Glee

Season 4 Episode 4

The Break-Up

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Rachel and Kurt deal with visits from their loved ones. Emma isn't too thrilled with Will's new job opportunity. Brittany and Santana proceed with their long distance relationship.

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  • Glee "The Break-up" Review: Welcome to Splitsville (Population: Everyone)

    This week, the stresses of life apart and life in general finally caught up to some of Glee’s most prominent couples.

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    • I Loved It, But Was Upset At The Same Time

      10
      I'm an absolute Brittana fan and seeing them broke up made me cry haha but I've also been a fan of Klaine and it's sad seeing that Blaine cheated on Kurt. But I can understand how he feels like he has been left feeling lonely. Thank god Will and Emma didn't break up otherwise that would of been ridiculous! I didn't really give a damn about the Jake and Kitty relationship so yeah. The Finchel break up was unfortunate but was needed, shes in New York and has her whole life ahead of her and well he doesn't really fit in with her NYADA scene. It's just so.... I don't know how to put it astonishing to see how far they have come though. From Rachel being the little quirky anti-sociable girl that liked to post videos on Myspace and Finn being the quaterback of the football team and him being freaked out the first time they met to being a couple, breaking up, then ending up back together again then finally winning Nationals and almost getting married. I just can't believe how long it's been. All in all I loved the end scene of 'The Scientist' bringing back memories of past episodes. It was emotional and just a great job by the cast and crew.moreless
    • Great

      9.5
      So Happy to see an episode focused on Rachel and Kurt. I miss them, especially Kurt.
    • The Break-Up

      10
      This was an amazingly powerful and emotional episode.

      The acting and songs were exceptional.

      I have to say Cory Monteith "Fin" blew me away this episode with his acting and singing. I loved the scene where Fin was walking out and he gave his bro Kurt a hug. I was also very touched when Fin went to see Will Schuester. I felt it must have been very emotional for Fin seeing Mr Schue as a Mentor the way Fin does. Reminded me how much they have been through the last 3 years. Seems as though Fin might look after the Glee club while Mr Schue goes to Washington.

      Oh my God that ending was exceptional, starting from, Fin standing in the auditorium by himself then Rachel walks in. The whole Performance was so powerful it brought back memories and feelings and got very emotional. I forgot how long it's been since a show hit me so hard with a brilliant performance like that. Amazing Talent!!

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    • Best episode in a LONG time!

      9.5
      The teaser for this episode was which one would break up. Spoiler alert!



      The answer was they all did, pretty much.



      But the episode itself was very well written and focused on the characters, albeit most of the time was spent in NYC. Suspending reality a few minutes prevented a perfect 10: Finn's gun would never have been loaded while he cleaned it, and where did he get the money to just jet back and forth to NY if he hasn't worked for months? Anyway...



      All the musical numbers worked seamlessly with the script. The final number was phenomenal. While not a lot of time was spent in Ohio (which was fine since a lot of time was spent on the nasty cheerleader) I hope they keep this up. Time will tell.moreless
    • Break-up's stories

      10
      Write about break-up is something subjective. Anyone who has faced that moment, could describe it in different ways, not only for the situation but the feelings.



      This Glee's episode try to carry us to that different situations and show us that sometimes something that we found interesting in the past could be annoying in the present.



      Obviously, the kids has grown up and new objectives has appeared. We can't blame Kurt for not being interested in Blaine's achievements. For someone who works at Vogue may be won the school's elections is silly. But, also, we can't blame Blane for feeling alone and abandoned.



      I believe that "The Break-up" is the deepest episode in Glee's history. Every story has differents edges and these are shown through one of the best script of the series. Maybe Rachel and Kurt's story are the most powerful but all the episode is perfect: music and acting.



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    Dan Domenech

    Dan Domenech

    Chase Madison

    Guest Star

    Pamela Chan

    Pamela Chan

    Dottie Kazatori

    Guest Star

    Brad Potts

    Brad Potts

    Drill Sergeant

    Guest Star

    Samuel Larsen

    Samuel Larsen

    Joseph "Joe" Hart

    Recurring Role

    Alex Newell

    Alex Newell

    Wade Adams

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    Jacob Artist

    Jacob Artist

    Jake Puckerman

    Recurring Role

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