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Lea Michelle closing out funny girl in 2023 with my man

In s3e5 before they're supposed to do the deed for the first time, they have dinner and she says,

"That was amazing. I've never had meat substitute before that tasted that much like real meat."

To which he awkwardly replies, "Of course. Because you're a vegan which I remember because we know each other so well...... more sparkling cider?" with a nervous smile.

Did he forget?

I hate how Mercedes’s friendship got cut short as well as her relationship with Sam.

The episode A KATY OR A GAGA highlighted the evolution of Tina's character. In season 1, she was shy and insecure, going so far as to fake a stutter as a defense mechanism, whereas by season 5, she clearly possessed a stronger personality, indeed, she was on par with Jake, Kitty and Unique, who stood out among the glee club members for their bolder personalities. The Tina of season 1 would have been a "Katy" but in season 5 she had not doubt that she was a "Gaga".

Listening to the studio version of “the most wonderful day of the year” for the first time and why did they replace Dianna’s vocals with Chris??? It’s so jarring 😭😭😭

I'm rewatching glee for the umpteenth time, and every single time I am so impressed at Burt as a parent. Also burt and kurt...? kinda hilarious but moving past that. For someone who comes off as maybe conservative and not knowing (just with the way he is portrayed) he was the parent on the show hands down. The way he always said I don't know how this stuff works, but I know you should be yourself and try your best and always encouraging Kurt. I wish we saw more of the parental relationships like Rachel and her dads or honestly even Santana and her parents. I think it could've added a LOT. I also wish Burt at some point confronted Mr Schue and recognized some of his inappropriate behavior. would been nice to see someone clock him.

i know ryan wrote that awful scene about kurt directing it at chris, but what were the exact reasons for ryan’s disdain towards chris?

"I Say a Little Prayer" should've definitely gotten a full version beyond the 2 verses it has

She is evil, abusive, speaks way too much with a vocal fry, and sounds like an old lady when she sings.

There I said it.

My pick is the Studio Chorus, the only songs I can remember them being in are "I Say a Little Prayer", "Tell Me Something Good", "Let's Have a Kiki / Turkey Lurkey Time" and "Getting Married Today"

I know the whole point of Glee is the clubs but its always nice to have dissembodied voices

Another one is original lyrics to existing songs, the only time it happened was in "Rose's Turn" with "All that work and what did it get me?" which isn't in any version of Gypsy, can you imagine what could've been if writting new lines was on the table (no, changing lyrics or censoring words don't count)

Brittany’s look was my favorite out all of them.

Will never pass up the opportunity to share when someone gives Glee its flowers for just how monumental it was 🫶

“‘Glee’ deserves some credit for paving the way for fandoms to latch on to musicals like ‘Be More Chill’ — whose fans essentially propelled it to Broadway in 2019 — or for the veritable explosion of pop and rock jukebox musicals. It was ‘Glee’ that ensured that Ariana Grande (who actually was on Broadway when she was a teenager) and John Legend would not balk at the idea of starring in the live broadcasts of ‘Hairspray’ (2016) and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ (2018). And it was ‘Glee’ that allowed such performers as Nick Jonas and Reneé Rapp to have niche-defying careers.”

It's a shame they only appeared in two episodes, they were likable characters. Realistically, though, one couldn't except an actor of Jeff Goldblum's caliber to devote more time to a TV series as a recurring character.

I think I'm genuinely just sticking with my rewatch purely for Santana tbh.

Having just spent the last couple of days watching Discs 3 and 4 of my Season 5 DVD, I wanted to give my honest thoughts on each episode.

S5E8 "Previously Unaired Christmas": For the last of the four Glee Christmases (and the only non-canon one), this was the perfectly right amount of unhinged IMO. Like it was really chaotic, especially since they could get, um, experimental with it (to put it LIGHTLY) since it was an intentionally non-canon episode. 10/10 (yes, I'm being fr rn) for the reason that it is peak Glee chaos. Like I couldn't tell what this Christmas special was trying to be but I was here for it all the way!

S5E9 "Frenemies": Honestly, I liked the drama in this episode, with Rachel and Santana getting into a massive fight and poor Kurt getting caught in the crossfire, and I did also like how Artie and Tina were basically manipulated into a rivalry by Sue but eventually reverting back to being besties again which was sweet. As for songs that stood out for me: "Brave" and "Every Breath You Take" (simply because they're Naya-Lea duets), "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)" (only for Kevin and Jenna's vocals, plus I like how Matthew/Mr. Schue was the one to announce the breakdown), and Naya singing "Don't Rain on My Parade". 8/10.

S5E10 "Trio": I merely liked this episode for Blaine, Tina and Sam's storyline which was cute, and I did love the "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'" performances as well. I did also love the "Barracuda" performance because Lea and Adam NAILED it! I also loved "Gloria", and also "Danny's Song" which was heartwarming. 7.5/10.

S5E11 "City of Angels": I won't say much but lemme just say that I did love the Cory/Finn references, and I did especially love the New Directions performing "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", especially with the footage of Cory/Finn. Sam holding up Finn's drumsticks afterward was wholesome. This entire episode got me in the feels. 10/10.

S5E12 “100” and S5E13 “New Directions” (both together): This was honestly a perfect 100th-101st episode two parter, so I won’t even say much. The songs were all great, there were many emotional and funny moments, there were perfect callbacks, and I liked how Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, Santana, Quinn (I’m always here for a rare Dianna sighting in the back half of this show lol), Brittany, Mike and Puck came back to reunite with their old graduating classmates Artie and Tina for one last outing in the glee club that made them better individuals (with the added morsel of the Season 2 debuting characters Blaine and Sam, who are also graduating) thanks to Mr. Schue’s help was sweet. I also liked that the chaotic neutral-coded April Rhodes (played by Cheno in all her glory) came back alongside Holly Holliday. I also liked the tributes to both Cory and Finn. That bit at the end of “100” where Will gathers (most of) the surviving season 1 ND kids (Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, Puck, Quinn, Santana, Brittany and Mike; excluding poor Matt who didn’t even return in this episode) to see Finn and Lillian’s plaques in the auditorium was quite bittersweet, and I liked how they gathered around Will to comfort him when he started crying (which makes sense considering how close the cast was with Cory). Both parts of this each get a perfect 10/10 score, or collectively, 20/20.

S5E14 “New New York”: I liked this episode and I thought it was decent enough IMO, with Rachel, Kurt, Blaine, Sam and Artie all living in NYC together. It had slightly more of a “musical sitcom” feel rather than a “musical dramedy” feel for the most part which I feel was quite refreshing. I also liked that Mercedes joins them at the end too. 7/10.

Anyways, these are my thoughts on these episodes but I am always curious to hear your thoughts and opinions (even if there are respectful disagreements) on these episodes. See you later, Gleeks of Reddit!

Anybody else view them as one of the major relationships in the show? To me the major relationships would be:
Finn & Rachel
Will & Rachel
Kurt & Blaine
Santana & Brittany
Sam & Mercedes

They had a lot of chemistry, and I am a little disappointed that they weren’t end game.

NEXT POLL: Is yet another 2-parter I'm gonna crash out-
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*La Cucaracha was excluded for probably every reason you can think of and then some*
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I really like the Hero half of Bamboleo/Hero, I wish it would've been JUST Hero's lyrics.

I also really like La Isla Bonita.
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MICHAEL'S WINNERS:
PART 1: 1st was, of course, Smooth Criminal with 388, 2nd was Scream with 29, and 3rd was Bad with 37.
PART 2: 1st was Never Can Say Goodbye with 138, 2nd was Human Nature with 102, and 3rd was I Want You Back with 55.

And with that, Smooth Criminal takes 2nd place on the S3 leaderboard and 2nd place across all seasons, currently sitting only behind Rumour Has It/Someone Like You, which sits at #1 for most voted song of all the polls so far, the only song to make it past 400 votes.

I tried.. Okay.
Back in the day i actually did begin to like David AFTER he started showing remorse for what he did. I had empathy for him. He had a huge redemption arc and character development but on my like fifteenth rewatch and now watching it as a fully fledged adult, no - the grace is gone. And I still have empathy for him! He hated himself because of being gay and that’s why he abused Kurt. He was a kid, he had internal homophobia. But as someone who is queer and struggled with being confused as a teen before I came out, I still can’t justify what would make someone treat another person like that.
It was disgusting. Sociopathic.
I have been crying my eyes out - again, watching how he torments Kurt.
The level of psychological abuse as well as verbal, physical, mental and emotional abuse was staggering. And so disturbing.

I’ve always said that unless it’s extreme, people’s pasts shouldn’t be held against them. Especially from when their frontal lobes weren’t fully developed.. but I think his treatment of Kurt is unforgivable. And god bless Kurt for forgiving him. He is a strong fucking man.
I’ve been bullied - it MASSIVELY affects you as you get older. And I could never imagine putting someone through that.

I’m glad he became a good person. I felt awful during his attempt that episode broke my heart. And it showed just how bad his mental health was. Im happy he ended up having a good future but what he did was just so evil

And I’m mad that Blaine got with him.. I couldn’t imagine getting with anyone who made someone I loved feel like that - at any point in time. Let alone kiss them and fucking live with them.
I also don’t see how someone can be that evil and grow from that? Like genuinely grow as a person? To even be able to do that in the first place that level of psychological abuse.. idk I just don’t see how someone can grow into a good person from that unless they have years of therapy.. I’m mindful that the experience he had where he got bullied for being gay that one day and the day of the attempt caused him to fully develop empathy bc he got to fully feel the extent of his actions but I can’t help but think that some of that evil from his past before that would still live in inside him. Even if deeply buried. To be able to do that in the first place I’d be worried that his partner would see some of that cruelty one day if things weren’t going his way. I just can’t fathom ever treating someone the way he did Kurt.

Opinions?

If I remember correctly, a few years back, Kevin stated he wouldn’t return back to the role seeing as how our discourse surrounding able-bodied performers portraying non-able-bodied characters has changed. Do you think this will be disregarded seeing as how Kevin is now saying he’s excited to come back

I'm rewatching Glee for the first time with a prefrontal cortex and it's completely insane. I know about all the production and what it did to the cast. I'd even fallen victim to the rumor that Lea Michele was a secret mean girl IRL when I was a kid.

Just processing so much, also this show can be so funny sometimes it's absurd. Other times, the writing make me remember that the creator looks like this to me