“Home” – Glee
January 27th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
You know what’s not a good idea? Bringing back a bad character. I disliked April the first time, and she’s just as bad in this episode. Glee has enough characters as it is; we don’t need to spend an episode with someone that’s not a main character. Fortunately, some of the “minor” characters (i.e. everyone other than Finn and Rachel) get a lot of time on screen. Mercedes gets a subplot: Sue wants her to lose weight or be kicked off the Cheerios. The treatment of this issue was mostly lousy, but the musical number at the end did a decent job of tying it up. That’s not to say it was a good number, though. Like I said last time, Glee is good when the club has a fresh take on a song. “Beautiful” wasn’t different enough to succeed, especially since Mercedes is going to lose to Christina Aguilera in a singing contest nine times out of ten. The other numbers didn’t do much for me either. “Fire” is a good song, but April and Schuester didn’t quite pull it off. Likewise for “One Less Bell to Answer” and “Home” (which was April and the club). Kurt’s “A House is Not a Home” was nice, though, if for no other reason than allowing us to hear someone other than Rachel sing. As for the the Finn-Kurt family storyline: I wasn’t crazy about the idea, but I thought it was well done. Mike O’Malley did a particularly good job. His performances on Glee have all been strong, which is surprising considering he’s never been considered a serious actor. Overall, “Home” was another below-average episode with a few good parts. I hope the next episode will focus more heavily on the club.
