‘Glee’ review: Who is Eli C.? Think the most hated man ever
Anyone who loves “Glee” is probably torn on “The Break-Up” at the moment. From one standpoint, this was easily the best episode that the show has produced since “Asian F” around this same time in season 3. However, it was probably also the saddest episode that the show has ever produced.
Now that the cat is officially out of the bag, we can finally talk about the couples that seem to for sure be completely over at this very moment:
Kurt and Blaine – This one was pretty cut and dry. Blaine was feeling neglected by Kurt continuing to put his job and New York over his boyfriend, and it led to Darren Criss’ character taking comfort with someone named “Eli C.” who is probably having their name burned in effigies all around the internet. Really, Ryan Murphy did a nice thing in not actually casting this part, mostly since that person would have been the most hated person ever. We did not see the break-up scene, but it was pretty obvious.
Brittany and Santana – Was this an “official” breakup? Santana tried to say that it wasn’t, but the writing was still on the wall. These two know that being apart is too difficult on them, so they’ve decided to take a break for the time being.
Jake and Kitty – It wasn’t on the same level as the others, but these two split as a way of him standing up for Marley. (Aw…)
Rachel and Finn – you may as well consider “Finchel” over here for the time being, and their breakup was the most logical one here. It just wasn’t working, and maybe these two will actually move forward now.
As for Will and Emma, the show did create some drama by having Will get angry (almost to the point of him being out of character) over Emma not wanting to go with him to Washington. Do we really think there is some long-term trouble here? Not really. These two are mature, and at the end of the day, Will is going to be back teaching New Directions all over again.
What did you think about this episode, and did the high quality here help at all to make up for some of the sadness that was produced when it came to the story?
Trey
November 4, 2012 @ 6:57 pm
Bdot that comment is the most ridiculous comment I’ve ever seen! Gay or straight doesn’t mater; random hookups, cheating, and all that other crap happens in all relationships. You have to be the most ignorant, naive person ever. You might want ot get educated before making another comment =)
Ashley Beaudry
October 22, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
I think Eli C. is Chandler
lindsey
October 7, 2012 @ 11:24 pm
eli is a lighthouse
Cheyanne
October 7, 2012 @ 2:08 am
to be honest didn’t blaine say he was there and kurt wasn’t, It made people see that some people have bad sides and good sides, Blaine used hes bade side by cheatin on kurt, Then again he sorta used he good side by telling kurt even tho it will hurt him and the fans its not surprising
MikeyF.
October 6, 2012 @ 3:55 am
I have to say that THIS HAPPENS. What happened to Blaine is normal, and lest not forget we are talking about High School kids. That feeling of being lonely, totally forgotten by your partner/boyfriend can make you do things totally out of character.
Blaine has been constant as a character all throughout the series, and so has Kurt, and it’s been great getting to see a couple of boys falling in love, making mistakes, etc. If they had been left to portray a perfect couple after one of them moved to NYC, THAT would’ve been bad writing.
It saddens me that there’ll probably no more Klaine, but that is High School love… beautiful, passionate, but it always ends.
It’s just REAL.
Ger
October 6, 2012 @ 1:37 am
I thought it was a great episode. These are teenagers and no matter how strongly a teenager feels that “this is LOVE and FOREVER” it is a ridiculous notion to expect a relationship at that age to last, especially long distance. People age differently and change as they grow up. I think it was out of character for Blaine to cheat, but I think it was more because of loneliness and a subconscious desire to hurt Kurt for not being there for him… after Blaine changed schools to be with him. I’m okay with no more Klaine.
GLEEKS
October 5, 2012 @ 8:25 pm
Whoever they pick to play this Eli guy we’re sure it will be yet another straight, white, tall, thin able-bodied pretty boy actor! Glee has thrown diversity and underdogs out the window this season.
HL
October 5, 2012 @ 3:14 pm
I am not sure what to think. Is Eli a male or female name? Or is it a nickname? When I saw the name Eli, I thought it was a female name, but it most likely was a male name.
Then I wonder, will we know in the next episode how “It just happened” happened? Will we know who this Eli. C character is?
Nan
October 5, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
I don’t think Blaine really cheated on Kurt. I think he told Kurt that so they could move on. Or to get Kurt’s attention, which he’s been lacking lately.
Kinga
October 5, 2012 @ 12:20 pm
I think the out-of-character thing for Blaine wasn’t that he cheated, but the way it happened. Things with Kurt haven’t been working and Blaine was feeling lonely and ignored, I understand that, and I could understand (I would still be pissed and sad, but I’d understand) if he had cheated in the “it just happened” way. You know, when you’re hanging out with someone who gives you the attention you want from the one you love and things just happen. But Blaine seems to have made a completely conscious decision to go over to some guys place to cheat on Kurt. THAT is totally out-of-character for him and a case of bad writing. Otherwise, great episode.
dmatt
October 5, 2012 @ 12:16 pm
@Gayhomoyouaccusedofbeingaslut bdot may be stereotyping but gay males are much more promiscuous than straight men. I’m not saying that all gay men are, but most of them are. How? Well because men put out more and are not ashamed to ask another gay man to sleep with them. Things explains the many casual encounters and hookup sites like craigslist that have multiple posts M4M. It’s a fact of life. Men are always horny. And yes, I am gay, and this is from personal experience.
Robbie
October 5, 2012 @ 7:20 am
As a grown man of 31, I feel that I probably have a few years’ experience on some of the other posters but I felt compelled to respond after reading some of the comments.
I felt that the writing for last night’s episode was brilliant. I love how incredibly real the entire episode was played. The only break up that sort of surprised me was Brittany and Santana and, in true Santana fashion, the writers kept it completely real with her and she, basically, summed up the entire situation for all of the couples, except for Wemma (or as I like to call them, Wilma). If you couldn’t see any of these break ups coming from a mile away, then you are blind as a bat.
I feel that over the past few weeks, the writers have done an incredible job of making us feel sympathetic towards Rachel and Blaine and I can’t help but COMPLETELY understand why last night’s events unraveled.
I’ve been where Rachel’s been before. I grew up in a small town in rural Tennessee. I moved off to a much bigger city to go to college and made an attempt to maintain relationships with friends from back home but, ultimately, it just didn’t work. We were all off exploring our own paths, having our own adventures, and figuring out who we were and, sadly, we just weren’t on the same page any more. It’s only now that I’m grown and settled into a career and home that I’m starting to reconnect with those friends.
Blaine, Blaine, Blaine…where do I begin?
Blaine’s situation is similar to Rachel’s except reversed. It’s, obviously, Kurt who’s growing, evolving, and exploring.
In all honesty, I’ve been in Blaine’s exact situation before and, guess what? I did the same thing that he did. We all are prone to making mistakes when we’re hurt emotionally or we’re vulnerable. It doesn’t matter what he’s done or said in the past. I think people tend to forget that, because the characters and their relationships appear so grown up, these characters are just teenage kids. Blaine is only 17 and Kurt is only 18.
Last night’s episode was the best for all involved. Finn would do nothing but weigh Rachel down. Blaine would continue to be miserable and, because of the writing over the past couple of weeks, there’s nothing I want to see more than Blaine be happy.
K
October 5, 2012 @ 7:03 am
I think it’s exactly Kurt having already done something considered ‘cheating’ that has made Blaine’s temptation even stronger—adding to the long distance and separate lives. Everyone steps out of character every once in a while, especially during their weakest moments. And this is one of Blaine’s. It has been showing since the last episode when he realized that the reason he transferred schools was for Kurt. Now that Kurt’s gone, he feels completely left out, alone and weak. What he did was wrong and there are no excuses despite his vulnerability. But it does not mean he has to be a perfect guy. I’m sure everyone has something in hidden in their closet.
Also, I agree with KJ—Bdot’s comment is stereotypical, even discriminatory towards the gay community. Yes, “random hook-ups with people you have never met, cheating at the most ridiculous times, etc.” happens, but to EVERYONE—not just in the gay community. And yes, I assure ‘you’ “it is reality all the same”.
KJ
October 5, 2012 @ 5:49 am
Bdot – your comment is hurtful. Are you gay? Are you speaking from personal experience? if not, you may want to consider being less stereotypically judgmental.
Bdot
October 5, 2012 @ 5:36 am
Clearly the people who are bantering here about the storyline with Blaine being unbelievable haven’t met very many gays before. This might seem unbelievable to you, but in the gay world things like that happen all the time. Hypocrisy, random hook-ups with people you have never met, cheating at the most ridiculous times, and all by some of the least expected homos. It might not be reality to you, but I assure you it is reality all the same.
Raquel
October 5, 2012 @ 3:39 am
It was very real for all the charecters. It showed people make mistakes, bad decisions, and change sometimes not for the better. I think the writers wanted every audience to be able to relate to at least one charecter and I think they did an amazing job not to mention perfect song choices. (tear) it was sad but real and I can’t wait til the next episode.
Kayleigh
October 5, 2012 @ 2:32 am
I’ve only seen reviews so far and i don’t think i will watch this one. My heart won’t take it. I seriously don’t understand the cheating storyline. It sounds like a last minute thing as we don’t even know who this Eli is, we’ve not even heard about him in passing.
Abbie
October 5, 2012 @ 2:06 am
I am so pissed at Ryan Murphy and the Glee writers.
I understand if Kurt and Blaine are fighting because of the difficulties of a long distance relationship and Kurt being to busy for Blaine, but they honestly made it worse by making Blaine cheat on Kurt with this Eli guy? After Blaine freaked out about Kurt texting Chandler and claiming it was “cheating.”
I am so depressed it is pathetic! They better get back together in the next episode otherwise I will bawl my eyes out for several days straight, then assemble an army.
Kali
October 5, 2012 @ 1:53 am
@Ivanna & Gleek… I disagree. I’ve experienced a partner who did something “he would never, ever do.” From personal experience, and that of friends, it’s not bad writing; it’s generally the ones who make the biggest deal about the little things, and make cheating accusations who either are, or eventually, cheat.
I got flowers delivered to me at work – a thank you from a client for going above and beyond on her account. My ex blew a gasket, wanting to know who the guy was, blah blah blah… I found out later he’d been cheating on me since six months after we got together, and we’d been friends all our lives (our houses were across the street growing up). I can say pretty definitively that I was the first girl he ever cheated on.
I also think, because hindsight is 20/20, that the blame for what happened to our relationship rested squarely between the two of us. In this episode, the writers showed that Blaine is flawed, and that’s okay. We’re talking a teenage boy who left behind his own friends and school to join a new school for his junior year, all to be with the one he loved. Then Kurt moves away, life gets busy, and suddenly… Blaine is stuck looking around, trying to find somewhere in this new world he’s in where he belongs, and he doesn’t feel like he does without Kurt. Top it off with the fact that Kurt pretty much told Blaine that his job took priority over their few remaining strands of relationship time, and… self-esteem takes a nosedive, and then… someone notices Blaine, thinks he’s sexy, makes him feel special. That’s not bad writing. That’s pretty much how many relationships, long-distance relationships in particular, end up.
I'veBeenThere...
October 5, 2012 @ 1:49 am
While Blaine definitely was a bit out of character due to his hypocrisy…it happens. People in the real world do this all the time. They will give advice and then not follow their own advice when the situation applies to them. It’s much harder. I think Blaine was just overwhelmed with hurt and confusion and the distance was just adding too much and he snapped. He was vulnerable. Cheating isn’t the most admirable thing, obviously, but it’s understandable sometimes. Blaine is just a kid. He’s a high school senior. This stuff happens.
GleekFann
October 5, 2012 @ 1:09 am
@Ivanna, I completely agree with you, I felt like Blaine’s character had a case of bad writing. Blaine was pissing me off in this episode because of how out of character and hypocritical he was being, and that’s just not Blaine. Blaine has always been known to be a very respectable and noble person, I’ve always liked her character but I was so disgusted with his character in this episode! It was his idea in the first place to send Kurt to New York, he was the one who pushed Kurt to go to New York. If he didn’t, we all know Kurt would still be in Lima. He should have known that long distance would of have been hard, did he seriously just expect Kurt to have all the free time in the world in New York?? And he’s always been the stronger one in the relationship, he’s always been upfront with his feelings and talked out any issues with Kurt, he was the one who, liked you said, called out Kurt on cheating on him. But it seems like in this episode he totally just threw out everything he stood by and represented and turned into a total jerk! The writing for Blaine was total BS.
Ivanna
October 4, 2012 @ 10:53 pm
The thing is that it was very poor writing towards Blaine. This is a guy who accused Kurt of cheating because he was texting another guy, this is they guy who said to talk when the other is not happy and Glee writers expect us to believe he cheated on Kurt when he was going to see him in two weeks?
No way, very very poor writing.
Kurt said he was waiting so he could talk with Blaine but then Blaine said Kurt wouldn’t talk to him, poor writing.