Okay. So I re-watch season one of glee pretty frequently and then stop there. I've never seen the whole show, but I have been watching season two recently. As a matter of fact I had never seen this episode before. I agree with some of the reviews above that maybe some of the songs would not be my first pick. Or that the fight with Finn and Jesse happened and then was never resolved. But truthfully, I was really pleasantly surprised with this episode.
I've long since known that glee at best is sort of messy. At least in the character beats. What all happens with who, and what that looks like ep to ep is sort of a nightmare to keep track with. So I keep most episodes as their own mini movies. Or just a grain of salt.
So I'll be totally honest and say that it was in small moments with various characters that I adored. Like Rachel knowing to match the ribbon to Quinns eyes and Sam and Mercedes moments.
But this is getting an 9 out of ten for two reasons. First, I gasped when I saw that Eric Stoltz directed this ep (Seriously, maybe I'm a bad person but I had no idea he was a director as well.) I saw his name in the bottom right and about died. Lance from Pulp Fiction? I was blown away.
Second. Blaine and Kurt. Yeah, I gasped when Kurt won Prom Queen. I absolutely should have seen it coming in hindsight with all the foreshadowing of pitting girl against girl, Blaines warnings, and Kurt feeling like nothing could go wrong or that maybe people were past bullying him. With how much the crown got built up, it was more than just giving it to a girl who didn't want it. It was bullying and an embarrassment I can't imagine. It was demanding that Kurt had the wrong idea, and that yes, people were still going to be jerks, just in a no-name sort of way. Nobody had to prove it was then who wrote in. But they wanted to shame him with a spotlight. (insert Carrie joke here).
I don't know if it was in just how quiet the moment was. Like I was stuck there with Kurt and Blaine that what had happened was real. It really let the moment wipe over me. I also think the moment was given a great amount of time. Kurt has a moment of reaction and then we know Blaine goes after him. Then they have a really wonderful conversation in the hallway. I was so glad there was no "I told you so" or anything. They just talk and figure out what they want to turn this moment into. Going home and watching a movie COULD have been the happy ending, I would have been okay with that, but they go back in. Kurt gets the crown, and then Blaine agrees to be his first dance.
I don't really care if the show "stays good" or when it "goes bad" I love these moments. For me Glee has always been the "moments" I want to go back to far more than the whole ep. This episode (in parts) was just as heartbreaking as I wanted, and more than deserving of dancing queen by the end.
So in the end this was my first time watching this episode, but I'll go back and watch the scenes I want later.
I've long since known that glee at best is sort of messy. At least in the character beats. What all happens with who, and what that looks like ep to ep is sort of a nightmare to keep track with. So I keep most episodes as their own mini movies. Or just a grain of salt.
So I'll be totally honest and say that it was in small moments with various characters that I adored. Like Rachel knowing to match the ribbon to Quinns eyes and Sam and Mercedes moments.
But this is getting an 9 out of ten for two reasons. First, I gasped when I saw that Eric Stoltz directed this ep (Seriously, maybe I'm a bad person but I had no idea he was a director as well.) I saw his name in the bottom right and about died. Lance from Pulp Fiction? I was blown away.
Second. Blaine and Kurt. Yeah, I gasped when Kurt won Prom Queen. I absolutely should have seen it coming in hindsight with all the foreshadowing of pitting girl against girl, Blaines warnings, and Kurt feeling like nothing could go wrong or that maybe people were past bullying him. With how much the crown got built up, it was more than just giving it to a girl who didn't want it. It was bullying and an embarrassment I can't imagine. It was demanding that Kurt had the wrong idea, and that yes, people were still going to be jerks, just in a no-name sort of way. Nobody had to prove it was then who wrote in. But they wanted to shame him with a spotlight. (insert Carrie joke here).
I don't know if it was in just how quiet the moment was. Like I was stuck there with Kurt and Blaine that what had happened was real. It really let the moment wipe over me. I also think the moment was given a great amount of time. Kurt has a moment of reaction and then we know Blaine goes after him. Then they have a really wonderful conversation in the hallway. I was so glad there was no "I told you so" or anything. They just talk and figure out what they want to turn this moment into. Going home and watching a movie COULD have been the happy ending, I would have been okay with that, but they go back in. Kurt gets the crown, and then Blaine agrees to be his first dance.
I don't really care if the show "stays good" or when it "goes bad" I love these moments. For me Glee has always been the "moments" I want to go back to far more than the whole ep. This episode (in parts) was just as heartbreaking as I wanted, and more than deserving of dancing queen by the end.
So in the end this was my first time watching this episode, but I'll go back and watch the scenes I want later.