Glee puts a ring on it

Well, if there’s one thing you can never accuse Glee of being, it’s boring.

Sure, by now you thought you had the formula down. Finn and Rachel pine! Kurt comes to terms with his sexuality! Mercedes is sassy! Will has issues! Emma loves him from afar! We illustrate this through the cunning use of songs!

Well not so, with this episode. Not only were there a shockingly low number of songs, but there were more plot twists than… some pop culture reference that eludes me but implies a shocking number of plot twists.

Let’s just go over them for a second:

• Kurt’s gay. And out. To his dad. Oh, and he’s a football star.
• Which leads to the entire team doing the Single Ladies routine (and me nearly peeing my pants with laughter).
• Rachel quits!
• Which is all part of a secret and nefarious plot cooked up by Coach Sylvester and Sandy.
• Quinn’s knocked up and Finn’s going to be a dad.
• But not really, because Puck is the dad.
• And in love with Quinn, but she won’t admit he’s the father because he’s a deadbeat.
• Terri still hasn’t told Will she’s not pregnant.
• Quinn hasn’t told anyone she is.
• Cue a secret plot for Terri to somehow steal Quinn’s baby.

I mean, is your mind boggled yet? Is it?

And yet, shockingly, through all of this, the show manages to shock and repulse you (Terri Schuster, what is wrong with you?), enchant you (oh, the football team!), give you poignant moments (Kurt and his dad! Oh, my heart), and yet make you laugh until you think you’re going to vomit (“Yes. We. Cane.”). The genius of this show is, this kind of stuff happens every week. Every week, some new characters step up and make you adore them. Obviously, Kurt and Coach Sylvester were the two big winners this week, but I did not expect to love me some Puck as much as I do, and truth be told, I feel kind of dirty about it. Every week I laugh, I cry, and I wait desperately for more. And every week I think this show cannot possibly get better, and yet it does. I want to worry, because then maybe when this show inevitably disappoints me, it’ll hurt less, but why? Why ruin my Glee? It hasn’t disappointed me yet.

Clacked by Julia Hass
on Sep 23, 2009 @ 22:00 EST5EDT