Will singled out the kids who didn’t know what they were
going to do “for the rest of their lives.” Um, who does? Maybe 2% of kids and
20% of adults. Mercedes’ "Disco Inferno" was pretty fun. She maybe growled a
little too much in it. She was looking good in this episode. That red dress was
her best outfit ever and it made us believe that Sam would want to be with her.
“The cream always rises to the top, Mercedes.” Oh, Mr. Schue, how we hate you.
No, it doesn’t. Haley Reinhart lost American Idol and Ashlee Simpson had a
number one single. When he interpreted Santana’s love song as political and
told her to go to law school, we barked a laugh. We agree with him that fame
isn’t something to aspire to, though.
We are so over Finn and Rachel. How are they remotely
believable as high school seniors? Finn, competitive eating champion sounds about
right. "How Deep Is Your Love" was probably the best disco song for Rachel to
solo, but we are annoyed that her first solo in FOREVER isn’t a belted
powerhouse like "My Man". It was a little dull, too. Oh Finn, you artard. College-aged is still young. This
episode is mildly painful for at least one of us. Who doesn’t have an artsy-fartsy dream they gave up because it wasn’t practical (besides Leeard)? Will Schuester talking
about living your dreams and how it’s terrible if you didn’t dare to dream it
makes us roll our eyes and bums us out. In high school, everyone’s dream is to
be famous or be President. How many people will actually get there?
Wow, this post is getting bitter. Moving on. The
Brittany/Santana storyline was a way better lesson. Alex did a pretty good job
in his song, and Jesse St. James’ face made the dress storyline worth it. He
looks better as a girl. If we want this though, we prefer to just watch Kinky
Boots. Rachel looked the best she’s looked in a long time during Finn’s hideous
song. We like the side-swept bangs and the soft curls. Ern tried sweeping her
short bangs to the side and it just made her look like Hitler. We would watch
Sue’s sex tape with Oliver North. We're not buying any of the songs, but we don't think Glee butchered disco. Their voices fit the songs and they were fun and happy. We'll call this a musical success. The episode was ok. It just served to remind us how little we care about these characters and their futures.
Episode grade: B
Just an ok episode to me. Didn't like Alex's character at all. Thought his storyline was just stupid. The Finn story was also kinda annoying. Really? 18 is now "not young?" *eyeroll* Also, I thought that Finn's falsetto was highly lacking. Almost painful...Wow, you're bitterness rubbed off on me =)
ReplyDeleteAlex's storyline was his exact storyline on The Glee project.
DeleteFinn should never sing high
I liked that Finn didn't have A Dream, and I wish they had left it at that. No one knows what they want to do, but kids think they have to have a planned career path before they go to college, and it was nice to see that reflected. But then they ruined it by giving Finn some kind of dream.
ReplyDeleteMy REAL question is, why is it a problem for these kids to love singing, keep singing... and go to college for accounting or engineering or teaching or Chinese philosophy?
Jesse St. James better sing for me again. Don't you bring him back just to make mean faces at McKinley High kids. Sing!
PS Will NEEDS to stop signing, and most importantly, he needs to stop thinking he can sing that high. I know whatshiface won a Tony for his work on Broadway, so somewhere inside me I know he's talented. But I can't help but look at him and say "Man UP"
Agree with this whole comment. Every word.
DeleteAnd Quinn? :/
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