Glee

This episode was very disappointing ! I was super excited when Glee began. It made me happy that a a good quality show is on television unlike most of the other dumb stuff we see today but then this episode premiered and I thought...it was too good to be true. It was more like High School Musical than Glee. First the whole " We're going to win because we're different thing " and firing the proffessional chereographer made the show seem like after school special than a mature show. Second, Will, who seems to be a mature, strong willed, confident man forming " Accaffellas " just because of a comment made by Rachel about his chereography was so dumb and devalued Will's position as a proffessional, and third Mercedese's crush on Kurt ? Like, really ? The guy is obviously gay ! How can she not have known ? The episode wasn't even funny and the Josh Groban appearance didn't do anything for me, the guy seems like a concetted jerk. Probably the worst episode of the season.

I'm sorry to say that this week's episode didn't really make it for me. I'm glad that they're still keeping good about their promise of more songs, but I had the feeling during the show that the music they chose this time around, wasn't good for the rythm of the plot. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

On the other hand, I loved the 'GUTS' theme they chose this time around, with Will's lost and found dream of a boysband (which I found very funny, especially since it made Terri realize that she has some competition getting Will's attention), the glee club finding the guts to be the misfits that they are, and surprise, Puck can sing? (I loved the reason why he wanted to sing...Not that I approuve or agree but he's one of the characters that I love to hate, like Sue Sylvester and her little snide comment about how Emma's not married) I hope they'll make more use of his character. I love to hate him :)

The real contrast with last week's episode was probably the number of laughs I had watching SHOWMANCE...It was the case this week, but I hope, come next week that I'll get new songs, and more comic situations.

Acafellas is the name of the group Will forms to perform. There are quite a few very entertaining numbers this week and no real clunkers.



The Acafellas numbers were enjoyable in both reincarnations. Originally with the four teachers and then with three teachers and two students. Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones also does a knock out piece at the Glee car wash. In general a very talented cast.



Originally I thought Glee was going to be more like High School Musical, but it is a little more subtle than that. The musical numbers in a lot of cases fit in with the storyline and aren't always just either Glee Club or someone emoting on cue. So this episode was more of a fixed performance venue. Three out of four of the main numbers were actual performances versus last week when I think it was more 50/50.



I felt this episode was better balanced as well. Meaning it really touched on more people and gave a broader view of the characters on the show. I think that is a good thing. I really enjoy Morrison and Lynch but they didn't take the spotlight totally in this episode. In general I liked this episode a little more versus last weeks. I think they are going in the right direction. Thanks for reading...

I really enjoyed this episode! The storyline was very entertaining and nice. As usual, the romantic tension between Will and Emma was very enjoyable to watch. I also LOVED the fact that Mercedes and Kurt stepped out from the background, and had a subplot. I hope other characters step up soon, too -- like 'Puck', Finn's football buddy, who finally sang for once. The biggest props go to Kurt's storyline though. It's true that he's incredibly flamboyant, but the writers are treating his sexuality with a degree of respect and shyness. It's much nicer than shoving it down the audience's throats and minimizing what I expect would be a very complex set of emotions when one realizes they are gay (or lesbian).



Musically, the show suffered a tiny bit. Mercedes's cover of 'Bust Ya Window' was REALLY good! I enjoyed it a lot, especially the choreography. I also enjoyed the Duffy cover by the professionals from 'Vocal Adrenaline'. However, Will's all-male group -- the 'Acafellas' -- were kind of funny to watch. Of course, they are undeniably talented! But can you really imagine people taking a group comprising of a Science teacher, an out-of-shape Phys Ed teacher, a stock assistant, and a cough syrup-addicted Shop teacher from a local high school seriously -- ESPECIALLY when they are singing hip-hop music? I know TV series have creative license, but I hope future events on 'Glee' don't break the imaginative border too much more so than that.



The laughs were kind of few, but the episode still had cute moments. The scene in which Will brags to the audience about how being in a boy band makes his wife hotter for him is accentuated by shots of Terri frantically taking pregnancy tests in hopes of validating her sham pregnancy. Emma's obvious disgust about being Ken's girlfriend is also pretty funny! Plus, Josh Groban NAILED it with his scene hitting on Will's mother. He was funny! (It's too bad he didn't sing though!)



Overall, the episode was definitely a good one. The golden moment was clearly Kurt and Mercedes's discussion towards the end, in which Kurt expresses his fear of being honest about his sexuality. For that, the episode shows a bit more of what 'Glee' is all about -- kids and adults struggling to be themselves and find a place where they belong.

I don't know if it was Josh Groban's hilarioius guest stint or the legitimate funny moments, but this week's episode was much better than last week's. I also enjoyed not having to listen to a Rihanna cover song close out the show.



First of all, Stephen Toblowski (I know I don't have the spelling, but I'm lazy >

Okay, so I've loved the first two episodes of glee (especially the second episode. i thought it was totally and completely hilarious), but i thought that last night's episode was just too cheesy, and weird, and not really that funny. I didn't like the whole "man band" Acafellas... it was too weird that teachers and students were singing together about sex. Also, there was no Rachel/Finn sexual tension, which is always cute (especially the stage scene in the second episode). Also, I think they should've kept Kurt in the closet for a little while longer and had him date Mercedes as his "beard." But Anyway...



Maybe next week's will be better. From its title, "Preggers," I'm assuming it will deal more with mr. shuester's wife's (gina from nip/tuck! :D) fake pregnancy, and the line from the trailer where that chick says, "we've gotta getchu a baby." :D TTY next week. :D

After 2 really good episodes, Glee shows us how cringe-worthy they can be when they can't bring the funny.



Male accapella groups should have been comedy gold- especially with these middle-aged losers, but they are still trying to play Will like he might be cool or sexy, and he comes off as the biggest dork I've ever seen. Seeing these men sing and dance just wasn't funny or enjoyable (the song renditions were awful) I was just bored, and even worse..embarrassed.



Equally awkward was the Mercedes/Kurt non-romance. I mean, no matter how desperate you are, you would have to be the most oblivious person on the planet to not know Kurt was gay and Mercedes has always come off very sharp and educated. Why dumb her down here? And Kurt has always seemed flamboyant about his lifestyle- now he's shy and pretending like this is a big secret? None of this worked for me. Didn't buy it.



Will's parents showed up and the faux-pregnancy is beginning to get out of hand. This is interesting in that now his wife is actually trying to get pregnant again. She continues to lie, yet continues to have tender moments- are we rooting for her or not? All while the other sweet teacher sits on the sidelines. I would have liked to see her dealing with dating that lame coach, but we don't get any of that. It's mentioned in passing, but they don't actually spend any time together- that could have been really funny to see.



The best parts definitely involved Steven Tobolowsky, and the Josh Groban stuff at the end was enjoyable. But again, not enough. Rachel was out of character (since when does she follow the cheerleader crowd?), The Jock's 'will I/won't I stay in glee club' issues are already spinning in circles, and there was not enough Jane Lynch. Even the choreographer they brought in, trying to emulate a great scene from Bring it On, fell completely flat.



This was disappointing one, but hope they can get back on track next week.

I don´t know if the pilot was soooo good that every epeisode after that is kind of disapoiting, but the truth is that was another average episode.

The songs were not that good, nothing really funny, nothing to keep me wanting to see the next episode.

Rachel and Finn - nothing happened.

Acafellas - quite interesting not spetacular.

Best of this week episode Kurt and Mercedes storyline fun and sensitive on the same hand.

The teacher that lost his tumbs not funny at all, kinda rude if you really think about it.



Sue still the only true funny person in the show. They try to make the director funny, but it is not working, not at all.



At this pace no second season for me.

Sabotage attempts by the cheerleaders seemed to start working when the club lets Mr. Shuester know his dancing sucks. They then tell the club about the services of a taskmaster. Will then, in an effort to cheer up a thumbless shop teacher and himself, goes off and forms Accafella. When his parents come to town, he informs them of his wife's pregnancy but she still hasn't told him the truth. I did like the inside joke with Will dad, who played Jordan Whethersby on Eli Stone talking about his dream to be a lawyer. Later, Mercedes gets a reality check, and nice number, when Kirk breaks her heart. Still, the final part where he let's her know he's gay is touching and their overall interaction was enjoyable to watch.



In the end, the glee club kicks out the tyrant in 5 minutes after raising $8,000. Will then decides, after a brilliant performance yet tragically funny outcome to teach the dance moves to the Glee club, much to their surprise and amazement.



Still, what made the story for me was the end, when the cheerleaders were in their coaches office reporting their failure. Sue takes away their tanning privileges, causing one to go crying from the office. However, I have to applaud Star's reaction who thanks her coach for the lesson "When you have confidence in yourself, you don't have to tear other down to feel good about yourself" or words to that effect. Nice touch.



I have to admit though, I'm having problems with the wife thing. There is just no chemistry between them and I can't figure out why they even bothered to get married. Her personality smacks of a gold digger and you wonder why she's with a teacher. It just doesn't fit and it seems the only reason she's there is for creating tension between Will and Emma.

A bit of a dip in quality here with 'Accefellas'. The offbeat, charming tone of the first two episodes gets lost amidst the out-of-character moments and underwritten scenes. The songs are still a blast, but Ryan Murphy juggles far too many sub-plots and hammers in the central message a little too much. I will, of course, forgive him because he cast Victor Garber as Will's father! I wonder if we'll get a musical number from him soon, I certainly hope so! Mr. Alias is all too familiar with the stage and known for a song or three, so I'm keeping all fingers crossed. It's gonna be hard to type the rest of this review. Arf.



It has been mentioned by others, and I'd have to agree for the most part, that Mercedes' and Kurt's storyline felt very left field. On the one hand, love is blind, and in some twisted, Glee way, she was in love with Kurt, so one could forgive her for not realizing the bloody obvious. On the other hand, Mercedes has been nothing if razor-sharp and one wagon of a woman, so to see her so naïve feels a tad strange. But then again this confusion is what adolescents is all about….



Side-note: I didn't really buy Kurt's out scene. It felt forced and a little tacked on, a deleted scene thrown in to fill up the time-slot. Maybe it was for the viewers who, like Mercedes, just didn't get the message (I know, I know, on-running theme of confidence here, but what of the last 2 episodes where he was throwing more Diva fits than Joan Rivers…).



This episode brought on a few flashbacks of Bring It On except Glee failed to bring the funny. The line-up scene was reminiscent of the Jazz-Hands instructor, but it lacked the comedic bite of the film. In fact, it was downright harsh. Sure, Jazz-Hands guy was offensive, but he was also hilarious (''report that message to your ass before it gets so big it forms its own website!'').



It's 2-something-am, so I'm gonna cut this one short. Overall, it's a serviceable episode at best. Nothing really grabbed me this hour, not like the previous episodes, anyways. Not enough Jane Lynch, and more Victor Garber! And less jocks in Glee…and more creepy Sandy!

One makes me wonder why they put the professional choir in the shows - is this a view of what Glee club will be like eventually?



I mean the songs are amazing that they do but those scenes make them look quite pathetic in comparision.



That's my only quip about this episode. I felt really bad for Kurt in this cause he's a bit clueless and you really have to hate Sue but she is just that type of character.



Dakota Stanley is some sort of half pipe idiot! Seriously seriously seriously small and annoying!



Mr's band is awesome! it is quite adorable really.



And well, PUCK! I love Puck. I really really love Puck! He is the most amazing character and well he's hot.

Will forms an a capella group and spends more time with them than he does with New Directions after he is asked to preform at the PTA meeting with some surprising additions to his group. Meanwhile, Kurt is under pressure in his life which isn't helped by Mercedes new found interest in finding a relationship. I loved the storyline with the all male group called the Acafellas, I thought it was very funny the way it just kind of happened, I love the final cast though. I love the wat the jock joins just for the moms. I'm actually really enjoying this show, which I actually thought I wouldn't due to it being cheesy and badly acted. Though there hasn't been any bad acting, and I actually like the cheesyness, I mean so what if they're always happy and the show being unrealisic, I love it. I love the songs too, which has to count for something. My favourite character is Finn, I love his way of life, like the fact about his football but he loves performing, I think it is awesome. I also love Emma, she is so cool and I love her storyline. I love the storyline between Will and Terri, that storyline is going somewhere interesting! Great episode.

When Rachel (Lea Michele) questions Will's choreography skills during a glee club meeting, he forms an all-male a capella group, the Acafellas, to build his confidence. The group originally consists of Will, football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher), woodshop teacher Henri St. Pierre (John Lloyd Young) and Howard Bamboo (Kent Avenido), a co-worker of Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig). After their first performance however, Henri and Howard drop out and Will replaces them with glee club member Finn (Cory Monteith), and football player Puck (Mark Salling). Former glee club director Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) also joins the group, having arranged for singer Josh Groban to be at their next performance. Although the star compliments their rendition of "I Wanna Sex You Up", he reveals that he only attended to ask Sandy to stop stalking him.



In Will's absence, the glee club hire Dakota Stanley (Whit Hertford), a well-known choreographer, to help coach them to Nationals. Cheerleaders Quinn (Dianna Agron), Santana (Naya Rivera) and Brittany (Heather Morris) hope that the notoriously harsh Stanley will prompt some members of the club to quit, furthering their plan to sabotage the club. Although Stanley is heavily critical of the group, Rachel convinces the members that their differences give them a unique edge, and fires the choreographer. The cheerleaders also lead Mercedes to believe that Kurt has feelings for her, leaving her hurt when he rejects her advances. He later confesses to her that he is gay and the two make up. Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is angry that the club is now stronger than ever, and punishes Quinn and Santana. Quinn retaliates by thanking Sue for helping her realize that believing in herself negates the need to bring other people down. Will realizes that his passion is teaching, not performing, and resolves to recommit to the glee club.