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Review of Glee Season 2 Episode 20 “Prom Queen”
-courtesy of Fox
The Good: Artie Apologizing to Brittney after his jerkass moment from last week. Also Brittney not forgiving him just because he sang a nice song (you go girl).
Pretty much every moment with Kurt. I think he’s an overexposed character (Which has stunted the other character’s growth) but he’s also a great character who is both comically and dramatically well written. On the drama side his reconciliation with Karofsky almost brought me to tears. It was emotionally satisfying and felt like a proper payoff after a season where this storyline has hogged the spotlight.
The cover of Friday, it’s a terrible song and I despise it, but even I enjoyed Puck, Sam and Artie’s both ironic and wholeheartedly embraced take on the Youtube sensation. It was hilarious and a massive improvement (not saying much) on the original.
The School voting Kurt prom queen as a joke. This is GOOD drama, it came out of nowhere, I didn’t know how to react to it at first. It just came out of nowhere, but made perfect sense in the context of the rest of the episode. I also enjoyed Santana, Kurt’s and yes even Quinn’s reactions to the news. Smart writing, more of this please! But I did not like how they wrapped this up. (See The Ugly)
The Bad: Finn’s and Rachel’s less than subtle glances at each other, Jesus these kids! Finn, pick a fucking girl! Rachel stop pining! I can’t take this nonsense anymore!
Blaine! I’m so glad that Kurt has a boyfriend that makes him happy, a happy Kurt is a Kurt I want to spend more time with (unlike early on this season when it was sour-puss Kurt and I was becoming sick of him), but Darren Criss is not a good enough actor to make Blaine a character I care enough about to listen to the sad sap story about how he doesn’t like school dances because he was beat up once. From a more likable and better acted character this would have worked, but here it didn’t, especially when it didn’t add much to the show’s story.
Sue’s Torture Scene with Artie. I know it was supposed to be funny, but it was mostly just boring. Sue was much better utilized earlier in the episode when she was poking fun at the Glee Club’s less than stellar musical offerings (and in a meta-way also making fun of the show’s least successful and most derided numbers). That’s when Sue is best, that’s when this show is its best, when it finds ways to laugh at itself. The torture scene was just silly.
Ugly: The return of Jessie St. James/Finn’s jealousy, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! You can’t have your cake and eat it too Finn. You’re with one girl or the other. And you can’t just lose your shit on some guy because you don’t like how he’s necking your Ex. But why was Jessie even back on the show? I hate the character, he never brought much to the show, he should go away and stay away… FOREVER. But back to their fight, again, Finn ruined his and Quinn’s evening with his jealously over Rachel and as a result got thrown out of the dance, and then nothing! No more Finn for the rest of the episode. Way to follow up writers.
Really guys? You give us the Prom Queen twist and than completely fail to deliver with a satisfying end? Kurt should have ripped that school a new one when he went up on that stage to be coronated. Or if that wouldn’t have been high road enough, he could have said something uplifting and meaningful. A quip on the Royal Wedding does not count, and it certainly doesn’t win a crowd of detractors over. This was a big fumble and completely skewered the otherwise well written twist for me.
Overall a big improvement over last week’s underwhelming showcase. But I really wish this show would stop rotating out romantic pairings to generate artificial and meaningless drama. If you want me to care about a couple breaking up, give me a reason to love the couple guys. And follow-through on your better story elements. This is basic stuff guys!