Glee Review: Episode 6

Episode 6 - "The Substitute" Pre-Show

One hour until the show is aired in Pacific time at 8pm Nov. 16, 2010.
This episode features successful actress Gwyneth Paltrow who substitutes Glee Club.
I'm very excited for this episode. Apparently Paltrow is an amazing singer.
Lots of actors featured in this TV Series I had no idea that could sing.
Should be a great episode. Not much info on the episode, but will have full summary and review at 9pm. See you all then!

Summary:
This episode was a lot calmer of an episode. Not a lot of drama happening. Definetly not as many surprises that's for sure. Some of the features of this episode were that Shuester ends up losing his job and being replaced by the substitute played by Ms. Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow really surprised me because she was simply phenomenal. I really don't think she gets much credit as an actress as she should. She's an unbelievable actress, and a sensational singer. Very please with her performance that is for sure. Shuesters ex-wife tries to pry into his life again, but soon leaves the seen. Sue becomes principle and bans the consumption of junk food in the schools which infuriates Mercedes. Also, Mercedes feels left out of Kurts life because of the time he is now spending with Blaine (gay boy from the all boys school he met in the previous episode. See Review - Episode 5). Kurts gets a death threat from his Bully that had kissed him last episode saying that "if you tell anyone about it i'll kill you". That's warming, and heartful. It seems Paltrows character will be seen more than once, and it also appears that Shuester is quite interested in her. Juicey juicey. A lot of great songs covered this episode as well.

Review:
This episode was definetly a well needed cool down from the previous episode. Like I said above, not as much surprises and/or drama. However, I found almost an entire scene boring. I almost wanted to change the channel. It seems that Glee needs to find better ways of cooling down their episodes without making them boring. The whole idea of the episode with the ban of junk food, and the rebelling was kind of odd for lack of a better word. It didn't really bring anything good out of it. It mainly was like saying that obese people should always want junk food and should demand it in schools. Wasn't exactly what they were going for I'm sure but that's how it came across. There's a lot of things that could have been changed in this episode. They could have put slightly more drama into the mix. I mean, when Shuester lost his job you KNEW he was going to get it back. It was one of those things that don't just happen you know? Last episode, Kurt got kissed by his bully. Now that can carry on forever, and you never know what will actually happen. It keeps you wanting more. This episode lacked that "you need to watch the next episode" factor.

I give this episode a 3.5/5 Stars

Glee Review: Episode 5

Well, I've decided to do a weekly review of the TV Series Glee.

Glee has become an obsession.
It hits me in all the emotions that a human can have.
After watching last weeks episode (Episode 5) I am just blown away.

Summary:
In this Episode "Never Been Kissed" features Puck back from Juvenile hall and has to do community service. He chooses to help Artie, a fellow classmate who is in a wheel chair.
Puck shows Artie a few tips of "being cool" and surprisingly become somewhat friends.
Also featured in "Never Been Kissed" you constantly see Kurt, an openly gay student, get constantly harrassed by a fellow student. Kurt seeks help at an all boys school to find where he belongs. He meets a student that is also openly gay, and he tells Kurt that he needs to stand up to the bully. Kurt, having enough of being pushed into lockers, follows the bully to the locker room and confronts him. The bully threatening to punch Kurt, Kurt continues to scream in the bullies face having enough, surprisingly the bully stops and kisses Kurt. HOLY SHIT KURT AND ANOTHER BOY KISSING... whoa whoa. Back the trolly up. Yes, Kurt's constant harrasser turns out to be Gay, kisses Kurt, Kurt pushes him away, and the bully punches the locker and storms out obviously scared and confused. Kurt stands alone in the locker room. After seeing that scene reminded me why I watch Glee over and over again. They bring real life situations, and problems that occure in ever high school and make it really real. It shows all audiences what the world can be like. I will never get sick of you Glee. NOW, another feature of the episode the boys of Glee club (and Tina) find an interesting way to "cool off" when in a make out session. They think about their Coach Beast. Now, Coach Beast is a very manish looking woman and comes off very intimidating for a woman. She ends up finding out about the boys "cool off" and ends up quitting. Mr. Shuester has himself in quite the pickle.

Review:
I highly reccommend everyone take an hour of their time and watch "Never Been Kissed". It hit me in a place that I never though a TV series could ever do. Homophobes are everywhere and this episode just might explain some of them away. Also, the feeling of feeling different is very prone in this episode and it hits home for sure. When you are different or an "outcast" it's hard to feel like anyone really cares about you. Not only gay people, but disabled people, or people that make some mistakes. Everyone should be equal and this episode bleeds that message. If you hate the show, or never have seen it please just take the time to watch this one episode, I think it'll change a lot of people. Thanks.

I give this episode rating of 4.5 Stars out of 5.