That was quite a musical leap they had to take there. But I enjoyed all the numbers immensely.

And am still LOLing at the image of Sue setting off her confetti cannons.

I do kinda want a confetti cannon now.

I do kinda want a confetti cannon now.

Me too.

They are insane fun.

I was in a production of The Producers once, and at the end of Springtime for Hitler we had these GIANT confetti cannons shaped liked real cannons and I got to ride one out onstage and set it off. Of course, the hydrogen cartridge was really finicky and I was in constant panic mode, trying to set that off and still sing.

To bring this back on topic, though, our confetti cannons were not quite as magnificent as Sue's.

NOBODY NEEDS CONFETTI CANNONS!

(says the lighting tech whose job it was to sweep up after confetti cannons and fake snow and whatnot. who got in trouble once for snowing less deliberately in order to lessen the sweeping.)

Yeah, I had to clean it up too. That part was less fun.

But yay for lighting techs! With the company I was with we all had to be VERY well-versed in all aspects of theater both on stage and off, but lighting was always my favorite. That and electrical wiring. If you need something on stage to light up, OR you need someone who is 100% not afraid of dangling from precarious hights to put in a gel? I'm your girl.

omg South Park.

I was going to say that I don't know any teachers who, upon seeing one student physically body check another student into the lockers, wouldn't step in and make sure that the aggressor was disciplined.

Not that i am pro defending Schue, as he is developing as a ClassA scumbag, but i'm pretty sure he's never actually seen any of assaults occur. He came around the corner to see Kurt slumping down against his locker and beefy jock walking away. He's seen post-slushie cleanup many times, but never actually been in the hallway when they occurred. So if the kids won't tell him who is doing what, he has no way of being 100% certain who to be looking to punish.

eta: and as a teacher who does continue to be very interested in protecting his students, i suspect that without being a 1st hand witness, he would fear isolating Kurt even further. By not taking action he is trying to protect Kurt against the sort of backlash that Barb mentioned.

I was far more outraged that Schue told Beiste what the kids were doing than I was about the kiss. The kiss felt like a little intimate moment between friends--and I could sort of buy it. Telling her was horrible and cruel and unneeded but, of course, it was so they could have the boys sing the make-up song. Glee is like old movie musicals in that characters act in erratic and stupid ways all the time, just to set up the next number. Make for bad storytelling in most episodes, but I still like good numbers enough that I hand-wave the rest...like I do with old musicals.

Make for bad storytelling in most episodes, but I still like good numbers enough that I hand-wave the rest...like I do with old musicals.

As long as the music works. Which it frequently does, on Glee. Although I'd still like to see them explore different genres, eras, etc.