Glee

I thought the song "Alone" performed by Will and April at the bowling alley karaoke was so good, and I realized what a great talent Kristin Chenoweth really is and she could really belt out a tune, and practically stole the show at the end with the other Glee club members, it's a shame we'll have to wait til April 13, which I'll mark on my calendar, it's FOX's mistake and it's the worst they've made in a long time. Also I really hope that McKinley does good at the sectionals and Will can finally stick it to Sue Sylvester.

When you do a heavily eventful episode on a show which people reacted positively to, you can't have uneventful episodes like this one. This whole episode was about April and the Quinn, Finn, Rachel love triangle....boring. I liked April though, she's funny and extremely talented and her final performance was deffinately the highlight of the episode. Rachel coming back to Glee was a big whatever moment since we all knew she was coming back. This episode was uneventful, unsurprising but does a shocking good job keeping the storyline moving steadily. I did enjoy the touching speech April made about getting her standing ovation.

So I'm only 5 episodes into this new series and have been enjoying it, until this episode.



Chenoweth, please don't bring her back. Funny? For about 2 seconds. A good singer? I'm not really into her country screeching sounding voice. Annoying? Certainly. As they said in the show, lets leave it to the young ones.



By far the worst songs of the series. I like the fact that the show takes modern hits and remakes them in their own style. But Liza Minelli numbers, please spare me. Maybe if Kurt sung it then it would have been funny and could have been like his coming out party. Lets leave out the ancient show tunes.



p.s. Rachel totally outsung Chenoweth.

With star Rachel Berry no longer part of the glee club, director Will Schuester worries about the team's forthcoming performance at Invitationals. He discovers that April Rhodes, a member of the club from his own high school days, never actually graduated, and convinces her to return to the glee club. Having failed to achieve her Broadway dreams, April is now an alcoholic, and goes about winning the favor of the existing club members by unconventional means, including getting Kurt (Chris Colfer) drunk and teaching Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) to shoplift. Guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) warns Will that April is corrupting the students. Will asks April to sober up, admitting that she was the reason he joined the glee club and that he had a crush on her in high school. The two of them sing an impromptu duet of Heart's "Alone" at the local bowling alley, and April promises to change.



Club member Finn is concerned for his future, believing his girlfriend Quinn (Dianna Agron) to be pregnant with his child. Emma suggests that instead of aiming to attend college on a football scholarship, Finn utilizes his musical talent. Finn believes the club's only chance of performing well at Nationals rests with Rachel, and attempts to convince her to return to the club. He takes her bowling and tells her that he wants to spend more time with her. This, along with the fact that Rachel is unhappy with the play due to being bullied by the theater director Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky), leads her to relent and quit her role in the school play in favor of glee club. When Rachel discovers that Quinn is pregnant however, she is furious with Finn and quits the club once more. Following a performance of Carrie Underwood's "Last Name", April receives the standing ovation she always dreamed of, and realizes it is time to find a new dream. She leaves the club without a lead singer for their second performance, leading to Rachel stepping in and rejoining the club for an ensemble performance of Queen's "Somebody to Love".

Another great episode full of musical fun! I'm really starting to love this show now that their past the "Our show is about singing misfits" stage. There was some real character developement this time with Rachel getting a little fuzzy round the edges, Finn showing he does have a sly side(rather than looking like a lost puppy, confused by all the people singing about him) and Emma is not so blinded by her love of Will that she can't see his imperfections. All that AND a drunk Kurt. What more could I ask of a Wednesday night?

Highlight was definately April's version of Last Name. Pure genius. Kristin Chenoweth needs her own show. She was great in Pushing Daisies and is totally wasted as a guest star. Didn't know she had those lungs on her though...

i like glee. i think its hilarious but this episode this week was just terrible. I only laughed once and that was when sue had her 1 line. I want more sue. She is by far the funniest person on the show. Last weeks episode was the strong point but this weeks episode was absolutely terrible. And i liked that there was less singing last week but there was way to much of it this week. I felt like i had wasted an hour of my life afterwards. Was i supposed to laugh at all? but sues line about sandy was absolutely hilarious but thats probably the only thing i like out of this

The seller here are the songs. This was the strongest collection of musical numbers so far for Glee in my opinion. Much of that credit goes to Kristen Chenoweth, who's pipes rival those of Lea Michele's! It's weird how they integrated her into the show and the school, but it worked for me. The drop-out given a second chance is a nice theme to explore, and we can always leave it to Will to think up something crazy to make his glee club the best. There are some interesting dances around flirtation with he and April, his old high school crush, and his reason for being...in Glee. Chenoweth is really a saucy gem in the role, and I enjoyed her interactions with the students. Meanwhile Rachel is taken down a notch by Sandy during rehearsals for the play, and it's a testament to the character that as conceited as she is, we still feel for her, when she's sad. We can thank Finn, mostly for the tears, as he used her feelings for him to get her back on the team. That to mee seemed too elaborate for a jock like him come up with and pull off, and oddly, it paints him in a bad light for the first time. Even if he's doing it for Quinn and the baby.



Overall, I enjoyed the episode. Some of the on-goings will really require a stretch of the imagination (this is becoming standard with Glee) but the entertainment value of this show is undeniable.



Note: I really like the style of their "previously on.." prologues.

This show is all about entertainment and this episode has definitely provided it. Aside from the wonderful Glee cast, Kristen Chenoweth charms us with her witty humor as a drunken dropout, lured back to school by Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison)as he hopes of getting a female lead replacement for Glee.



Ms. Chenowith grabs the attention of the show with her fabulous voice, demanding all to listen. And listen I did. One can't help hold their breath as she sings.



Glee is one of those shows that is a combination of variety and musicals that once ruled television in decades past. It's nice to see a comeback!



Fox cast Glee perfectly. I can't imagine any other actors in place of those performing now. The music is toe tapping, the writing hilarious, and the choreography delightful. Very refreshing from the ho hum of reality shows. Two thumbs up for Glee!

A bit of a delay with this review and that's mainly down to the fact I simply wasn't sure how to rank the episode. I've been battling it out all week, and I couldn't seem to put my finger on what bugged me about this episode, which was quite good, and then it hit me: PDW - more commonly known as Pushing Daisies Withdrawal.



I am all about the Chenoweth, I love the woman. She certainly rocked this episode. At first I thought maybe she was having an off shoot, cos her duet with Rachel was a little underwhelming, but I guess they had to give Lea a strong opening since The Chenoweth blew my socks off with 'Last Name' it was absolute perfection. Itunes, here I come!



Overall, this was a solid hour, and I think the first to showcase how capable Glee can be dueling with comedy and drama, creating probably the strongest episode yet. There's a lot of dram-0-rama going on, more singing than usual and some decent gags. More like this, please!

Puck is brilliant. I love him. *sigh*



Anyway, Rachel leaving - so dramatic - that girl is a great singer but she is insanely annoying.



The crazy drunk annoying April that appears in this show makes me slightly dislike it but it was still a brilliant episode. I mean, I didn't realise the woman who plays her can sing like that. She was in Pushing Daisies and she's got a bit of a charm about her that you need to like.



The ending song was absolutely awesome though and kind of made up for April's annoying behaviour. Kurt being sick made me sad though!



The Rachel/Finn thing is starting to get, kinda, er, depressing. I mean it's desperate on both sides. This is definitely my guilty pleasure. So bad but brilliant at the same time!

I have begun to realize that episodes of 'Glee' are really hit-or-miss. Thankfully, this episode was a hit! It was really fun to watch, and held some interesting story threads. Not to mention the music was pretty great.



Storyline wise, we saw the dark side of Finn -- a side willing to exploit Rachel's feelings in order to help win a scholarship. I like the direction he is heading in, because it seems like they are truly fleshing his character out. However, there's just something about Rachel that I don't buy into... she just seems a little flat, character-wise. I hope she gets developed some more, eventually.



Music wise? WOW. April Rhodes and Rachel's duet was SICK. I really enjoyed the final scene of the episode too, when the Gleeks performed on the stage. They did an awesome job, and it was a relief to see that not only Rachel and Finn carried the vocals -- Mercedes and Artie had a few lines too!



The comedy of this episode was mild. April corrupted the kids, and that was fun to watch. It wasn't slap-your-sides hilarious, but the character of April Rhodes was truly enjoyable. I especially like when she gave Kurt booze and muscle magazines... oh dear.



Great step up from last week's 'Single Ladies' fest! I'm looking forward to next Wednesday night's episode too.

Ok, here's the problem I'm having, Mr. Schuster wants to have the best Glee club possible but goes out of his way to alienate Rachael, his best singer. I think she had a good point in the last show when she asked Mr. Schuster why he had to steam roll over her in order to help others self esteem. And then this week he does it again, so to speak, by bringing back an old high school crush who never graduated.



I like Emma. Even though she's neurotic, she's tossing out the pearls of wisdom Will needs to listen to. Who are you doing it for? Remember, this is the time for these kids to shine and show their stuff. All of the other stuff just feels so forced. There is still no chemistry in the Schuster household. I just don't buy that his wife loves him, it feels like there's an ulterior motive for their marriage, love wasn't it. But the real problem I'm having is between Schuster and Rachael. His attitude toward her, considering what he wants and the fact that she loves the Glee Club doesn't make any sense. It's like he's going out of his way to tear her down. It's not like she's the most popular kid in school, or is mean to everyone, or somehow comes across as the villain, yet that's how Will is treating her. She just wants to sing and it's the one thing she's great at and can shine at. LET HER SING! Jeez, it's pretty much all she has. He, as a teacher, should see that, nurture it, then use it to let her branch out. Not keep shooting her down because she changed one of your routines, which was better even if it did get new rules invoked (forgiveness vs. permission). It's a contrived conflict that doesn't need to be there and for me is not working.

Despite a killer performance from Kristen Chenowith and some pretty funny moments, this episode was lacking a little of the comedic punch of the last few episodes. I'm all for a blending of comedy and drama, but this was at least 90% drama, 10% comedy. And for a show that has started off as strongly as this one has, I was expecting something a little funnier with Kristen.



Despite all that, Kristen was a fun addition to the show. She definitely brought an energy to the scenes she was in, and the songs she sang in were incredible, but it's unfortunate that her appearance had to relegate the other supporting characters to simple cameos. Also, her sudden epiphany at the end seemed a little forced and unrealistic, especially the way she was acting with Rachel earlier in the episode. Nonetheless, she was still a fun addition to a very fun show.



That being said, the fun factor didn't feel like it was quite there. The songs were fun, as usual, especially whenever Kristen was on stage, strutting her stuff. However, as I said before, Jane Lynch being gone, as well as Will's wife and the rest of the Glee club made the show lose a little of what made it special.



Glee is still a fun show, and I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes. Just focus a little more on the supporting characters and it should be fine.



Kurt looking like an 11 year old milk maid

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Glee promised to be a fun filled comedy musical, and it did look like the show was very successful in fulfilling that. The previous episode was definitely the benchmark, and I thought the writers would carry on the same thought.



Bringing in an Emmy winning superstar, was good and bad in a way. Kristin Chenoweth did give us a good portrayal of her Broadway magic. But at the same time, the remaining cast got sidelined. The story looked more like drama with Kristin's drinking and bohemian lifestyle. We did of course have some funny moments like Kurt throwing up on Emma's leg, and April trying to bond with the Glee club.



The show is otherwise fine musically, and some voices are really breathtaking.

This show keeps getting better and this week we have three great full blown numbers that knock your socks off. Kristin Chenoweth guest stars as April the girl who was a Senior when Will was a Freshman. She's a lush with a great voice. The major problems are she is in her thirties at least and she's always drunk. She can belt out a tune though and she gives Rachel more than a run for her money. We see some interesting work from Finn as he still has a vision of a future away from this town. Emma the counselor convinces Finn he has a better chance of getting a singing scholarship than a sports one. That very well might be true. So he decides that he needs the group to be as good as possible. That means getting Rachel back no matter what.



The news that Quinn and Finn are having a baby gets out and almost kills Rachel's return to the Glee Club. Sandy makes that happen though with his inappropriate direction and need for the spotlight himself in his show. At the end we see two dynamite Glee performances. One with the group featuring April and the other the group featuring Finn and Rachel. The Rachel/April number from the beginning was outstanding as well.



A very enjoyable episode with some fun things in it. A more balanced storyline with a solid direction. Thanks for reading...

I knew Kristin Chenoweth was going to be starring on Glee way before the show even started and I have to admit I was very excited. I like her and I think she has some major talent. But I also must admit I was a little nervous about the idea too. Especially as a guest star for one episode (which I doubt) and so early in the show for it to be happening. I've settled in a wonderful place of ambivalence when the episode came around.



The episode, unfortunately, didn't really have a stand out line or laugh out loud moment like the previous episode had. It dealt more with, well...Kritin Chenoweth. Which isn't a problem, it just slowed the episode down a lot. Honestly, I could have lived without her singing three songs during the episode and I would have liked to see her in a smaller role. Overall I still enjoyed the episode. It just didn't hit the home run I expected it would after last week's episode...which was a hard one to follow anyway.