Saturday, December 1, 2012

Glee: Thanksgiving

I hated this episode and had tons of issues with it.
The first issue, if this episode is titled Thanksgiving, then why didn't it air on Thanksgiving? Whatever, that's the least of its issues.
Also, it's reunion time. Mike, Mercedes, Quinn, Santana and Puck are all back and Finn pairs them up with the new members. However, the only pair the show really focuses on is Kitty and Quinn. Kitty just adores Quinn and worships her. Quinn, on the outside, looks like she'd be a good role model, but she's not. What with her wild faze, her teen pregnancy and trying to pin it on the wrong guy, these are both things to be admired. Not. In the meantime, Santana discovers laxatives in Marley's backpack though Marley says they are old. Santana doesn't believe her, but lets the issue drop. Bad idea, Santana.
Ryder and Jake are actually getting along. They reach an agreement, Jake can have Marley but Ryder gets the dance lead. In the end, Ryder bails, because he knows that Jake can do it better than he can. One problem solved. However, Marley is dieting too much and side effects are arriving. She can't sleep at night and is sweating constantly.
Finally Sectionals arrive. The Warblers sing first, and their first number is pretty awful, as it is "The Whistle Song" which is just disgusting and it is not sung well. Luckily the second number from One Direction and is sung by Sebastian, who actually has a good voice. Then New Directions perform the Youtube sensation Gangnam Style, which finally gives Tina a solo but a cheap solo. The performance is certainly one of their weakest ones. The reviewer at EW gave the performance an F, which is somewhat low, but the performance was God awful. I don't think they deserve to win Sectionals, which would just be humiliating. And then the show ends with Marley fainting because of something that Kitty did. I hope Kitty gets her just desserts in the next episode.
Meanwhile in New York, Rachel and Kurt decide not to journey home and instead decide to have Thanksgiving in New York. Brody apologizes for his actions and Rachel forgives him and lets him off the hook and soon is back to flirting with him. He did not deserve to be forgiven that easily. Kurt also invites his boss, Isabelle (aka Sarah Jessica Parker) over and she brings her friends, which leads to an awful musical number and probably my second least favorite scene of the show. However, there was a sweet moment in the middle of this. Kurt finally takes his boss's advice. He calls Blaine and says that he misses him because they are friends but Blaine is not forgiven yet. That was probably the best scene of the episode.
Overall, this episode was horrible. The songs weren't that great and the fight between Quinn and Santana seemed odd and out of place but it did let the audience know that Quinn is dating one of her professors and says that Santana is jealous of Quinn's life. I wouldn't be jealous of Quinn's life if I were Santana. Grade: C+

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