I wish the impetus would have come from her side.

Good point. That would definitely have added an interesting edge to the scene.

Not to mention he was "practicing" a song in which he barely has a line.

Isn't that the very definition of a flimsy excuse?

The one thing I did like this episode was that is showcased how much Emma is changing and growing as a result of dating Carl which I doubt would have happened if she had continued to date Will.

Isn't that the very definition of a flimsy excuse?

Yeah and contributes to my ever increasing annoyance at how Will is being written, because if we are supposed to think he's a douche, then they are doing a fantastic job of it, but I don't know if that is really their intention, which is bad. He's so skeevy now, I sorta want to punch him in the face.

Overall, the daughter and I were both sorta meh on the whole episode. She gave it a 5 and I gave it a 4 for some of the song renditions, the look on Barry Bostwick's face when he was considering explaining the toast to Sue and Sue's pumpkin. (Full disclosure, I've seen RHPS over 100 times and seen the stage play in London so I set the bar low to begin with but I was sorta hoping they’d hit at least a 5). I wished we could have seen Kurt do more as Riff Raff because he was spot on. I think that Mercedes over-sang Sweet Transvestite too.

I think we're supposed to think he's a very flawed guy who is used to seeing himself as a good guy, and he's starting to figure out that he's not as good a person as he thinks he is.

He thinks he's the angel to Sue's devil, when really, life and people aren't like that.

He thinks he's the angel to Sue's devil, when really, life and people aren't like that.

95 percent of the time, Sue is a cartoon caricature of evil. Who only escapes being one-dimensional because Jane Lynch relishes playing her so much.

I'm not saying she's not a horrible person, but she's not the person Shue thinks she is, and neither is he.

and he's starting to figure out that he's not as good a person as he thinks he is.

Is he, though? I can't think of a lot of other examples outside of the end of this episode where he seems to really be getting that.

He's been disappointed in himself a lot. Usually when he pits himself against Sue, though this season it was when he joined her. Also, when he thinks he's compromised his ideals, but that's kinda his blind spot still.

I keep hoping he'll have some sort of ongoing plan or strategy for the club that isn't inspired by something he heard or saw 5 minutes ago. But then I remember episode 1.02, when he was going to make the kids sing KC and the Sunshine Band songs in front of a school assembly because that sort of thing was considered cool 15 years ago when he was in Glee Club. (And I don't get the impression he understood it was popular back then thanks to Disco-era nostalgia rather than something inherent in the music...)