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