‘Glee’ review: Jenna Ushkowitz shines … and Finn and Emma did WHAT?
With an episode entitled “Diva,” you would think that Rachel Berry on “Glee” would really end up being the star; however, the woman who we really felt stole this episode was not Lea Michele. Nor was it Naya Rivera, who did still do a stellar job this week as Santana made it very clear that she was not over Brittany.
Rather, the MVP of “Diva” was someone in Jenna Ushkowitz’s Tina, who is really getting a chance to shine this year so far. While we did not like this whole Tina-likes-Blaine story at first, watching her sadly put VapoRub on the guy’s chest was pretty heartbreaking. She genuinely is in love with a man who can never her back in the way that she wants, and she chose to deal with it by going completely off the rails and going as over-the-top as humanly possible. She did end up getting a date from Blaine
In going back to the Santana storyline, it was revealed through Sue that she actually dropped out of Louisville a month ago, that she was considering being back at McKinley permanently and even working with her former Cheerios coach. While Santana faked having a girlfriend and seriously thought about staying near Brittany, it was actually her ex who convinced her to make the move to New York.
Finally, we turn to New York. The strangest thing to us about the Rachel storyline this week was that she seemingly learned that this “New Rachel” was not altogether a good thing, and yet she went back to being a nightmare for most of the week until Kurt put her in her place during a sing-off. There was a lovely reminder of “Defying Gravity” back in season 1 of the show, and despite her going into a little bit of a tailspin and a whining session at the end of this, the two ended up making up and getting themselves back together.
The last thing we have to turn to is the stunner that was completely out of nowhere before this week, and it also comes almost out of nowhere: Finn kissing Emma in the middle of her wedding meltdown. Does this make it official that he is Will 2.0 minus the hair? Considering that there is a wedding supposed to air next week, this can’t end well.
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Cross your eyes and dot your Glee's
February 7, 2013 @ 11:04 pm
Just to clarify, the kiss was a surprise to both characters as it was in the heat of the moment, but a bone throw to Finn character arc. He is a shadow of Will as Finn’s season one personality is modeled in Ryder.
Cross your eyes and dot your Glee's
February 7, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
OKAY. Back up…
We actually did see a bit of a foreshadow to Finn’s liking of Emma, her being the “one thing that Finn can count on to make him feel good” or some other line like that. And the fact is, yes teacher/student relationships do happen in real life- as (insert word of choice here) as that is. As well, to complement this review here, Finn has turned into Will 2.0, as we have seen these two characters meld into one version of season 4 Finn because Glee decided that Finn- much like other characters in this show, have no immediate spot light, without the main star characters (Tina, Sam, Blaine season 2) without STAR CHARACTERS (Kurt, Rachel, Will, Quinn, Santana (which is a reason she is pretty much on every other episode in season 4 due to various reasons)). By the way, this episode does an okay job of saying why Santana is in every episode and thank you for some remembered resentment from Tina to Santana. Santana is not even a student. So if offering her a “teaching” position is the way to keep her around, okay. Although, I must add what Shamus Kelly, Video Analyst of the Towerlight says; “these are school clubs, by the school board. Having Young Adults come back to school who graduated not a year earlier is not appropriate. The younger students will not respect them as adults, but rather old friends. The adult teachers at the school should be held with respect in different ways then old friends/fellow club members.
I did like the costumes, but I am confused by Marley’s character. Either she is very conservative and needs characters like Kitty, Brittany, Ryder or Jake “just Jake- leader of the Animorphs” (from the late 90’s) needing to pull her out of her shell, or she’s BOLD “Woman Fierce”. I think Glee club is more like an outlet for her to plug her insecurities into. She may be, by fandom nickname “Rachel light”, but he is intelligent and she does have a long way to go before she becomes the “Voice on the Radio”.
On a personal note, I noticed that Finn was rather sweet on Marley, Santana and Emma throughout this season. I do wish they had put on a spin off show about the seniors or maybe even cancelled the show. To give the new characters and old characters some originality and space.
I may sound obsessed about Glee and very knit picky. But this is some reflection that one must consider. As well, readers of this admittedly long review, keep in mind what you see on T.V. is all a OVERLY-DRAMATIC version of real life. Hollywood does this for a living. They count on what YOU want to see to make a living. So, ask questions during a show. Really think about what you are watching.
karl
February 7, 2013 @ 10:24 pm
FINN IS A …… how could he do that to mr. sue. HE KISSED LIKE A 40 YEAR OLD GIRL HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO BACK THE HELL OFF
julie
February 7, 2013 @ 10:20 pm
CANT BELIEVE FINN KISSEF EMMA!