‘Glee’ season 4 finale spoilers: Details on Jessica Sanchez, Lea Michele
Want some proof about the rumors that “Glee” season 4 may end before the school year does at McKinley High? Well, we now have it courtesy of the synopsis for “All or Nothing,” the May 9 episode that also happens to be the finale.
Fox has just released the official synopsis for the hour, which really confirms all sorts of things, from the fact that the season ends at Regionals to the presence of Jessica Sanchez as Frida Romero. There’s also a hint in there that suggests that Rachel’s initial audition for the Broadway show “Funny Girl” seems to go fairly well:
“The members of New Directions travel to Regionals. But the competition gets tough when they go head-to-head with the Hoosierdaddies and lead singer Frida Romero (guest star Jessica Sanchez). Meanwhile, Rachel finds out if she gets the callback for “Funny Girl” on Broadway.”
The decision to cut off the school year in this episode seems to be for a pretty simple reason, as Ryan Murphy wants to try and milk some of his current students in McKinley Hugh for as long as he possibly can. After all, he likely realizes that the stories of Marley, Jake, and Kitty are not as captivating to fans as the other students that we have been invested in for years, and he has to find a great way to tie all of this together. Can we really focus on so many different worlds and characters forever? In some ways, the broad focus was season 4’s biggest weakness.
What do you want to see happen during the “Glee” finale? Be sure to share some of your thoughts below, and you can also visit the link here in order to read some more scoop on the return of Mike O’Malley’s Burt Hummel.
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FG
April 20, 2013 @ 1:36 am
I agree that season 5 needs a complete overhaul. Season 4 seemed to be more of an experiment than anything else. First there were the breakups of all the core relationships that made the show great. That was a miserable failure that upset fans of all ages. The newbies? Another failure. No one embraced the new characters because we watch the show to see the key characters who were not featured this season like Mercedes and Quinn. Splitting time between NY and Lima? It didn’t quite work the way the writers were hoping because fans simply have no interest in the newbies. Rachel and Brody? It worked because they had chemistry just like Rachel and Finn. Brittany and Sam? NO chemistry whatsoever!! It doesn’t work, yet the writers keep trying to force it… which only makes it worse. At least Brittany and Santana had chemistry, plus their relationship touched on some very important social issues that needed to be explored in much greater depth. Finn in college? A brilliant move…. BUT…. why now? Wouldn’t that have been a great way to start Finn’s storyline at the beginning of the season instead of the ridiculous army failure/wanderer storyline? There were too many problems with this season of Glee, and I hope that Ryan Murphy and the rest of the writers can undo the damage by giving season 5 a focus AND by bringing the show back to basics. Bring back the relationships that peak fans’ interests, and focus more on the original characters who made the show what it was. The rest of the main characters will graduate and move on from McKinley High. The show should do the same instead of forcing new characters on us in order to keep the McKinley storyline alive. Back in the 90s, the 90210 characters graduated from high school, and instead of bringing a bunch of new characters into the mix, the show focused on the lives of the main characters in college and beyond. The same is true of Buffy in the early 2000s. Joss Whedon focused on Buffy and her friends’ lives beyond high school. Maybe Glee should do the same.
Glee Schee
April 17, 2013 @ 1:44 pm
I have watched every episode – most more than once. And I am ready for “Glee” to end if Murphy & Co. can’t improve the story lines and writing.
I’ll watch whatever episodes Murphy puts out, but I wish “Glee” were more exciting than the annual Christmas letter from relatives I’ve never met
Hindsight is always 20-20, and they probably should just ditch the WMHS scenes and get the remaining popular characters such as Brittany (fashion school?) and Artie (film school) to New York.
I like Marley, Kitty, Jake and Ryder, but not in the same way I love Brittany, Santana, Kurt and Finn. I don’t think I’m alone or the show would be increasing its ratings, and I don’t think that’s the case.
It’s just the loyal viewers like me that keep it going. We’re deeply invested in Finchel, Brittana, Klaine, etc., and aren’t going to change.
Kylie Nier
April 16, 2013 @ 4:23 pm
i love glee soo much but like i am just waiting for season 4 to get on netflix cuz that is the only way i can watch it and me and my sister are soo obsessed with glee like its not even funny like i cant stop listening to their music so like i have a question for Ryan Murphy…..Will you ever end glee, like will you end glee anytime soon cuz i would cry if you did?
TA
April 16, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
I think you are right on with Ryan Murphy wanting as much out of the seniors as he can, because the truth is once they graduate no one is really going to care as much about the whole Lima HS SL. Glee is trying to showcase too many characters, they need to get back to the core group of characters that everyone fell in love with and give them the proper focus. It was their hard work and long hours that made Glee what is was, it’s sad to see those characters and the actors that made them so endering being treated the way they have been treated in S4.