting meta about him trying too hard to fit in and maybe he's not going to be Kurt's mentor, he's going to need some help coming to terms with himself as well. I have hopes. I really really hope they won't kill his character completely in the next eps.

Puck was awesome in this episode, but then again I've started to really like him lately (especially after he got over Quinn). I was going to like Lauren as a substitute, but then she said that line and ick. Now I just wish she'd leave. Show choirs are srs bsns. I think this squashes any hopes of a Puck/Lauren ship.

I'm not usually one for holiday episodes since I'm atheist myself and they always make those eps Christmas-centred... c'mon, Rachel is Jewish and she sings Holy Night! About Jesus's birth! Writers, sense, you're not making any.
But I have hopes for BICO too, it's not in the previews but I've read that the scene was filmed so I hope they're keeping it uber secret to surprise us with its awesomeness.

They need to give us some kind of happy end before the winter break.