“Dream On”/”Theatricality” – Glee

I’m combining these two because I’m tired of writing about Glee. Most of my reviews boil down to “this show is ridiculous and mostly terrible.” Usually, I find a bright spot or two and say that the high points make the episodes worth watching. That’s still true, but it’s tiring to remind myself every episode that Glee stinks except for a few minutes out of every show. So, let’s go over these two quickly. “Dream On” had two good moments: Artie’s “Safety Dance” at the mall and “Dream a Little Dream of Me” by the whole club at the end. “Theatricality” was a better episode overall. I’m not much of a Lady Gaga fan, but the girls’ “Bad Romance” was pretty good. I thought Santana was exceptional in that number. Rachel and her mom doing “Poker Face” at the end was one of the show’s best numbers. It’s representative of the song’s best musical moments: it took a familiar song and turned it into a completely different beast. “Shout It Out Loud” was fine, if uninspired. I really enjoyed “Beth”, though. It’s good to get Puck a nice ballad. I’ve praised Mike O’Malley – and the Hummel’s relationship – in the past, but in this case, I think Glee went to the well one time too many. It was still good – bravo to O’Malley for again pulling off the scene splendidly – but it felt too contrived. Finn and his mom moving in with the Hummels happened too fast. And Kurt really did take the room design too far. I’m not convinced that Finn would react the way he did either. It appears that they’ve made up at the end, so we’ll see what happens with Finn and Kurt’s dad. With two episodes left in the season, I’m interested to see if Glee can end on a high note like the first half of the season did.

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