# Glee: 3.02 "I Am Unicorn" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806 "2011-09-27T21:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/21 "2011-09-29T14:18:53Z")
I didn’t like it. The big negative for me was Quinn at the end saying she is going to get the baby back. Seeing her causing yet more drama is not what I want from this show, I want happy glittery unicorn story lines. ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/22 "2011-09-29T15:26:17Z")
Since it hasn’t really been mentioned yet, I want to state again how much I love Kurt’s dad - what a great guy! I mentioned while watching with my stepdaughter (who is gay), “Man, Kurt’s dad is awesome - he really loves and supports his kid!” And she said, “Yeah he is…almost as awesome as you!” That totally made my night. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/23 "2011-09-29T23:06:14Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > OTOH I had been kind of expecting Blaine to be Tony and Kurt and the judges to decide to do a gay/Kurt Maria (Mario?). Wouldn’t that just be trading a butthurt Kurt for a butthurt Rachael? I think that’d cause far more drama. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/24 "2011-09-29T23:10:33Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That said, I actually didn’t think Chris/Kurt was that bad when playing Romeo, and certainly not over the top. I think it was supposed to be his forced deeper voice that caused everyone to crack up, not his acting, which seemed reasonably good to me. I thought it was sad, although believable, that Coach Bieste wasn’t more sensitive about the whole thing. She is if anything even farther from being traditionally feminine than Kurt is from being traditionally masculine, and she certainly knows what it’s like to be considered weird and unattractive for not fitting gender norms. I thought it was amusing, and also believable, that Emma was in favor of casting Kurt as Tony – for much of her life (possibly even now) her romantic ideal probably involved “would not expect me to have sex with him”. > [@Sampiro](#): > > And glad to see him work in the sais. > [@waterj2](#): > > Also, he worked in his [real life ninja skills](http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/19/Colfer_Shows_Off_Sword_Skills/) with the sai into this episode of Glee. I’ve been wondering for a while when they were going to let Colfer bust out his sais. (He has used the same skills with more mundane objects on the show before – an egg beater in the prom episode, and a feather duster back in the _Rocky Horror_ episode – but not with knives.) It seemed kind of random, but I bought it as his character wanting to show that he could be “macho”. > [@Woeg](#): > > Since it hasn’t really been mentioned yet, I want to state again how much I love Kurt’s dad - what a great guy! > > I mentioned while watching with my stepdaughter (who is gay), “Man, Kurt’s dad is awesome - he really loves and supports his kid!” > > And she said, “Yeah he is…almost as awesome as you!” > > That totally made my night. 🙂 Aw, that’s really sweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/25 "2011-09-29T23:12:56Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > I didn’t like it. I felt the show lacked its quirkiness in favor of “drama.” I thought I could not care less about Quinn and her whatever the hell that was, but now I see that I could care less as I care even less for Quinn and her baby drama nonsense. > > I’m not really keen on Sue and her election stupidity either. I think I prefer the short eye-rollingly implausible shifts in story rather than beating a plot horse to death. At least Will didn’t make me cringe with “he needs to die” stupid antics involving glitter. I did like his tirade against Quinn and the subsequent “That’s hot” from Becky. > > I was also not amused with the songs. I think every song was an audition. Boring! I could barely agree with you more. While all the stunt episodes and everything last year were unbearable, this year’s just been dull so far, particularly musically. I think the only performance I’ve liked out of the two eps so far was Blaine singing It’s Not Unusual. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/26 "2011-09-30T14:38:29Z")
God, the music was awful this episode. I usually like showtunes, but these were some of the worst showtunes I’ve ever heard. Kurt’s song on the monkeybars was particularly cringe-inducing. But the drama was decent, for the most part. Burt was great, as usual. The Kurt/Blaine story was good, as was the Kurt/Brittany story. I liked Puck’s part of the Beth story, but was disappointed with Quinn’s side of it. Firstly, does having pink hair and a nose ring disqualify someone from being around a baby? Why do all the adults assume that the punk/skank trappings are such a terrible thing? The smoking, arson, and beating up other kids would be the things that worry me. Besides that, what’s this “I’m getting my baby back” stuff? Sorry, that’s not really how adoption works. You give up your baby, she gets adopted, that baby has a mom now, and it’s not you. If the mom wants you involved in her life, great, but if not, too bad. Considering how hard the ND kids have to work to get new recruits (not a single freshman with talent this year?) I can’t see how Shelby’s rival club is going to have more than one tone-deaf member. But, I’m curious where that’s going. I also didn’t really get why Biest et al laughed Kurt off the stage. He really wasn’t terrible. They should have played it up a bit more. My wife was only half-watching and had to ask “why are they laughing?” > [@](#): > > Incidentally, the revelation that Blaine is a junior while Kurt is a senior is possibly the least plausible thing ever on Glee, and this is a show that once had a character planning to marry herself LOL… so true… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/27 "2011-09-30T16:41:53Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Besides that, what’s this “I’m getting my baby back” stuff? Sorry, that’s not really how adoption works. You give up your baby, she gets adopted, that baby has a mom now, and it’s not you. If the mom wants you involved in her life, great, but if not, too bad. I think this is what the IMDb calls a factual mistake made by a character, and possibly deliberate on the part of the writers. Thus far there’s been nothing to indicate that Quinn has any real chance of regaining custody of Beth, only that a disturbed 17 year old believes such a thing is possible. This being _Glee_ the storyline might be resolved in some totally ridiculous manner (sing-off to win custody of Beth!), but it could end more realistically with Quinn realizing that there’s no going back, she gave her baby up for adoption and Shelby is Beth’s mother now. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/28 "2011-09-30T18:11:26Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I think this is what the IMDb calls a factual mistake made by a character, and possibly deliberate on the part of the writers. Thus far there’s been nothing to indicate that Quinn has any real chance of regaining custody of Beth, only that a disturbed 17 year old believes such a thing is possible. Possible, but one would think that before allowing a 17 year old to sign papers giving up her baby, that _someone_ would have explained to her that what she’s signing is permanent. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/29 "2011-09-30T19:24:51Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Possible, but one would think that before allowing a 17 year old to sign papers giving up her baby, that _someone_ would have explained to her that what she’s signing is permanent. There can be a pretty big gap between things that have been explained to someone and things that person actually believes. And it’s not as if adoptions are in reality always permanent – there were a couple of high profile cases in the early '90s where the birth parents were able to regain custody of children who’d been given up for adoption. With “Baby Richard” and “Baby Jessica” the legal reason for reversing the adoptions was that the birth fathers had not consented, which isn’t the case here, but I find it plausible that Quinn would believe there might be some way for her to regain custody of Beth. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/30 "2011-09-30T23:23:51Z")
And let’s not forget that Quinns parents seem to have alot of money. Granted they (or at least her mom) were on board with the adoption. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/31 "2011-10-01T01:19:39Z")
Also, Shelby pretty much waltzed in there at the last minute in a way that was completely unrealistic as far as an actual adoption happening. Perhaps she and Quinn (or Quinn’s parents) reached some sort of deal outside of an official adoption. Has there been much said about the legal status of the baby as opposed to her _de facto_ status? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/32 "2011-10-01T01:34:48Z")
What’s that? Something that happened on “Glee” is _unrealistic_? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/33 "2011-10-01T16:39:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > What’s that? Something that happened on “Glee” is _unrealistic_? Everything else pales in comparison to Blaine’s status as a junior! Although now that I think about it, either here or on another forum I remember there being some discussion after the Valentine’s Day episode about the Gap assistant manager saying he could end up in prison if he got involved with Blaine. The age of consent in Ohio is 16, so while there were a number of other reasons for that guy to steer clear of Blaine it seemed like his age shouldn’t have been a legal problem. But if Blaine was a sophomore last year, he could actually have been only \*\*15 \*\*at the time. I have a hard time believing that the writers _intended_ him to be 15 then, though. His quasi-mentoring friendship with Kurt doesn’t make a lot of sense if Kurt was older, and it’s obvious just from looking at them that actor Darren Criss is several years older than Chris Colfer. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/34 "2011-10-01T18:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=gonzoron] Considering how hard the ND kids have to work to get new recruits (not a single freshman with talent this year?) I can’t see how Shelby’s rival club is going to have more than one tone-deaf member. But, I’m curious where that’s going. [/QUOTE] Will mentioned that Dustin Goolsby (Cheyenne Jackson) was fired from Vocal Adrenoline, info that wasn’t really needed, so she’ll probably leave McKinley and take back her old position. Possibly with Sugar in tow. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806/35 "2011-10-04T01:05:23Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Will mentioned that Dustin Goolsby (Cheyenne Jackson) was fired from Vocal Adrenoline, info that wasn’t really needed, so she’ll probably leave McKinley and take back her old position. Possibly with Sugar in tow. That or with no coach VA falls apart so a bunch of their kids (like that one girl who Rachel drove away at the beginning of last year but made up with in the finale) come over to fill up the rosters at McKinley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-02-i-am-unicorn-open-spoilers/597806.md?page=1)