Aims, I see your points, but I kind of see "Glee" as a more functional version of "Heathers" so I can't take anything that happens in this school seriously.

I think the thing I had the most problem with was the Sue reveal at the end. WTF? That came out of nowhere and, IMO, was completely unnecessary.

Aims, have you heard the recorded version yet? They don't throw Chris Colfer's voice so high and he harmonizes down with Lea when they sing together. It's really well done.

I have and I do like that version. It is well done.

That came out of nowhere

You know... I'm not so sure it did, actually. What she said to Will about not knowing a thing about her and saying that what people like that really wanted was to be treated like others made perfect sense-- she sees someone like her sister or Becky making every effort to be like others, so she accepts nothing less than anyone else's best effort.

The one thing that didn't make sense was her writing the checks for the ramps after what she said at the beginning about them. That was the one bit that didn't ring completely true.

Just listened to it. I didn't love it. I think partly because the voices are too similar. In a duet, I like to know who is singing.

Interesting article about tonight's episode with thoughts from Ryan Murphy about what it meant to him to write it and how he sees it, within the context of the greater story arc.

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Barb,

I mean it seemed to come out of nowhere based on what we know about Sue so far in the series. Yes, I get they were trying to have her make grand gestures in this episode, but she has had very little shading of her character like this in previous episodes. I think they had humanized her just enough previously (she was so over the top to be a complete farce), this just felt like it went a bit too far.

this just felt like it went a bit too far.

Okay, yeah... I can see that. Like I said, I almost thought the ramps thing was what pushed a little too far for me. But at least from what that article reported, it's not going to be a one-time only stunt, with both actresses returning, so at least there will remain continuity which will help in the long run.

Hopefully, what they're looking for is a little bit of balance, which I think, overall, will do the show good.

At least they kept that humanization of Sue strictly for the viewers and herself, not for anyone else in the school (except for the paying for the ramps, which I think was partially a tribute to her sister and Becky, and partially a way to screw with the minds of Will and Figgins). For no other reason, I loved it because of the way that Jane Lynch played that beautiful moment when she began reading to her sister--I tearing up right now just remembering it!

As jerky as Will can be at times, it was great how he brought the rest of the club on-board with Artie by having them do the number in wheelchairs. And here's hoping he learned his lesson about automatically giving numbers to Rachel when others have expressed an interest. Speaking of, Proud Mary was great because it had everyone performing it and swapping the lead, not just Rachel and Finn.

Terrific moments (other than the bookreading): everything between Kurt and his dad, equally well-played by both; the reveal of Puck making hash brownies, which I was just waiting for as soon as Will announced a bake sale; Rachel and Finn working together to get him a job (I thought he'd use his mechanical skills to get a job with Kurt's dad, but this was funnier). Bad moments: anything with Quinn being a demanding woman without pointing out she has options of her own as listed upthread just made me grit my teeth--suck it up and do for yourself, girl!!

Best thing about the ep: no hint of Will's wife!!!

Oh, and I forgot to say that I'm glad they're humanizing Sue this early on, because otherwise they'd be stuck with another Frank Burns.