‘Glee’ season 4, episode 15 review: Kurt and Blaine’s ‘Come What May’ sums it up

What is there quite like a night at the movies? Well, when the movie is good, we contend that there really is nothing quite like it. “Glee” attempted to bring about a cinematic masterpiece with their episode “Girls (and Boys) on Film,” and it ended up being a rather entertaining experience. Were there some problems? Sure. After four seasons of seeing ridiculous mash-ups in the choir room, we’re pretty much over them (the same goes for listening to Jake serenade Marley). Plus, we still don’t understand why Sue Sylvester is even there if you are not going to give her much of a purpose.

The story that clearly dominated most of the show was Will’s attempts to win Emma back after the whole “altar incident” went awry, and he did end up doing so courtesy of some hard-fought effort, a performance of “In Your Eyes” straight out of “Say Anything” (giant boombox included), and an effort to start anew. Of course, this was before the truth about the kiss came out, and then Will looked like he was about to punch Finn in the mouth. (Instead, he simply walked away.)

As for the New York storyline, much of the episode consisted largely of Santana being very nasty and also very honest. After finding the pile of money within Brody’s things, she made the quick assumption that he was actually a drug dealer. Of course, she also found out the truth about Rachel’s pregnancy test. Kurt was also clearly still distracted by his feelings for Blaine, even though he had a rather nice guy in Adam in front of him. Are we rooting for Klaine? Sure, but we don’t want to see Adam get crushed in the process. “Come What May” was actually a pretty good way to describe this episode: there were hopes and dreams, but still things keeping them from being reality.

On the McKinley front, the episode probably used its “movie daydream” technique the best in showing how Marley was occasionally imagining Jake as Ryder, and also proving in the process that Blake Jenner is the best thing to come out of “The Glee Project” thus far.

Despite the flaws, we’re happy that “Glee” went fairly minimalist with its storytelling this week, didn’t try to do too much, and really did push forward the plot in a way that feels tangible. We just wish that some of the musical numbers were taken out to focus on the story.

Ultimately, what did you think about this episode? If you want to hear what Lea Michele has to say about the future of Rachel and Brody (along with some Finn scoop thrown in there), you can do so over here.

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