When I Pulled My Hamstring, I Went To A Misogynist.

"Glee" this week was kind of a disappointment. I knew coming into the episode, the Madonna songs were going to be way overdone and not relate to the plot at all, but I really only feel like "Like a Virgin" was the only song that remotely fit into the story... Overall, I still liked the episode because of all the drama that unfolded. The performances tonight were great; choreographed and sung very well, but apparently at the expense of having them follow the story as well as past episodes.

It was obvious that the Madonna theme was going to be run to the ground when Sue brought it up to the principle and the Cheerios in the first minute. It was out of character. Sue would never do something like that. She has made it clear the Cheerios are not about musical performance, only excellence in cheer and infiltrating the Glee Club. It was just too obvious they were trying to force Madonna into every aspect of the show tonight.

With all of the Madonna stuff out of the way, a lot of significant things happened tonight. I love the parallels between the relationships of Finn/Rachel and WIll/Emma. Genius. Every problem one couple encounters, the other also experiences in a way. The best parallel I have seen between the two happened this week with Finn, Rachel, and Emma all contemplating turning in the V-Card. I wanted all three to give in and do "the nasty" (Emma) but only Finn did. At first it didn't make sense that he was the only one, but really it makes perfect sense. Will has obviously already lost his virginity and to keep the parallel consistent, it was necessary for Finn to also lose it. So now, it is only the two girls who are virgins. What was interesting here was both of the girls wanted to have sex and thought it would empower them by submitting to their boyfriends. But when they both backed out, the men of Glee made an effort to empower all of the girls and worked to show more respect by realizing sex is not best way to empower themselves or the girls.

Last episode and for most of this one, it seemed like Glee was forwarding the storyline with those two relationships way too fast and not allowing for more growth and development of the characters, plot, nor drama which would lead to a quick ending to the series. But Glee made a good decision in slowing the relationships down. It is going to be interesting to see how Emma and Rachel are going to relate next week because Rachel is with Jesse and not Finn right now. Will Rachel go back to Finn this quickly, or will Emma start to play the field a bit? Something to draw the parallel between the two closer will have to happen next week and I am excited to see what it is.

I have also decided that Brittany and Santana are the best characters. Without a doubt. The things they say are hysterical.
"When I pulled my hamstring, I went to a misogynist."
"It's a win-win situation. For me."

But my favorite was last week. "Look, I'm pretty sure you have to do what we say, and this food was unsatisfactory." "Mine had a mouse in it."