This was a good episode! Hooray!
Emma is trying to deal with her OCD. Character development! I love character development. Plus she and Will seem to be legitimately just friends for now and I like how he actually is supporting her and hopefully they're not going to screw things up again.
I'm very intrigued by the Karofsky/Santana storyline. I share Kurt's question, though: what is Karofsky's game? Is he legitimately reforming, or is he just terrified of Santana? Either way, I think this is going to lead somewhere interesting. Plus I'm so glad Kurt is back at McKinley!
The Quinn storyline here struck me a little false. I don't know, I guess I preferred it when Quinn was just a spoiled bitch who'd always been pretty. I guess it does explain some of her softer moments, though.
I really did like the contrast between Quinn/Finn and Lauren/Puck here. The boys both didn't want Rachel to get the nose job because they thought she was prettier as she was. Quinn got jealous and mad at Finn. Lauren, as far as we know, didn't even bother having a reaction because it didn't matter to her. Quinn was running a campaign for her to be prom queen and Finn to be prom king, and he really doesn't seem to care the tiniest bit about whether they win or not. On the other hand, Puck starts up a campaign for Lauren to be prom queen (no mention of himself being king) because he wants to make her happy. I kind of like that Puck comes off as being the nicer guy than Finn for once. Also: I loved the Quinn/Lauren moment toward the end, with Quinn's "I respect you" speech. That was heartwarming.
Also notable: suspicious lack of Sue this week. Kind of a nice change to have New Directions try to overcome something other than "Sue's nefarious plot" or "the other teams at the competition" for once.
One thing I would like to nitpick about is the choice of things the kids put on their shirts. I just feel like so many of them were focused on physical features they didn't like, rather than on actual things they didn't like about their actual selves. Those sorts of things don't leave a whole lot of room for self-improvement. I also was confused about Kurt's, since I never really got the impression that he was ashamed of liking boys or wished he didn't like boys or whatever, but there you have it.
That said, I feel like things might finally be looking back up for Glee. I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but I'm feeling more eager than usual for the next few episodes.
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