I liked that they finally paid attention to Mercedes, who was one of the best characters back in season one, but the story they chose to give her was just so awful.
I'm so glad that they split up Will & Holly and Emma & Carl, but having both happen in one episode just seems a little too obvious. The moment with the grapes was so cute. They're clearly setting it up for Will and Emma to get back together eventually, which I'm happy about, but I think they're handling it clumsily. Mostly I'm really glad that Holly is gone. I wish, just once, they could have an adult female on the show that didn't become a love interest for him.
It was nice to see that some of the Glee kids do have other interests and a life outside of New Directions (I guess that's slightly unfair, some of the boys do play football...). I feel like Artie and Tina and Mike are some of the least developed characters in the show, so it was nice for them to be given a little more oomph. Sort of unfortunate that every Asian character who's ever been on the show is part of the academic decathalon...
Nice that they brought back Sunshine and are actually building the rivalry with Vocal Adrenaline back up, and are apparently actually going to prepare for Nationals rather than doing what they do with every other competition and going "oh man that competition, we should pick some songs" the week before it happens.
I don't know, I guess my overall analysis is that I liked all the things that are happening and being set up in this episode, but I feel like they just weren't executed well. I think another thing I liked about this episode was its limited focus on the Rachel/Finn/Quinn situation because those three bore me to death.
I'm both excited and trepidatious for the upcoming episodes. We know from the promos that Kurt returns to McKinley in tonight's episode, so that's exciting. Kurt is also one of the best characters, and hopefully his return will provide more opportunities for Mercedes to be important as well. Although I can see there being accusations of him only coming back so that he could go to Nationals... actually, given his conversation with Blaine after Regionals, I can totally see that happening.
Also, reading plot synopses of upcoming episodes, there are lots of things happening. April Rhodes is returning, as is Jesse St. James. Let's get one thing straight: I adore Kristin Chenoweth. That said, I'm not keen on yet another return by her... I predict right now, she shows up and encourages "bad behaviour" amongst the kids and "shakes things up" in Will's love life... because she's a plot device, and the writers bring her in when those things need to happen.
As for Jesse St. James... if this is done right, I will be happy. Jesse and Rachel were a way better couple than Finn and Rachel ever were. If he comes back and gets back together with Rachel and finally pulls us out of the Rachel/Finn/Quinn triangle, I will be so happy. If he comes back as a plot device to make Finn jealous and realize what he's missing out on... ugh. I will be less than happy.
All that said, though, even if all of these are handled well, it still might not be a good thing. A renewed focus on Will and Emma's relationship, bringing back April and Jesse... it has serious potential to just be season one all over again, which would be an improvement over season two so far, but I think it should be new and different and not the same boring stuff, because that's exactly my problem with the continuous focus on Rachel/Finn/Quinn trash. Anyway, I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out.
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