Glee Season 4

I realized that I never did finish writing about the rest of Season 3 of Glee, but as the Season 4 Finale has just aired. I will just review the current season.

All in all, I really liked Season 4 of Glee, as always there were some episodes that exceeded others. It's hard for me to summarize the season down. I was, however, not happy with Kurt and Blaine breaking up, I still feel that Blaine cheating was completely out of character and there was nothing that made me even suspect he would, and the fact that the season's over and they're still not back together was upsetting. However, I did want Blaine to propose like he was going to, but at the same time, I want them back together officially first. Do I want them engaged? Yes. Do they have to get married right away? Well, no.

Overall, Glee this season was good, not great as in the past, but still enjoyable and I'm looking forward to Seasons 5 and 6.

Glee Season 3 Episodes 1-14

I realize I've been lacking in my blog posts this season for Glee, and I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies. If you follow me on twitter you'll know that I've been watching Glee every week that it's on. So it's not because I haven't been watching Glee because I have, but I've been busy with other things and can get easily distracted.

As I've not updated this blog about Glee for this season I will only say how much I adore this season. It will take me way too long to post about each episode and recap each episode as I've done in the past, but I do love this season so far, it's better than season 2 to say the least.

I adore Kurt and Blaine as always and my top favorite episode of the season will always be "The First Time" for obvious reasons. I'm also way over the whole Finn/Rachel and Will/Emma thing. I realize that Kurt and Blaine are my favorite couple, but their relationship has been fairly stable, they've had their disputes, which is to be expected. But the other two couples have been all over the place since the end of season 1 and it's kind of sickening. I don't mind Santana and Brittany, although I still prefer Brittany with Artie, but I'm not as invested in them as Kurt and Blaine.

Also, the lastest episode had me in tears and although, I'm not a huge Karofsky fan, I'm liking seeing more of his story and understanding what he's gone through, to lead up to the moment that happens in "On My Way." I realize that some of you haven't seen it so I'll leave it there. I don't like the cliff-hanger at the end with Quinn, mainly because at that point we had to wait 7 weeks for a new episode, now it's like 3 or 4 from the time I post this. Although, I've seen spoiler pics from their shooting of recent episodes that will soon be aired.

So overall I love this season. I will list my favorites below from this season:

Couple: Kurt/Blaine

Episode: "The First Time"

Best Episode: "On My Way"

Favorite duet: "Perfect" by Kurt/Blaine from "I Kissed a Girl", "Let It Snow" by Kurt/Blaine from "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", "Smooth Criminal" by Santana/Sebastian from "Michael"

Favorite Blaine solo (minus New Directions): "Cough Syrup" from "On My Way", "Something's Coming" from "Asian F", "It's Not Unusual" from "Purple Piano Project"

Favorite Blaine Performance w/New Directions: "Wanna Be Startin' Something" and "Bad" from "Michael", "Love Shack" from "Heart"

Favorite Kurt solo (minus New Directions): "I'm the Greatest Star" from "Asian F"

Favorite Kurt Performance: "Ben" with Finn/Rachel from "Michael", "ABC" with New Directions from "Hold onto Sixteen"

Favorite Rachel Performance: "Without You" from "Yes/No"

Favorite Finn Performance: "I Can't Go for That" mashup from "Mashup"

Favorite Overall Performance (New Directions): "Wanna Be Startin' Something" from "Michael", "Fly/I Believe I Can Fly" from "On My Way"

Favorite Guest Performance: "I'm Sexy and I Know It" from "The Spanish Teacher"

Favorite Warbler Performance: "Glad You Came" from "On My Way"

Favorite Mercedes Solo: "I Will Always Love You" from "Heart"

Couple want to see Happen: Sam and Mercedes

Glee Thoughts and Youtube arguing?

So this is more of a Darren Criss related blog, but it relates to Glee in a huge way, but also how Glee has affected my life. Let us begin shall we? So, we have received a sneak peek of “Fashion’s Night Out” with the Glee Cast. This is the directors cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fRRUTHAVSI version over on youtube, not the one that premiered during the re-airing of Glee’s “Born This Way” episode on August 23.

Where this is headed are over to the comments in which a slight argumentative conversation has started, yes, I realize that arguing on youtube comments is really stupid, but I also have this incessive need to defend my opinions and those of others. I don’t know why I do it through youtube comments, but sometimes I can’t help myself, especially when some of the comments are ignorant and are just downgrading.

I will not list the user names of anyone, in order to protect their identities. One user commented that, “Seriously, Darren Criss is so much bigger than the show.” I agree, because even though he is representing a certain genre of people on the show, it’s also something he takes seriously off the show, because it’s something that he firmly believes in and supports wholeheartedly, and if he didn’t support it, he wouldn’t be able to represent it realistically and his performance as Blaine would fall flat, and it doesn’t. Blaine is a relate-able character and is represented by a talented individual who is throughly invested in his character, which if you’ve seen his interviews he has said many times and he has supported the LGBT community his whole life.

This comment is followed by a different user, who is replying to the comment above, “He would be nothing without the show....” Of course, I disagree, which leads to me commenting to this person’s comment saying this, “Um, no he would be something. He was already making something of himself before Glee. And I'm not referring to Starkid although, I did know who Darren was because of Starkid, which the first productions was posted in July '09, and that fall he was on a recurring character on “Eastwick”. But also released an EP on iTunes July '10, all of which was done before “Glee.” Yes, Glee may have made him more of a household name, but to say he'd be nothing without Glee is naive of you.”

Yes, I posted that, and there were several likes on that post a day later. However, it doesn’t stop there, this same person posted the next day this comment, “and how many eps did he sell BEFORE glee? how many people saw him in this other show? .... yeah
ALL of the glee cast are now somebody because of GLEE! even lea michele who was an broadway before.” Of course, I couldn’t let it go there I had to comment further, with two more comments, because there wasn’t even room for my comment. Resulting in the following two posts, “Darren was quite well-known by the Harry Potter community for "A Very Potter Musical" and "A Very Potter Sequel", and loads of people watched him on "Eastwick" because he was in it. In fact, that show wasn't promoted very well and I only knew about it because of his youtube video and twitter accounts. And lots of his fans began watching "Glee" when they found out he was going to premiere in episode 6 of Season 2. I have friends who did this.” And this, “Furthermore, they are "Glee" and they aren't somebodies because of Glee necessarily, but they have made "Glee" something, because it's something that everyone can relate to in some form, no matter the age of the audience. Being relate-able is what makes "Glee" not who's casted as those characters, but how those characters are portrayed. I think if they would have picked well-known actors (which they didn't want to do), the show would have less meaning.”

What more is there to say? That is the show the characters, not the actors. The actors make up part of it, but it’s the way they represent the characters, making them realistic and making them one of us. It doesn’t matter your age, race, gender, religion, sexuality, etc. to be a Glee fan and relate to the characters. I would like to think that Glee has helped me to be more accepting of everyone and be able to be more myself. It’s something that I would like to think I was able to do before Glee, but Glee gave me that final push, and it had nothing to with the actors, but the characters and how they relate to my life. It’s not just one character, I can relate to several of the characters and it has helped me re-evaluate myself and views, although I’ve been accepting of everyone for all my life, but when you’re not around certain groups of people and suddenly you’re in a world surrounded by different genres of people, you never quite no what to expect and being around those people for a while and then Glee happens, and seeing a wide aray of people being represented on Glee, has been so helpful and I view my friends in a different way and we’ve been able to have more serious conversations on topics that have always been touchy. So, it’s helped me reconnected on a more intellectual level and be more open with my views, and even if our views on these topics are different and vary, we are able to respect each others reasons for the way we think. Glee has done this for me, and it had nothing to do with the actors, but their portrayal of their characters.

Yes, arguing in youtube comments is lame, but for me it’s sort of personal, and to say somebody is someone because of Glee, their characters made them someone, because their characters are who we relate to.

Glee 2.22-May 24, 2011

Alrighty, it's been quite a while since my last Gleek post, which I meant to post after seeing the Finale of Season 2: New York.

I absolutely adored the episode, although my favorite part was the exchanges of "I love you" with Blaine and Kurt at the end of the episode. I also love the thought of Samcedes, but as Chord isn't returning to Season 3 I'm curious how this will pan out, and reasons they'll come up with for their breakup.

I like the idea of Finchel but I agreed with plan about how it was unprofessional, but the on and off again Finn and Quinn and Finn and Rachel, has become old news. This triangle needs stability and Finn needs to quit going back and forth between the two and deciding who he truly wants to be with. Blaine and Kurt are the only realistic couple at this point. And not to mention the adorableness factor to top it off.

I realize that this is television, but most teenagers can't write two songs, with lyrics, music, choreography in a few days, like they did. The songs were terrific but still, they should know week's in advance what songs they're singing for nationals or any competition.

I'm looking forward to Season 3 which premieres September 20th, 2011. I want Blaine to transfer to McKinley BUT I want it to be a legit transfer, not because he misses Kurt or Kurt talked him into it, but because of some reason we have yet to see. It needs to be a transfer that adds to Blaine's storyline, since we've been told we're going to get more backstory on Blaine this season. So, transferring because he misses Kurt or Kurt talking him into it, doesn't cut it for me, and after what we know of his father, I can't see that being the reason either.

Season 3 can't come fast enough!

Glee 2.21-May 17, 2011

Glee's episode this week was entitled, "Funeral." Jean, Sue's sister passes away and Sue becomes overcome with grief. And is even more hell-bent on destroying the Glee Club with the help of Terri.

Jesse comes aboard to help the Glee Club with setlist and preparations for Nationals by having auditions to be the star of the Glee Club and center all performances around that one individual.

Finn and Kurt offer their condolences to Sue and Sue wonders how come she's still standing and the sweetest person in the world isn't. Because of her sister's death she kicked Becky off the Cheerios. Sue tells the boys that she can't plan a funeral and she won't. Finn and Kurt offer the services of the Glee Club. Jesse shuts down the idea, while Finn tells him that since he's the leader of the Glee Club they will do this.

Finn and Kurt help clean out Sue's sister's room at the nursing home, discovering that Willy Wonka is her sister's favorite movie, they theme the funeral in that fashion and sing "Pure Imagination," Jean's favorite song while a video montage of her life plays. Before they sing Sue reads a lovely Eulogy that she can't finish and Mr. Schue comes up and finishes reading it for her. At the point, I'm bawling, my friend is also bawling. It was just so emotional and touching.

Sue thanks them. The funeral's over and Finn breaks up with Quinn. New Directions are doing original songs for Nationals, everyone hates Jesse. Sue wishes Mr. Schue good luck on Nationals after what the glee club did for her sister. Terri is moving to Miami to become Manager of the new Sheets and Things. Episode over.

It was really good, and I liked the Sue I saw and love how Kurt and Finn volunteered their services. Good for them!

Glee 2.20-May 10, 2011

This episode's entitled "Prom Queen" and is one of my favorites, tying in with "Original Song". Loads of Kurt and Blaine stuff makes for an awesome episode.

Here we go! Apparently, the band Figgins wants for Prom cancels and now New Directions have to preform at Prom. Mercedes doesn't have a date and is upset by this not, because she needs a man but because she wants to feel like Cinderella for one night. Rachel doesn't have a date so she has Mercedes join her on her "Prom on a Budget" and asks Sam to go to and they help him out because from last episode he's ubber poor. He agrees and says it would be an honor.

Kurt asks Blaine to Prom, in which Blaine has some issues. We finally get some backstory on Blaine's character and he tells Kurt that at his old school there was a Sadie Hawkins dance and he had just come out and he asked one of his friends, the only other openly gay student at his school to go to the dance. While they were waiting for the other guys' dad to pick them up 3 guys beat the living crap out of them. :(

Blaine tells Kurt he's crazy about him and agrees to go to prom with him.

Jesse St. James *bleh* returns and he joins Rachel, Mercedes and Sam to the Prom. Finn gets jealous. I don't like Jesse and didn't like to see his return. There's so much stuff that happens. Karofsky wins Prom King while with an over number of write-in votes for the first time Kurt wins Prom queen. He runs out and Blaine follows him, he does end up accepting it. But he realized that the bullying had been stopped, because they had all just been thinking it. Blaine and Kurt have helped each other out in different ways without the actually realizing it, which makes them the perfect couple and the most realistic. After he accepts, the King and Queen tradition is to have the first dance, Karofsky can't and walks off leaving Kurt alone, Blaine then comes out and asks to have this dance!! And they have their first dance while Mercedes and Santana sing Dancing Queen. They have pictures taken and it was epic!!

Quinn slaps Rachel blaming her for everything, Jesse and Finn get in a fight over Rachel while Blaine sings, "I'm not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You." *swoon*

Okay, so this is mostly about the awesomeness that is Kurt and Blaine. Sue me. :D

Glee 2.19-May 3, 2011

Sorry this is posted so late, I did watch it the night it aired, been super busy trying to pack. Anyways, I liked this episode although it may not be my favorite it was good.

This episode entitled "Rumours" is dedicated to Fleetwood Mac's album of the same name. Rumors fly about various members of the Glee club that Kurt's cheating on Blaine with Sam and that Quinn's cheating on Finn with Sam. Santana sings a beautiful song to Brittany, in which Brittany invites her to come on to her new web show "Fondue for Two." April is back in this episode to try get Mr. Schue to come to Broadway, by Sue and Terri's suggestion, in order to try to destroy the Glee Club.

Rachel sings a song indirectly to Finn which makes Quinn mad.

All these rumors and speculations, we find that Sam isn't cheating with anyone because his dad lost his job and they now have to live in a hotel. The Glee club chips in and buys Sam's guitar back. It was a great episode. I have really no criticism for it.