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[li]Puck has to shave his head and loses his cool cred so he decides to hook up with Mercedes.[/li][li]Kurt gets hurt again when his father takes Finn out again for some guy time. Kurt decides to wear plaid and try to be macho in hopes of re-connecting with his dad.[/li][li]Rachel loses her voice and refuses surgery because she’s afraid. Finn brings her to meet a friend of his who lost it all.[/li][li]Mercedes and Santana have a bit of a diss-off once Mercedes decides to take Puck up on his “dating” proposal. Quinn gives Mercedes her blessing and we see a friendship with them continued from when Mercedes fainted trying to lose weight for the Cheerios.[/li][li]This week’s music assignment: sing about who you are right now. Finn, Rachel & Kurt sing solos. Mercedes sings a duet with Santana and Puck. Rachel sings with Finn’s friend. [/li][/ul]
For the first time I’ve ever really noticed it - this week’s dubbing was insanely bad. You couldn’t even pretend these kids were singing for real. Especially on the Mercedes/Santana duet. What the heck was wrong with that?
Aside from that - I think there was some good stuff this week. Continuation of some story lines from previous weeks. Noticeably absent was any kind of storyline involving Will or Emma.
I only caught the last 5 minutes of the show, and I wanted to ask the same thing. Is it dubbing, or is it just being recorded in studio with extremely liberal use of auto-tune and looped back over? It’s incredibly distracting. I understand that you can’t ask a bunch of kids to learn a bunch of new songs every week and get it right, and have to cut some corners - it’s just that auto-tune is sooo distracting.
I watched until Puck started singing. Then I realized that I just didn’t care anymore. There’s really no plot anymore and it’s become almost like a musical stream of consciousness.
At least we now know that Quinn is living with Puck and his family, and they won’t let her eat bacon. For a girl who lost her voice, Rachel sure did a lot of talking and singing and though they mentioned regionals being only a month away, no one seemed concerned about her getting her voice back in time.
“So you’re obsessed with showtunes. That doesn’t mean you’re gay. It means you’re awful.”
Another excellent episode. I thought both Puck singing “the lady is a tramp” and Kurt’s angry song that his father heard were two of the best songs they’ve had.
Brittany, " Did he mean the burglar alarm?" How has she been smart enough to not get knocked up and Quinn “smartypants” ended up with the pregnancy?
Really liked this episode. They’re really handling Kurt’s story line well and passably well with Puck. However, did not like the paraplegic kid “you can always be worse off” story like, and then singing with Rachel? I don’t know, it just seemed overly saccharin and manipulative.
He was a quadriplegic. They already have a paraplegic on the team.
I watch this show pretty much just to see what Brittany and Sue will say next. Otherwise the writing is almost always kind of awful, but it’s campy fun anyway. Just went back and watched the season premier online. Jessie and Rachel are singing in the (music?) library* and are fortunate that there are a few kids there with violins along to play accompaniment on strings.
“Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?” Classic.
*I’ve been to Lima, Ohio many times, and figure that all of this stuff being set there (or anywhere within four hours drive) is just part of the joke).
I liked how Brittany had the same vacuous smile and clapped along to everyone’s solo, not matter how bad (Rachel losing her voice, and Kurt doing John Mellencamp).
Was just pointing out that they really didn’t need to go very far to show Rachel that having laryngitis is scarcely the end of the universe, even one that revolves around her. Not sure what the PC terms are.
Fantastic episode. I was beginning to think they might have run out of gas after the last few. But this is the Glee I remember from the fall. (though I missed Emma and Figgins again this ep).
Some great songs, great dialog. A cringe-inducing version of The Climb (it must be really hard for a fantastic singer to deliberately sing off key, no?). “Straight Kurt” was hilarious.
Think they planned 4 episodes ahead in naming Jesse just so Finn could sing Jesse’s Girl? That’s crazy.
As usual, the best lines were from Brittany and Sue…
“There are so many lyrics”
“There’s only one person who can tell you who you are.” “Me.” “No, me. Sue Sylvester.”
Except Artie wasn’t a star football player, with his self-worth wrapped around his skill with his body. yes, they are both paralyzed and can sing, but that’s where the similarities end. (and apparently in the Glee universe, everyone can sing, so that’s a given.) Rachel wouldn’t be able to learn from Artie that there’s more to her than her voice, at least in such a conveniently parallel way.
Loved ‘‘The Lady is a Tramp’’ – though I too thought that was a Sinatra song. I don’t think Puck is a dreamboat, but he was pretty sexy in that number.
Loved the scene between Kurt as his Dad. It was very moving, but it made my heart sad for every gay teen everywhere who longed for such understanding from their parents. When I was in high school I saw kids get thrown out of their homes for being gay. He really is lucky.
When Finn sang ‘‘Jesse’s Girl,’’ I turned to my husband and said, ‘‘This is why I love this show.’’ It’s so surreal and self-aware and never takes itself too seriously. I love a show that’s not afraid to bend reality to make a stronger point. Great fun.