Yes, we found it distracting.
Being on the other end of the spectrum, I’m hesitant to comment negatively on someone’s weight, but I do think she looked nicer before, and that she seems to have fallen into the Hollywood “you must be approaching anorexia to be beautiful” standard. Or, maybe she decided to go vegan for ethical reasons and happens to have lost some weight and is happy and healthy. It’s possible.
I was amused by the comment about New Guy’s “[Justin] Bieber hair.”
This. She was so incredibly bitchy, way more than normal! Color me underwhelmed with this episode.
What’s LXD?
Well, she was a spokesperson for PETA…
Didn’t they also just do a Glee concert tour? I wonder if the cast is getting major workouts from daily dance rehearsals and stuff. I didn’t think she looked any different, FWIW, except she had weird bangs that made her look a little horsey.
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
I didn’t think Rachel was too skinny; however, her orange old lady knees squicked me out.
I wasn’t a fan of the music. Charice (Sunshine) would have been a nice addition, and Chord Overstreet (Sam) gives the tweens and teens more to drool over. TheKid went into total drool mode when he appeared on screen. FWIW, I don’t think he was wearing lipstick/gloss, I think he’s just one of those people with very distinct lip coloring. Along with that flip top head.
Ya’ll are going to wear the boy out.
When I was singing in choirs, my coach insisted women should never wear shorter than below the knee skirts to auditions, because it divided the body in a bad place. Also, knees are not the best feature of anyone’s body. Really, if your kness are your most attractive feature, you should stay indoors and talk to strangers on the interrnet.
I thought she looked good. I liked the bangs.
I wanted a better look at Santana’s new boobs.
Well, that is why I hang out on the SDMB…
If my life were a sitcom this is where the fantasy sequence would start- and hopefully would last for the next season.
I’m not familiar with Chord Overstreet other than last night. He looks a bit like a Culkin brother. I did read an interview where he said his name came from his father who’s a songwriter and gave several of his kids musical names. (If I were him I’d be damned grateful dad wasn’t a gynecologist.) He won’t answer whether he’s going to be Kurt’s love interest, though he does say he himself is straight.
The OP asked who Matt was - the black guy in the back row who we never heard, right?
Wonderful snark this episode. Kudos to the writing staff.
Yes, good riddance to Matt. He did nothing but sway in the background and stare at the lead singer with wet, moved eyes.
Also, the auto-tune on this show is really getting out of hand. Even Sue had enough of it, she finally told Rachel to shut up.
A timely find I’m sure you’ll appreciate: http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2010/09/21/tyler_shields_sets_glees_harry_shum_jr_on_fire.php
Courtesy of some dude on the Something Awful boards- Asian Camp Abs gif!
ETA: So, salacious meaningful glances between Finn/Sam and Rachel/Sunshine during lunch performance? Hoyay? Discuss
The meaningful glances were because they had noticed the telltale signs of a singer…the toe-tapping, etc. as they scoped out the other kids, looking for possible Glee recruits. Kindred spirits, and all that. Not salacious.
You’re no fun!
I know I’m coming from a slash fandom perspective (a good chunk of middle school was taken up by Sirius/Remus and Percy/Oliver fic), but I feel like Finn often has better chemistry, including romantic chemistry, with men than with women.
To me he always looks like he’s on the verge of tears, though I don’t know if that’s the actor or the character.
This episode felt really disjointed to me - I didn’t get a good feeling for where they were going, or what they were trying to do at all. I did love a few moments, though (usually Sue’s) - like her coming into the bathroom to yell “SHUT UP!” at them. Sue’s having a problem getting the measure of Coach Beist - interesting.
It was also interesting to hear Sue talking about how much she loved staring at Santana’s juicy new chestfruits (especially given Jane Lynch’s being well out of the closet). 
