Brittany is quickly becoming the best part of Glee

When Glee filled in the rest of New Directions with two Cheerios and two football players, I wondered if we’d ever really get to know them, other than Santana, who seemed to be the most prominent. The only thing we’ve learned about Matt Rutherford and Mike Chang (Other Asian) is that they can dance better than Rachel sings, and, well, they have last names. On some levels, that’s more than we can say about Brittany. The flip side there is that while we don’t know the daffy blond’s last name, she too can dance and gets the funniest lines each week. I don’t always have the most popular opinions, as Julia reminds me each and every week (multiple times, actually) in our Glee Live-Blog/Chat, and there’s no doubt that she’s going to hate my views here.

“There are so many lyrics…”
At first, it started with a one liner here or there, usually tagging onto the tail end of a conversation. Heather Morris proved her ability to delivery these lines with such a straight, deadpan face, that Ryan Murphy couldn’t help but give her more and more opportunities. Opportunities that she has capitalized on each and every time.

“So you’re pretty much the only guy in the school that I haven’t made out with because I thought you were capital-G Gay. Now that you’re not, having a perfect record would mean a lot to me.”
Now, not only is she slowly becoming more and more involved with different story lines, she’s been added to the regular cast next season. She’s also proving that she’s got some serious comedic acting chops. Her facial expressions get me rolling every single time.

From my perspective, she’s unseated Sue Sylvester in this department. Sue is a character that needs to be used in moderation, and I think we’ve been getting a little too over-saturated for my tastes in the back half of this first season. Fortunately for you, me, and Morris, Brittany has filled the void, and could soon take over as comedic queen of Glee.

As high as the hype meter got for the “Power of Madonna” episode, next week’s is the one that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. It is an episode that should inspire a geekgasm only matched by the disturbance in the Force when Alderaan was destroyed, between the Special Guest Star, the director, and the song list. I can’t wait.

Notes & Quotes:

• “Who is that guy?” – Brittany not recognizing Puck without his mohawk
• “I feel like that guy that lost all his hair and then lost all his strength!” – Puck
  “Samson?” – Santana
  “No, Agassi.”  – Puck
• Am I the only one who checked for a “LarryHair” twitter account after Jacob mentioned it?
• “Get ready black-girl-from-Glee-club-whose-name-I-can’t-remember-right-now. The Puckster is about to make you his.” – Puck
• “You know there’s only one person in this world who can tell you what you are.” – Sue
  “Me.” – Kurt
  “No, me, Sue Sylvester. And she hasn’t quite made up her mind about you.” – Sue
• It is good that even Rachel realizes that “Run, Joey, Run” was a debacle.
• “I’m a sex shark. If I stop moving, I die.” – Puck
• I’m calling that the only reason Jesse’s name is Jesse so that they could work “Jessie’s Girl” into the song list.
• “Last week I joined a black church. And I recently downloaded every song Sammy Davis Jr. ever sang on iTunes. He was a black Jew you know, and my inspiration.” – Puck
• Puck’s cover of “The Lady is a Tramp,” with the dancing, and the costume, and the Mercedes, was probably the best rendition of a song since Rachel’ s “Rain on My Parade.”
• Is this the first time we’ve learned that Quinn is living with Puck and his family?
• “Can I ask you something? What do boys lips taste like?” – Kurt
  “ Usually dip. Sometimes they taste like burgers, or my armpits. Kissing my armpits is a really big turn on for me.” – Brittany
• “If things get serious, you use protection.” – Mr. Hummel
  “Does he mean a burglar alarm?” – Brittany
• Using Brandy and Monica’s voices as the background singers in the cover of “The Boy is Mine” really takes away from the performers on the show.
• “Enjoy it while you can, Weezy. His hair is already starting to grow back.” – Santana
• “Kurt, I’m dumb, but I’m not stupid.” – Mr. Hummel
• I’m hoping that they are finally putting the Kurt/Dad storyline to bed, as I’m tired of Kurt’s dad having to prove every single week that he’s the best dad on TV.

Clacked by Ivey West
on May 12, 2010 @ 09:00 EST5EDT